Taggart beats Johnny Depp during primetime

ITV's long running cop drama 'Taggart' was the most watched show between 9pm and 10pm last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Taggert: tops the ratings for ITV
Taggert: tops the ratings for ITV

‘Taggart’ was watched by an audience of 5.1 million people across ITV1 and ITV1 HD during the primetime 9pm to 10pm slot, a 21.5% share of the available audience.

The film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest’ on BBC One had an average audience of 3.4 million between 9pm and 10pm. Between 8pm and 10.15pm the entire film had an average audience of 3.2 million, a 13.6% share of the available audience.

‘The Damned United’, the British film about football manager Brian Clough, was watched by an average of 3.4 million between 9pm and 10pm last night across BBC Two and BBC HD.

An average of 3.3 million people watched the entire film ‘The Damned United’ between 9pm and 10.30pm across BBC Two and BBC HD, a 14.8% share of the available audience.

‘Big Brother’ was watched by 2.4 million people across Channel 4 and Channel 4+1. Between 9pm and 10pm two million watched Big Brother on Channel 4, an 8.6% share of the TV watching audience.

Five’s broadcast of Adam Sandler’s 1998 comedy ‘The Wedding Singer’ was watched by an average of one million people between 8.30pm and 10.30pm, a 4.2% share of the available audience.

The first episode of ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ the talent show produced by GroupM Entertainment and Shine was watched by an average of 1.5 million between 7pm and 8.30pm, a 6.8% share of the TV watching audience.

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