COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

The Only Way Is Essex averaged nearly 950k last night on ITV2, according to overnight data.



The latest instalment of the reality series took 948k (5%) in the 10pm hour with a further 153k (1.4%) tuning in on +1.

BBC Three's Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents was the most-watched multichannels show with 1.15m (4.7%) from 9pm.

On the terrestrials, ITV1's Champions League football coverage (5.15m/22%) beat BBC One's Britain's Favourite Supermarket Foods (4.75m/20.4%) and MasterChef (4.55m/18.6%).

One Born Every Minute once again impressed for Channel 4, pulling in 3.17m (12.9%) and 642k (3.6%) on timeshift. Daddy Daycare preceded it from 8pm with 992k (4.3%) and 105k (0.4%) on +1.

A new episode of NCIS produced strong numbers for Channel 5, averaging 2.01m (8.2%). Law and Order: Criminal Intent followed with 1.14m (6.2%) from 10pm. Benidorm ER earlier had 1.36m (5.8%) from 8pm.

On BBC Two, Bees, Butterflies and Blooms was watched by 1.16m (5%) and Versailles ended up with 1.29m (5.2%).

Overall, ITV1 won primetime with 20.4% (+1: 0.3%), edging out BBC One (20.1%). Channel 4 took third place with 6.6% (+1: 1.2%) while Channel 5 (5.9%) beat BBC Two (5.2%) to fourth.