Celebrity 'Bake Off' dents 'Miranda' in Monday night ratings

The Great British Bake Off Comic Relief series has dented Miranda after the two clashed last night.



BBC Two's celebrity special of the hit reality show, which concludes on Thursday, opened with 3.82m (14.9%) between 8.30pm and 9pm - University Challenge (3.14m/11.7%) and Natural World (1.86m/7.9%) also aired on the channel.

Popular sitcom Miranda, airing between 9pm and 9.30pm, fell 700,000 week-on-week to 6.39m (23.1%) but still won its slot for BBC One.

Mrs Brown's Boys followed with an impressive 7m (26.5%) at 9.30pm, losing 300k in comparison. Panorama returned to its 8.30pm slot with 3.53m (13%).

Meanwhile, ITV's Lewis continued to challenge with 5.9m (21.9%) watching the detective spinoff's latest instalment in the 9pm hour, adding 379k on +1. Earlier at 8pm, Cornwall with Caroline Quentin interested 3.62m (13.5%).

Celebrity Big Brother was by far Channel 5's best-rated broadcast of the night with 2.13m (7.9%) as well as a huge 423k on the network's timeshift service. The Gadget Show preceded Big Brother with 570k (2.1%), while Botched Up Bodies had 980k (5.3%) at 10pm (+1: 119k).

Elsewhere, Embarrassing Bodies entertained 1.29m (4.8%) for Channel 4 from 9pm (+1: 272k), after which 1.24m (6.8%) caught What Happens in Kavos at 10pm (+1: 246k). However, Dispatches was the broadcaster's most-watched show with 1.91m (7.1%) from 8pm (+1: 225k).

Overall, ITV won primetime with 24.2% (+1: 0.7%) over BBC One's 22.8%. BBC Two clinched third place with 8.7%, beating Channel 4's 4.8% (+1: 0.7%), and Channel 5's 4.3% (+1: 0.5%).

Elsewhere, Embarrassing Bodies entertained 1.29m (4.8%) for Channel 4 from 9pm (+1: 272k), after which 1.24m (6.8%) caught What Happens in Kavos at 10pm (+1: 246k). However, Dispatches was the broadcaster's most-watched show with 1.91m (7.1%) from 8pm (+1: 225k).

I just caught-up with Dispatches on 4seven, it was abysmal. Misleadingly titled "Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop", it was nothing of the sort. Nothing "secret" was revealed, not even the contents of Tesco's burgers. Rather it was a tedious overstatement of the obvious, that "special offers" are seldom as genuine as they appear. The extraordinary claim was also made that difficulty in comparing prices was the single biggest complaint by supermarket shoppers. Personally, I can personally think of at least a hundred more annoying things. If you buy the same items each week as I do it's pretty easy to tell whether something has gone up or down.

Anyway, if you want to judge for yourself the programme is now available to watch on 4oD:



http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od

If you buy the same items each week as I do it's pretty easy to tell whether something has gone up or down.

We're the same. Our weekly food shop has increased roughly 20% since just before Christmas. - Some of that may be seasonal, but not all.

I see a change in how we shop coming on.