BBC One's Ripper Street lost roughly 600k viewers this week, as a reduced audience of 2.74 million (14%) tuned in to watch the Victorian crime thriller.
Down from last week's 3.38 million average, Ripper Street was behind The One Show as Friday's highest-rated programme outside of soaps.
The One Show was seen by an average audience of 3.22 million (18.5%) at 7pm, while A Question of Sport followed with 2.32 million (12.1%).
BBC One's evening continued with 2.55 million (12.1%) for Would I Lie to You? at 8.30pm and ended with 1.46 million (11%) for Mountain Goats at 10.45pm.
Over on ITV, Gino's Italian Escape: A Taste of the Sun was seen by 2.17 million (11%) on ITV at 8pm, while BBQ Champ attracted an average audience of 1.43 million (7.3%) at 9pm.
Unsurprisingly, The Great British Bake Off: Extra Slice was BBC Two's highest-rated show with 2.31 million (11.6%) at 9pm.
Earlier in the evening, The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure was seen by 830k (4.8%), Great British Menu entertained 1.43 million (7.4%), Mastermind drew an average audience of 1.72 million (8.7%) and Gardeners' World drew 2.1 million (10%).
8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown was once again Channel 4's most popular show, playing to 1.67 million (8.5%) at 9pm. The Last Leg followed with 1.31 million (8.4%) at 10pm, while Celebrity Fifteen to One was seen by 970k (4.8%).
Whitney and Bobby: Addicted to Love proved popular for Channel 5, playing to 1.12 million (6.2%) at 9pm. Whitney Houston: Her Greatest Hits was then seen by 505k (5.2%).
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:42 pm