Murder on the Home Front opened to decent ratings on ITV on Thursday evening (May 9), overnight data revealed.
The wartime crime drama premiered with 4.53 million viewers (20.2%) at 9pm, with a further 255,000 (1.5%) on +1.
Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs returned with the biggest ratings of the night outside of soaps with 4.81m (22.0%) at 8.30pm (187k/0.8% on +1).
On BBC One, Britain's Biggest Hoarders opened with 3.38m (15.1%) at 8pm. Question Time was seen by 2.63m (22.2%) at 10.45pm.
BBC Two's Nature's Weirdest Events attracted 1.24m (6.1%) at 7pm, followed by the documentary Bradford: City of Dreams with 1.32m (6.0%) at 8pm.
David Tennant's The Politician's Husband ended with 1.95m (8.7%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, Secret Eaters grabbed 1.29m (5.9%) at 8pm (160k/0.7%), while Repo Man continued with 1.59m (7.1%) at 9pm (262k/1.6%). Sex on Wheels was seen by 1.05m (6.5%) at 10pm (235k/2.6%).
Channel 5's Star Trek documentary True Story attracted 831k (3.8%) at 8pm.
BBC Three's repeat of The Apprentice brought in 256k (1.3%) at 8pm. Joined for Life was seen by 318k (1.4%) at 9pm, while Russell Howard's Good News tickled 744k (4.1%) at 10pm.
On E4, The Big Bang Theory amused 1.29m (5.8%) at 8pm (354k/1.6%), followed by How I Met Your Mother, which was seen by 773k (3.5%) at 8.30pm (192k/0.6%).
ITV's Peter Andre: My Life secured 752k (3.4%) at 9pm (119k/0.7%), while Celebrity Juice entertained 1.07m (6.2%) at 10pm (156k/1.6%).
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 12:23 pm