Ratings roundup: Grandma's House concludes with 740,000

Grandma's House rose in the Thursday night ratings for the second week running but still performed below BBC Two's 10pm slot average.



Series two's last episode of the sitcom, which featured Tanya and Clive's second wedding, logged 742k (4.1%) - a turnaround from a fortnight ago.

Despite growing in critical acclaim, this year's run has been less popular on TV than its first series in 2010, compounding rumours that the BBC may not commission a third.

The Chelsea Flower Show (1.73m/8.7%) and The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate (2.21m/10.5%) preceded Grandma's House on BBC Two.

Elsewhere, Long Lost Family's penultimate edition dipped to 3.96m (19.5%) on ITV1 at 9pm, but added 275k on +1. The Davina McCall/Nicky Campbell series, which had been solid before last night, was not helped by a lower-than-usual lead-in from Coronation Street.

Hot weather also seemed to affect BBC One, which could only muster 2.91m (14.6%) for Planet Earth Live in the 8pm hour, and 2.08m (10.2%) for a Diamond Jubilee special of National Treasures an hour later.

The Hoarder Next Door anchored Channel 4's schedule with 1.95m (9.6%) at 9pm (+1: 942k), prior to which Phil Spencer: Secret Agent interested 1.02m (5.1%) from 8pm (+1: 146k). 24 Hours in A and E capped a fairly solid night with 1.17m (7.2%) at 10pm (+1: 156k).

Meanwhile, The True Story (656k/3.4%) and Cowboy Builders (670k/3.3%) were low scoring for Channel 5 between 8pm and 10pm.

Russell Howard's Good News ascended to a series high last night (Thursday, May 24), the latest overnight data has shown.

The BBC Three topical stand-up clip show was the most-watched multichannel broadcast of the night with 991k (5.5%) at 9pm, adding 369k (10.5%) for its late-night repeat at 12.30am.

A Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was watched by 484k (2.4%) between 8pm and 10pm, helping the digital channel to average 2.8% across primetime.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, E4's latest US comedy import, premiered with a respectable 419k (2%), appealing to a further 175k on timeshift.

The Big Bang Theory held a decent 852k (4.5%) at 8pm and 358k on E4 +1, then 502k (2.5%) watched 2 Broke Girls at 9pm (+1: 258k), boosting the digital network to a 2.2% (+1: 1%) share overall.

Without Celebrity Juice, ITV2 collapsed, with the American Idol finale mustering just 293k (1.5%) in the 8pm juncture, and The Exclusives taking 150k (0.7%) an hour later.

Elsewhere, NCIS continued to perform well for 5USA, pulling in a round 500k (3%) for its latest edition.

Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.9% (+1: 0.9%), comfortably beating BBC One which had 17.7%. BBC Two claimed third place with 7.6%, ahead of Channel 4's 6.6% (+1: 1%), and Channel 5's 3.3% (+1: 0.1%).

The Hoarder Next Door featured comparatively 'normal' people this week. The main subject 'Tina' was merely a collector of memorabilia, albeit to excess. She also still has the benefit of her ralative youth and good looks. The second subject 'Joanne' was much older and had long since crossed the borderline between 'collecting' and simply hoarding rubbish. I thought resident therapist Stelios' approach towards Tina was heavy handed and once he had brought them together the two hoarders were able to help each other much more than he was.

If you missed it the programme can be viewed online at: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the- ... od#3340755