Call the Midwife wins ratings with 8.9 million on Sunday

Call the Midwife easily won the Sunday ratings once again last night, according to overnight data.


Time for tea and change

BBC One's recently-renewed drama climbed to 8.95 million (32.9%) at 8pm. The Musketeers continued by dipping 100,000 to 4.40m (18.9%) at 9pm.

Earlier, Blandings attracted 3.75m (17.2%) at 6.30pm, followed by Countryfile with 6.76m (28.7%) at 7pm.

ITV's Dancing on Ice semi-final dropped around 400k to 5.02m (24.2%) at 6.15pm (245k/1.0% on +1). The results show brought in 4.23m (17.5%) at 8.30pm (254k/1.1%).

Mr Selfridge climbed from last week to 4.50m (18.1%) at 9pm (259k/1.6%), while All-Star Family Fortunes entertained 4.36m (16.9%) at 7.45pm (163k/0.6%).

On BBC Two, Top Gear fell by around 400k from last week to 5.10m (18.8%) at 8pm. Dragons' Den rose by 400k to 3.23m (13.8%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's Fish Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall interested 788k (3.3%) at 7pm (141k/0.5%). Time Team appealed to 952k (3.5%) at 8pm (185k/0.8%), while Angelina Jolie film Salt thrilled 1.18m (6.0%) at 9pm (229k/1.9%).

On Channel 5, Bruce Willis sci-fi classic The Fifth Element brought in 818k (3.3%) at 6.45pm (136k/0.5%).

ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex gathered 672k (3.9%) at 10pm (187k/2.0%).