Code of a Killer tops Monday with 4.6m

Code of a Killer topped the ratings outside of soaps on Monday (April 13), according to overnight figures.



The John Simm drama brought in 4.55m (21.0%) for ITV at 9pm, with a further 271,000 (2.0%) tuning in on ITV+1. Earlier, Wild Ireland brought in 2.83m (12.6%) at 8pm (166k/0.7%).

On BBC One, MasterChef continued with 4.29m (18.4%) at 9pm. It followed Suicide in the Family, which was seen by 2.39m (10.7%) at 8.30pm.

Meanwhile, the return of Game of Thrones to Sky Atlantic brought in an impressive 1.52m (6.5%) at 9pm. The figure is Sky Atlantic's best overnight performance to date.

On BBC Two, Collectaholics continued with 1.28m (6.7%), before University Challenge interested 2.71m (12.1%), and Food and Drink gathered 1.62m (7.2%) at 8.30pm. Inside Harley Street followed with 1.34m (5.8%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's Food Unwrapped interested 980k (4.4%) at 8pm (143k/0.6%), while Travel Man: 48 Hours in Iceland transported 1.28m (5.7%) at 8.30pm (138k/0.6%). Skint was seen by 1.38m (5.9%) at 9pm (222k/1.4%), while Caitlin Moran's Raised by Wolves continued with 650k (3.6%) at 10pm (117k/1.3%).

On Channel 5, Police Interceptors thrilled 815k (3.6%) at 8pm (68k/0.3%), while Gotham dipped slightly to 730k (3.1%) at 9pm (102k/0.6%). Person of Interest added 60,000 viewers this week with 603k (3.7%) at 10pm (53k/0.7%).

E4's Made in Chelsea returned with 485k (2.1%), while Virtually Famous entertained 209k (1.3%) at 10pm.

Thought Game of Thrones was a bit of a damp squib myself. It wasn't exactly a 'poor' opening episode but nothing much happened.