Have I Got News For You tops Friday ratings for third week

Have I Got News For You topped Friday's (April 18) ratings for the third week running.



The BBC One panel show, which was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, was Friday's highest-rated show outside of soaps, attracting 4.46 million (20.6%) viewers at 9pm.

BBC One's evening kicked off with 3.06 million (17.5%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 2.82 million (14.4%) for A Question of Sport at 7.30pm.

An average of 3.8 million (17%) viewers tuned in to watch Masterchef at 8.30pm, while an Outnumbered repeat was seen by 2.89 million (13.9%) at 9.30pm.

The evening ended with 2.74 million viewers (19.5%) for The Graham Norton Show at the slightly earlier time of 10.20pm. This week's guests included Ricky Gervais and Ronnie Corbett.

Drama series Lewis was the highest-rated show outside of soaps on ITV, entertaining 2.81 million (13.3%) at 9pm. Elsewhere, Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis was seen by 2.47 million (11.8%) at 8pm.

BBC Two's highest-rated show of the evening was Mastermind with 2.23m (10.7%) at 8pm. It was followed by Gardeners' World with 1.97m (8.8%) immediately after.

The evening continued with Natural World and The Trip to Italy, which attracted 1.68m (7.9%) and 1.02m (5.8%) viewers respectively.

Over on Channel 4, Gogglebox entertained 2.54 million (12%) at 9pm, followed by 1.46m (9.5%) for Alan Carr: Chatty Man at 10pm. A slightly increased 950k (4.4%) watched Marvel's Agents of SHIELD at 8pm.

The latest episode of Ice Road Truckers entertained 843k (3.9%) at 8pm on Channel 5, while NCIS: Death Wish was seen by 1.16 million (5.5%) immediately after. The evening continued with 622k (3.8%) for NCIS: Los Angeles and 325k (3.2%) for Britain's Crime Capitals.

Russell Howard's Good News Extra was among the highest-rated multichannel shows, attracting 540k (2.9%) at 9.45pm.