Inspector George Gently stays top on Thursday night

Inspector George Gently stayed top of Thursday's ratings outside of soaps on BBC One, overnight data reveals.



The period crime drama attracted 5.44 million (24.2%) at 8.30pm, dipping slightly from last week. Later, Question Time appealed to 2.58m (21.4%) at 10.35pm.

On BBC Two, the continued Winter Olympics coverage scored 2.60m (11.7%) at 7pm, followed by the Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure with 2.71m (11.8%) at 8pm. Bible Hunters gathered 1.31m (5.8%) at 9pm, while a repeat of QI quizzed 1.29m (6.9%) at 10pm.

ITV's Europa League coverage of Swansea City's game against Napoli brought in 2.44m (10.9%) at 7.45pm.

On Channel 4, Supersize vs Superskinny intrigued 1.29m (5.6%) at 8pm (288,000/1.3% on +1). Big Ballet continued with 987k (4.4%) at 9pm (110k/0.6%), followed by Bodyshockers with 1.40m (8.1%) at 10pm (149k/1.5%).

Channel 5's documentary Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History interested 931k (4.1%) at 8pm. The Hotel Inspector attracted 1.47m (6.6%) at 9pm (138k/0.8%).

On BBC Three, Reggie Yates's Extreme South Africa was seen by 597k (2.7%) at 9pm, followed by Ja'mie: Private School Girl with 330k (1.8%) at 10pm.

E4's How I Met Your Mother amused 825k (3.6%) at 8.30pm, followed by Brooklyn Nine-Nine with 489k (2.2%) at 9pm (155k/0.8%).

ITV2's The Big Reunion jumped by 300k to 622k (2.8%) at 9pm (177k/1.0%), while Celebrity Juice returned for a new series with 1.32m (7.4%) at 10pm (167k/1.6%).