'Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice' rises on Friday

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice continues to post impressive figures, with 2.57 million (13%) tuning in to watch Friday's (September 19) show.



Ratings for the BBC Two spinoff show were slightly up on last week's 2.5 million and 12.4% audience share.

BBC Two's evening began with 1.27 million (6.9%) for Celebrity Antiques Road Trip at 7pm, followed by 2.01 million (9.8%) for Mastermind at 8pm.

Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook informed 1.37 million (6.5%) at 8.30pm, while 2.03 million (10.5%) watched Gardeners' World at 9.30pm.

With 3.65 million (20.5%) viewers, BBC One's The One Show was Friday's highest-rated programme outside of soaps.

It was followed by 2.89 million (14.9%) for A Question of Sport at 7.30pm and 3.12 million (14.7%) for Would I Lie to You at 8.30pm.

An average audience of 2.85 million watched Boomers at 9pm, while 2.57 million (13.3%) stuck around for Big School immediately after.

Over on ITV, Gino's Italian Escape: A Taste of the Sun was seen by 2.41 million (11.8%) viewers at 8pm, while Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Bear Grylls attracted 2.3 million (11.7%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop was seen by 940k (4.5%) at 8pm, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown entertained 1.65 million (8.5%) at 9pm, and Alan Carr: Chatty Man picked up ratings of 1.41 million (9.2%).

Without Celebrity Big Brother on the books, Body of Proof was Channel 5's highest-rated show with 894k (4.6%) at 9pm.

Storage: Flog the Lot! was seen by 627k (3%), while an NCIS double header attracted 561k (3.5%) and 442k (4.5%), respectively.

BBC Four's Big Hits: TOTP 1964 to 1975 was among the highest-rated multichannel shows, attracting 775k (6.3%) at 10.20pm.