Chasing Shadows launches with 3.3m on Thursday night

New ITV drama Chasing Shadows launched with over 3 million viewers on Thursday (September 4), overnight data reveals.



The Reece Shearsmith series opened with 3.38m (17.6%) on average at 9pm, with an added 200,000 (1.3%) watching on +1.

Earlier, Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs returned for a new series with 3.70m (17.6%) at 8.30pm (198k/0.9% on +1).

BBC One's DIY SOS: The Big Build topped the night overall outside soaps with 4.55m (22.2%) at 8pm, followed by Sheridan Smith's Who Do You Think You Are? with 4.06m (18.9%) at 9pm. So You Think You Can Drive? was seen by 1.92m (18.2%) at 10.35pm.

On BBC Two, Young Vets appealed to 1.45m (8.0%) at 7pm, while Egypt's Lost Queens gathered 1.53m (7.5%) at 8pm. One-off film Castles in the Sky brought in 1.91m (9.5%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's Location, Location, Location interested 1.37m (6.7%) at 8pm (222k/1.0%), followed by the launch of Educating the East End with 1.80m (8.4%) at 9pm (357k/2.4%).

On Channel 5, Celebrity Big Brother continued with 1.48m (6.9%) at 9pm (172k/1.1%), while Dallas entertained 678k (5.0%) at 10pm.

BBC Three's Cuckoo amused 517k (3.0%) at 10pm, followed by Siblings with 399k (3.0%) at 10.30pm.

Dynamo's Magician Impossible wowed 469k (2.2%) at 9pm on Watch.