The Great British Bake Off rises to 10m for Bread Week

The Great British Bake Off's ratings reign is showing no sign of slowing down - the BBC One hit rose to more than 10 million viewers for Bread Week, according to overnight figures for Wednesday (August 19).



10.06m (44%) tuned in at 8pm to see the remaining bakers take on Soda Bread and French baguettes, before wowing Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with some impressive showstoppers.

Anne Robinson's Britain's Spending Secrets followed with 5.49m (27.6%) at 9pm.

On BBC Two, Great British Menu continued with 1.60m (7.9%) at 7.30pm, before Horizon interested 970k (4.3%) at 8pm, and Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings averaged 1.22m (6.2%) at 9pm.

ITV's Foyle's War was watched by 2.05m (9.5%) between 8pm and 10pm, while a further 128k (0.7%) tuned in an hour later on +1.

Channel 4's Supervet in the Field gathered 1.15m (5.0%) at 8pm (155k/0.8% on +1), while One Born Every Minute brought in 1.17m (5.9%) at 9pm (203k/1.4%).

The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door continued with 1.20m (5.1%) on Channel 5 at 8pm, before Undercover Benefits Cheat attracted 935k (4.7%) at 9pm (89k/0.6%). Wentworth Prison was up next with 545k (3.7%) at 10pm (70k/0.9%).

Meanwhile, E4's Jane the Virgin dipped sharply to 96k (0.5%) at 9pm, while Nashville continued with 175k (1.2%) at 10pm.