Big Brother scores 829,000 viewers on Channel 5

The latest Big Brother instalment appealed to more than 800,000 viewers last night (August 2), according to overnight figures.



Channel 5's reality show managed 829k (4.1%) from 9pm, with Bit on the Side earning 379k (3.6%) later from 11pm.

Sandwiched in between Big Brother was Autospy: The Last Hours Of, which had 563k (3.4%).

BBC One's Commonwealth Games coverage averaged 5.37m (28.6%) during primetime, with a peak of 8.07m (38.6%) at around 9.15pm.

BBC Two continued airing the Commonwealth Games from 10pm, drawing in 1.48m (8.3%).

Preceding the Glasgow event on BBC Two were Proms Extra (216k/1.1%), hosted by Katie Derham, and Melvyn Bragg's Radical Lives (398k/2%).

ITV game show Tipping Point entertained 2.39m (12.9%) from 7.30pm, with All Star Family Fortunes attracting 2.34m (11.8%) afterwards.

Channel 4's Grand Designs had 728k (3.8%) from 8pm before an airing of The Inbetweeners Movie was watched by 1.42m (7.8%).

On the multichannels, ITV3's Foyle's War drew 874k (4.8%) from 9pm.