Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs topped Thursday evening's (October 30) ratings outside soaps, overnight data reveals.
The ITV show appealed to 4.46 million (20.9%) viewers at 8.30pm with an added 164,000 (0.8%) on +1. The Great Fire continued with 2.43m (11.6%) at 9pm (169k/1.1% on +1).
On BBC One, Watchdog brought in 3.31m (15.9%) at 8pm, followed by David Attenborough's Life Story with 3.94m (18.9%) at 9pm. Question Time intrigued 2.30m (21.4%) at 10.35pm.
BBC Two's Autumnwatch interested 1.74m (8.3%) at 8pm, while Peaky Blinders was seen by 1.44m (6.9%) at 9pm. Russell Howard's Good News attracted 1.11m (6.6%) at 10pm.
On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces fascinated 1.38m (6.6%) at 8pm (257k/1.2%), while 24 Hours in A&E returned with 2.07m (9.9%) at 9pm (374k/2.4%).
Channel 5's Underground Britain was seen by 1.03m (4.9%) at 8pm, followed by Sham Wedding Crashers with 857k (4.1%) at 9pm (111k/0.7%).
On BBC Three, Zane Lowe's re-scored Drive entertained 391k (3.0%) at 10pm.
E4's latest Big Bang Theory episode amused 1.59m (7.5%) at 8.30pm (431k/2.1%), followed by Drifters with 404k (1.9%) at 9pm (175k/1.0%).
Elsewhere on the multichannels, Sky1's Arrow returned with 392k (1.9%) at 8pm, while BBC Four's The Detectorists tickled 409k (2.4%) at 10pm.
