Star cast of The Deep pulls in five million for BBC

The BBC's new five-part drama 'The Deep' was the most-watched show during peaktime last night, with 5.3 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures.

The Deep: BBC One drama tops TV ratings
The Deep: BBC One drama tops TV ratings
Between 9pm and 10pm, an average of 5.3 million people watched ‘The Deep’, which stars Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt, across BBC One and BBC HD, a 23.2% share of the available audience.

‘The Bill: Balance of Power’ was the second most-watched show between 9pm and 10pm with 2.71 million viewers, an 11.9% share of the available audience.

‘CSI: Miami’ performed well for Five with 2.2 million people watching the American cop drama between 9pm and 10pm, a 9.8% share of the available audience.

Channel 4’s documentary ‘Who Knows Best?’ was watched by 1.8 million people between 9pm and 10pm, an 8% share of the TV-watching audience. A further 193,400 watched the show on Channel 4+1.

On BBC Two, the comedy from the team behind 'Peep Show', ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’, was watched by an average of 1.3 million people, a 5.8% share of the TV-watching audience, between 9pm and 9.30pm.

‘Shooting Stars’ was watched by 1.3 million people between 9.30pm and 10pm, a 5.6% share of the available audience.

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