Celebrity Big Brother has lowest January launch so far

Celebrity Big Brother​ attracted decent ratings for Channel 5 on Tuesday, but it was also its lowest January launch night audience to date.



Channel 5's flagship reality show was seen by an average overnight audience of 2.67 million (132,000/1.0% on +1) at 9pm. This is down by around 400,000 from last winter's series, but up by 400k from the summer series.

Elsewhere, BBC One's Silent Witness​ topped the night outside soaps by rising over 100k from Monday's launch to 6.69m (28.5%) at 9pm.

On BBC Two, Victorian Bakers​ appealed to 2.60m (11.8%) at 8pm, while ITV's new series Saved​ interested just 1.36m (5.8%) at 9pm (112k/0.7%).

Channel 4's Tricks of the Restaurant Trade​ brought in 1.59m (7.4%) at 8pm (249k/1.1%), followed by Richard Ayoade's Travel Man​ with 1.56m (7.0%) at 8.30pm (178k/0.8%). The Big Fat Quiz of Everything​ entertained 1.50m (7.4%) at 9pm (216k/1.7%).

On E4, Tattoo Fixers​ grossed out 514k (2.2%) at 9pm (220k/1.3%).