The BBC Election Debate was the most watched programme outside of soaps on Thursday (April 16), according to overnight data.
The David Dimbleby-chaired debate brought in 4.27m for BBC One at 8pm, while the reaction show that followed averaged 3.53m (17.0%) at 9.30pm. Question Time rounded off a night of political programming with 2.66m (27.3%) at 10.45pm.
On BBC Two, Collectaholics continued with 1.28m (7.1%) at 7pm, before Coast Australia was seen by 1.58m (7.8%), and Banished concluded with 2.02m (9.6%) at 9pm. Inside No. 9 entertained 920k (5.4%) at 10pm.
ITV's Tonight gathered 1.72m (9.2%) at 7.30pm (119k/0.6% on +1), before Double Decker Driving School averaged 2.18m (10.6%) at 8.30pm (110k/0.5%), and Ice Rink on the Estate intrigued 1.32m (6.3%) at 9pm (40k/0.3%).
The Supervet continued with 1.86m (9.1%) on Channel 4 at 8pm (234k/1.1%), while The Island with Bear Grylls brought in 2.32m (10.9%) at 9pm (352k/2.3%).
On Channel 5, The Hotel Inspector appealed to 1.02m (4.8%) at 9pm (116k/0.8%), and The Mentalist brought in 632k (4.0%) for its latest episode at 10pm (52k/0.6%).
E4's latest episode of The Big Bang Theory amused 932k (4.5%) at 8.30pm (237k/1.1%), while Brooklyn Nine-Nine tickled 324k (1.5%) at 9pm (97k/0.6%).
On ITV2, Celebrity Juice entertained 791k (5.0%) at 10pm. Mad Men's final season brought in 60k (0.4%) in the same timeslot for Sky Atlantic.
