The Voice UK rose to more than 7.2 million viewers as the Battle Rounds began last night (February 28).
BBC One's singing contest averaged 7.23m (33.1%) from 7.15pm, according to overnight figures. Casualty then appealed to 4.8m (23.9%).
BBC Two's How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson was watched by 816k (3.7%) from 7.45pm. A Dad's Army repeat entertained 1.51m (6.8%), before Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South continued with 1.16m (5.9%).
On ITV, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway managed 6.03m (28.5%) from 7pm.
Afterwards, Take Me Out and The Jonathan Ross Show attracted 3.36m (15.4%) and 2.17m (11.8%) respectively.
Channel 4's Homes by the Sea aired to 523k (2.5%) in the 7pm hour, with The World's Weirdest Weather garnering 812k (3.7%) afterwards. Nick Frost film Cuban Fury averaged 1.15m (6.1%) from 9pm.
On Channel 5, the latest episode of CSI was watched by 731k (3.5%) in the 9pm hour.
ITV3's Foyle's War won the multichannels, drawing 882k (4.1%) from 8pm.
