Strictly beats X Factor again on Sunday night

Strictly Come Dancing still has the edge over The X Factor in the ratings, according to overnight figures.



The BBC One dancing competition appealed to 7.83 million (33.2%) last night from 7.15pm, while ITV's The X Factor rose to a Sunday series high of 7.12 million (30.8%) from 7pm (+1: 375k/1.6%).

Strictly remained ahead of its ITV rival across the overlap. At 7.45pm, the results show was watched by 8.06 million (33.5%) compared to the 6.71 million (27.9%) glued to The X Factor's Six Chair Challenge.

Elsewhere on BBC One, Antiques Roadshow averaged 5.54 million (23.8%) and From Darkness began with 4.05 million (17.8%)

Meanwhile, Downton Abbey continued with 6.91 million (30.7%) in the 9pm hour on ITV, with a further 375k (1.6%) catching it on +1.

On BBC Two, Licence to Thrill: Paul Hollywood Meets Aston Martin logged 974k (4.2%) from 8pm and Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week managed 1.38 million (6.1%) afterwards.

Channel 4's This Is England '90 concluded with 1.03 million (5.1%). Earlier, Homes by the Sea and Secret History averaged 735k (3.2%) and 1.27 million (5.5%) respectively.

Over on Channel 5, Will Smith movie Hancock interested 539k (2.3%) from 7.10pm, and Adam Sandler's That's My Boy earned 591k (3.3%) from 9pm.

On the multichannels, Rome's Lost Empire was watched by 459k (2.2%) on BBC Four and The Xtra Factor took 426k (1.9%) on ITV2.