Champions League thriller brings 7.4m to ITV1

LONDON - ITV1's coverage of Chelsea and Liverpool's 4-4 Champions' League tie attracted 7.4m viewers, putting it well ahead of BBC One drama 'All the Small Things', according to unofficial overnight figures.

The match, which put Chelsea through 7-5 on aggregate to the semi-final against Barcelona, attracted 7.4m viewers and a 30.8% share of the 7.30pm-10pm audience. It peaked at 9.5m viewers in the 9.15pm-9.30pm time slot.

BBC One drama 'All the Small Things', about the trials and tribulations of a small town choir, pulled in 4.3m viewers and a 17.5% share of the 9pm-10pm audience.

Last night's instalment saw new choir members Sofija and Nemanja making enemies of Gilbert and Ethel Tonks.

Channel 4 documentary 'The Hospital', this week featuring a midwife describing the hostility of some teenage mums, drew 2.6m viewers and a 10.5% share of the audience. Including Channel 4+1 figures it reached 2.9m viewers.

'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', which saw the team investigating the death of a man who committed suicide in a courthouse, netted 2.5m viewers and a 10.2% share of the audience.

It beat the second part of BBC Two's 'Horse People with Alexandra Tolstoy', which saw Tolstoy taking a dressage lesson in Jerez in Andalucia, Spain. The programme attracted 1m viewers and a 4% share of the audience.

Earlier in the evening a new series of 'Gok's Fashion Fix', which saw stylist Gok Wan creating a capsule wardrobe for care-worker Dawn and styling Janet Street Porter, scored 2.5m viewers and a 10.3% share of the 8pm-9pm audience.

Including Channel 4+1 figures it reached 2.6m viewers.

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