Death in Paradise leads Thursday viewing with 6.5 million

Death in Paradise continued to perform strongly in the ratings, according to overnight figures for Thursday (February 26).



The BBC One drama was the night's most watched programme with 6.52m (30.1%) at 9pm. Earlier, DIY SOS: The Big Build attracted 4.28m (20.1%) at 8pm.

Question Time was watched by 2.68m (27.3%) at 10.45pm.

On BBC Two, Wanted in Paradise interested 1.04m (5.0%) at 7pm, before The Great British Sewing Bee entertained 2.72m (12.8%), and Reinventing the Royals averaged 1.80m (8.3%) at 9pm. Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe brought in 1.04m (6.2%) at 10pm.

ITV's coverage of Everton's UEFA Europa League tie was watched by 1.82m (8.6%) between 7.45pm and 10.15pm.

Channel 4's Location, Location, Location continued with 1.18m (5.6%) at 8pm (268k/1.2% on +1), while Cucumber rose to 570,000 (2.6%) for its sixth episode at 9pm (109k/0.8%).

Channel 5's Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole attracted 758k (3.6%) at 8pm (105k/0.5%) and Britain's Biggest Primary School was watched by 756k (3.5%) at 9pm (64k/0.4%). The new season of The Mentalist continued with 566k (3.7%) at 10pm (36k/0.4%).

On BBC Three, Bangkok Airport averaged 757k (3.5%) at 9pm, while E4's Banana entertained 213k (1.3%) at 9pm. Sky Atlantic's Fortitude dropped to 323k (1.5%) at 9pm.