TFI Friday return peaks with 2.15 million on Channel 4

The return of TFI Friday was seen by an average audience of 1.89 million (9.3%) last night (October 16) on Channel 4.



Featuring guests such as U2 and Steve Coogan, the Chris Evans-hosted show peaked with 2.15 million (10.4%), while a further 219k (1.1%) watched on Channel 4+1.

It was followed by Gogglebox at 9pm, which was the evening's highest-rated show outside of soaps with 3.65 million (18.3%). Alan Carr: Chatty Man rounded things off with 1.19 million (8.1%).

Over on BBC One, The One Show attracted 3.33 million (18.4%) at 7pm, followed by A Question of Sport with 2.79 million (14.2%) and 2.21 million (10.7%) for Still Open all Hours at 8.30pm.

Have I Got News For You was seen by 3.85 million (18.9%) at 9pm, while The Kennedys dropped to 1.64 million (8.4%) at 9.30pm and The Graham Norton Show played to 3.04 million (25.3%).

The Great British Bake Off: Masterclass kicked things off with 1.82 million (9.6%) on BBC Two at 7pm, followed by 2.28 million (11.3%) for Mastermind and 2.31 million (11.2%) for Gardener's World.

Later on in the evening, Great Continental Railway Journeys and QI drew respective audiences of 1.78 million (9%) and 1.57 million (9.4%).

In between episodes of Coronation Street, ITV's Cheap Food - What's the Cost? was seen by 2.44 million (12%), while Piers Morgan's Life Stories with Warwick Davis attracted an average audience of 2.35 million (11.9%).

A triple-bill of NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles pulled in respective audiences of 864k (4.3%), 802k (5.2%) and 361k (3.7%) for Channel 5.