Ratings: 'Doctor Who' announcement seen by over 6m on Sunday

Peter Capaldi's reveal as the new star of Doctor Who was the most-watched programme on Sunday evening (August 4), according to overnight figures.



The Doctor Who special attracted an average of 6.27 million viewers (30.2%) at 7pm on BBC One.

Countryfile continued its impressive Sunday ratings with 5.62m (23.4%) at 8pm, while The White Queen dipped to 3.40m (14.8%) at 9pm.

On BBC Two, the final Top Gear of the series climbed to 4.68m (19.5%) at 8pm. Documentary Das Auto: Germans, Their Cars & Us was seen by 2.22m (9.7%) at 9pm.

ITV's Tipping Point quizzed 3.82m (18.5%) at 7pm, with a further 178,000 (0.7%) on +1. All Star Mr & Mrs entertained 3.36m (14.0%) at 8pm (271k/1.2% on +1). Law & Order: UK's latest episode lost just under 400k viewers to 3.91m (17.1%) at 9pm (318k/2.0%).

On Channel 4, the second episode of The Mill dropped around 500k from last week to 1.98m (8.2%) at 8pm (297k/1.3%).

Rory Kinnear drama Southcliffe premiered to 1.88m (8.2%) viewers at 9pm (289k/1.8%).

Channel 5's Once Upon a Time continued with 711k (3.0%) at 8pm (108k/0.5%), followed by the latest Big Brother with 1.21m (5.3%) at 9pm (225k/1.4%).

On BBC Three, Family Guy was the most-watched multichannel show with 1.11m (5.9%) at 10pm and 1.06m (7.0%) at 10.30pm.