Paul O'Grady beats David Attenborough on Thursday night

Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs topped Thursday night's ratings once again, overnight data reveals.



The ITV show brought in 4.32 million viewers (19.0%) at 8.30pm, with an added 143,000 (0.7%) on +1. The Great Fire concluded with 2.10m (10.0%) viewers at 9pm (116k/0.8% on +1).

On BBC One, The Passing Bells was seen by 3.15m (15.9%) at 7pm, while Watchdog brought in 3.75m (17.0%) at 8pm. Life Story with David Attenborough interested 3.77m (17.9%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's Great Interior Design Challenge attracted 1.70m (8.3%) at 7pm, followed by MasterChef: The Professionals with 2.29m (10.4%) at 8pm. Peaky Blinders climaxed with 1.54m (7.4%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces intrigued 1.44m (6.5%) at 8pm (174k/0.8%). 24 Hours in A&E brought in 2.02m (9.5%) at 9pm (380k/2.5%).

Channel 5's Underground Britain appealed to 860k (3.9%) at 8pm, followed by Undercover Benefits Cheat with 1.41m (6.7%) at 9pm (163k/1.1%) and documentary When Fred Met Rose with 852k (5.4%) at 10pm (123k/1.5%).

On BBC Four, Detectorists concluded its first series with 582k (3.4%) at 10pm.

E4's Big Bang Theory amused 1.53m (6.7%) at 8.30pm (308k/1.5%), while Drifters tickled 394k (1.8%) at 9pm.

On ITV2, Celebrity Juice's McBusted special entertained 873k (5.5%) at 10pm (101k/1.2%).

Sky1's Arrow continued with 307k (1.4%) at 8pm, followed by Forever with 378k (1.8%) at 9pm.