The 2014 Commonwealth Games opened with high ratings for BBC One on Wednesday (July 23), overnight data reveals.
The opening ceremony from Glasgow scored 7.59 million viewers on average (41.1%) at 8pm. It peaked at 9.31m (42.7%) at around 9.30pm.
On BBC Two, Operation Cloud Lab attracted 623,000 (3.4%) at 8pm, followed The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway with 1.50m (7.0%) at 9pm and Jack Whitehall's Backchat with 520k (2.6%) at 10pm.
ITV's All-Star Mr & Mrs entertained 2.65m (14.4%) at 8pm (167k/0.8% on +1), while a repeat of Trevor McDonald's Inside Death Row fascinated 1.56m (7.3%) at 9pm (156k/0.8%).
On Channel 4, This Old Thing appealed to 620k (3.4%) at 8pm (134k/0.6%). One Born Every Minute gathered 1.10m (5.2%) at 9pm (140k/0.7%) and The Mimic amused 321k (1.6%) at 10pm.
Channel 5's Emergency Bikers interested 626k (3.4%) at 8pm, followed by Caught on Camera with 639k (3.0%) at 9pm. Big Brother continued with 1.10m (5.8%) at 10pm (126k/1.0%).
On ITV2, TOWIE attracted 544k (2.8%) at 10pm (140k/1.1%).
