Strictly stays 4 million viewers above X Factor on Sunday

Strictly Come Dancing​ once again towered above its competition on Sunday night.



The BBC One show's latest results episode attracted an average overnight audience of 10.5 million (43.2%) at 7.15pm, exactly 4m above The X Factor​.

On ITV, The X Factor​ brought in 6.50m (26.7%) at 8pm (125,000/0.5% on +1). I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!​ stayed strong last week with 8.72m (38.5%) at 9pm (251k/1.7%).

Earlier on BBC One, Countryfile​ also beat The X Factor ​​by around 700k, attracting 7.27m (35.6%) at 6.30pm. Antiques Roadshow​ gathered 5.74m (23.5%) at 8pm, and The Hunt​ was seen by 3.80m (15.9%) at 9pm.

ITV's Jekyll and Hyde ​suffered a further dip with 1.53m (6.6%) tuning in at 7pm (185k/0.8%).

On Channel 4, Guy Martin's Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber ​fascinated 2.22m (9.1%) at 7.30pm (342k/1.4%). Homeland​'s latest episode thrilled 975k (4.1%) at 9pm.