Birds of a Feather dips for finale but still top on Thursday

Birds of a Feather came out on top for its current series finale on Thursday outside of soaps, according to overnight figures.



The recently-renewed ITV sitcom dropped over 500,000 viewers from its last episode in mid-February, amusing 4.81 million (12.9%) at 8.30pm (116k/0.5% on +1).

On BBC One, Holiday Hit Squad returned with 3.18m (14.3%) at 8pm, followed by DIY SOS with 4.26m (19.1%) at 9pm. Question Time interested 2.61m (23.5%) at 10.35pm.

BBC Two's Permission Impossible gathered 1.25m (6.1%) at 7pm, while the Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure cooked with 2.10m (9.4%) at 8pm. New period drama 37 Days appealed to 2.21m (9.9%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, The Hoarder Next Door fascinated 1.22m (5.5%) at 8pm (221k/1.0%), and The Floods that Foiled New Years brought in 1.71m (7.7%) at 9pm (312k/2.0%).

Channel 5's It Takes a Thief To Catch a Thief intrigued 1.20m (5.4%) at 8pm (127k/0.6%). The Hotel Inspector was seen by 1.03m (4.6%) at 9pm (132k/0.8%) and 70 Stone and Almost Dead attracted 974k (6.1%) at 10pm.

On BBC Three, Junior Paramedics continued with 397k (1.8%) at 9pm, followed by Bluestone 42 with 356k (2.0%) at 10pm.

E4's How I Met Your Mother tickled 677k (3.0%) at 8.30pm (149k/0.7%), while Brooklyn Nine-Nine was seen by 476k (2.1%) at 9pm (174k/1.0%).

On ITV2, The Big Reunion entertained 311k (1.4%) at 9pm (102k/0.6%).