Ratings: Judi Dench's 'Graham Norton' appearance draws 4.1m

The Graham Norton Show drew 4.1m (26.9%) viewers on Friday as Judi Dench and Dev Patel dropped by to promote their new film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.



Earlier on BBC One, Room 101 scored 3.26m (13.2%) and Hustle snared 4.64m (19.4%) at 9pm. Two editions of Mastermind quizzed 2m (8.3%) and 1.7m (6.9%) from 8pm. At 9pm, the audience dropped to 1.52m (6.3%) for Wild About Pandas.

ITV1's Safari Vet School continued with 2.72m (11.3%) at 8pm, and Law and Order: UK held a consistent 4.8m (20.1%), adding an extra 294k (1.6%) on timeshift.

New Girl on Channel 4 fell 200k week-on-week to 810k (3.3%), though 187k (0.8%) tuned in an hour later. The Million Pound Drop Live fared better with 2.16m (9.5%) at 9pm and 295k (1.8%) on +1.

World's Toughest Trucker drummed up 1.08m (4.4%) for Channel 5, and a screening of The Last Samurai averaged 965k from 9pm (5.3%).

ITV1 led primetime on 23.4%, and BBC One followed with 21.2%. Channel 4 came third on 6.1%, followed by BBC Two and Channel 5 on 6% and 4.2% respectively.

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