BAFTA ratings up on last year with 4.9m viewers on Sunday

Ratings for the 2015 BAFTA Film Awards were up on last year, according to overnight figures for Sunday (February 8).



Stephen Fry's hosting of the annual event attracted 4.91 million (24.1%) at 9pm on BBC One, up from last year's 4.56m, but down on 2013's 5.38m.

Earlier, Countryfile appealed to 7.6m (33.7%) at 7pm, before Call The Midwife remained top of the ratings with 8.81m (33.4%) at 8pm.

BBC Two's Top Gear with Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo entertained 5.36m (20.3%) at 8pm, while Dragon's Den attracted 2.39m (10.2%) at 9pm. Match of the Day 2 brought in 1.77m (11.6%) at 10pm.

Over on ITV, Stephen Mulhern's Get Your Act Together aired to 1.73m (7.4%) at 7pm (107k/0.4% on +1).

All Star Family Fortunes dipped to 2.25m (8.5%) at 8.15pm (153k/0.7%), while Mr Selfridge added around 700,000 viewers to hit 3.88m (16.5%) at 9pm (143k/0.8%).

The Jump continued on Channel 4 with 1.88m (8.3%) at 7pm (115k/0.4%), while The Hotel interested 1.13m (4.3%) at 8pm (133k/0.6%). Documentary Our Guy in India fascinated 2.06m (8.7%) at 9pm (226k/1.6%).

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous attracted 737k (3%) for Channel 5 at 7pm, while Bounty Hunters averaged 749k (3.9%) at 9pm.