'Poirot' returns with over 4.5m on Sunday

Agatha Christie's Poirot returned on ITV to top the ratings outside of sport on Sunday, overnight data reveals.



David Suchet's final series of the long-running crime drama opened with 4.47 million viewers at 9pm (20.0%), with a further 405,000 (2.1%) tuning in on +1.

Earlier, Ben Shephard's new series Tipping Point entertained 3.00m (15.8%) at 7pm (201k/0.9% on +1).

BBC One's coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix averaged at 4.61m (23.6%) from 6.15pm. D-Day: The Last Heroes was seen by 2.31m (10.9%) at 9pm.

On BBC Two, Peter Jones Meets... attracted 1.07m (5.6%) at 7pm, followed by Operation Snow Tiger with 2.11m (9.4%) at 8pm. New series Rise of the Continents brought in 1.70m (7.8%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's premiere of French drama The Returned secured 1.27m (5.9%) at 9pm (267k/1.7%). Terror in the Skies grabbed 1.12m (4.9%) at 8pm (231k/1.1%).

On Channel 5, Once Upon a Time continued with 801k (3.5%) at 8pm. Russell Crowe movie The Next Three Days thrilled 1.18m (7.0%) at 9.15pm.

BBC Three's Bollywood Carmen Live attracted 582k (2.7%) at 9pm.

On ITV2, the final Britain's Got More Talent amused 733k (3.4%) at 9pm. The latest episode of The Only Way is Essex was the most-watched show on the multichannels with 942k (5.5%) at 10pm.