According to unofficial overnight figures, 'Celebrity Big Brother: Launch' delivered an average audience of 5.08 million between 9pm and 10.30pm, a 21.9% share of the TV-watching public.
The launch show introduced the first housemates to enter the Channel 5 'Big Brother' house including Sally Bercow, wife of the House of Commons speaker and Paddy Doherty from reality show 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings'.
The 15-minute peak was between 10pm and 10.15pm, when the audience rose to 5.58 million viewers.
'Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side', the follow-up show with guests such as 'Celebrity Big Brother' winner Alex Reid and 2010 'Big Brother' winner Josie Long, had an audience of 1.82 million between 10.30pm and 11.30pm, a 13.2% share.
The second most watched show at 9pm was the science fiction drama 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' on BBC One with an audience of 3.42 million, a 14% share of the available audience.
The closing episode of the two part Irish cop drama 'Single-handed' attracted an average audience of 2.78 million viewers, a 2.8% share, on ITV1 and ITV1 HD between 9pm and 10pm. An additional 100,500 watched the show on ITV1 +1.
| Top 10 most viewed programmes on Channel 5 |
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| Rank | Programme | Date and time aired | Audience (Millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Euro 2000 Qualifier: Poland v England | Wed 8 Sep 1999 – 19.00 | 5,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | World Cup Qualifier: Albania v England | Wed 28 Mar 2001 – 19.00 | 5,590,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Independence Day | Tue 7 Sep 1999 – 21.00 | 5,410,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | The Rock | Tue 8 Feb 2000 – 2100 | 5,050,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Sun 14 Nov 2004 – 21.00 | 4,950,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miracle on 34th Street | Sun 7 Dec 2003 – 17.55 | 4,850,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Uefa Cup 2002/3: Celtic v Liverpool | Thu 13 Mar 2003 – 19.45 | 4,610,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tue 17 Mar 2009 – 21.00 | 4,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Joey | Sun 13 Feb 2005 – 20.35 | 4,530,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Euro 2000 Qualifier: Luxembourg v England | Wed 14 Oct 1998 – 19.00 | 4,380,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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