Tom Hardy's Love of Dogs makes 4.2m swoon on Thursday

Tom Hardy's guest appearance on Paul O'Grady's For the Love of the Dogs​ was enough to top the ratings outside soaps on Thursday for ITV.



The show appealed to an average overnight audience of 4.25 million (19.9%) at 8pm (250,000/1.3% on +1). Later, Unforgotten​ continued with 3.58m (18.2%) at 9pm (220k/1.5%).

On BBC One, Watchdog​ intrigued 3.40m (16.2%) at 8pm, followed the final Class of 92: Out of Their League​ with 2.90m (14.6%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's Autumnwatch​ brought in 2.20m (10.5%) at 8pm, while The Last Kingdom​ thrilled 1.58m (8.0%) at 9pm. Russell Howard's Good News​ tickled 957k (5.6%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces​ wowed 1.43m (6.8%) at 8pm (213k/1.1%), followed by Kitchen Impossible​ with 1.06m (5.4%) at 9pm (122k/0.8%) and First Dates​ with 1.14m (7.7%) at 10pm (117k/1.5%).

Channel 5's Extreme Railways​ interested 1.32m (6.7%) at 9pm (121k/0.8%).

On E4, The Big Bang Theory​ amused 1.39m (6.6%) at 8.30pm (261k/1.3%). ITV2's Celebrity Juice​ entertained 649k (4.1%) at 10pm, and Sky1's Supergirl ​continued with 386k (1.8%) at 8pm.