BBC One's grand new adaptation of War and Peace topped the ratings over the weekend. Well, apart from Countryfile, of course.
The drama starring Lily James and James Norton thrilled an average overnight audience of 6.30 million (25.0%) at 9pm on Sunday.
Earlier, Countryfile appealed to 6.88m (30.6%) at 6.30pm, followed by Still Open All Hours with 6.22m (26.0%) at 7.30pm and Antiques Roadshow with 5.19m (20.4%) at 8pm.
On ITV, new Game of Thrones-style series Beowulf: Return to the Badlands attracted 2.32m (9.9%) at 7pm (279,000/1.1% on +1), while Endeavour returned with 4.44m (16.6%) at 8pm (386k/1.8%).
Channel 4's Walking the Himalayas amazed 1.72m (6.7%) at 8pm (242k/1.0%), followed by Deutschland 83 with 1.24m (4.9%) at 9pm (259k/1.5%).
On Saturday, ITV's Ninja Warrior UK returned for its second series with 3.77m (18.0%) at 7pm (246k/1.2%). Its second episode on Sunday dipped to 2.91m (13.4%) at 6pm (242k/1.1%).
Take Me Out was also back with 3.67m (17.3%) at 8pm on Saturday (363k/1.7%).
