Stellan Skarsgård drama River spooks 3.8 million on Monday

Stellan Skarsgård's BBC One debut just edged out its rivals to top Tuesday night's ratings outside soaps.



River spooked an overnight average audience of 3.88 million (18.7%) at 9pm, beating ITV's latest episode of Lewis which attracted 3.55m (17.1%) in the same timeslot (275,000/1.9% on +1).

Earlier on ITV, celebrity sport competition Eternal Glory limped on with 1.78m (8.9%) at 8pm. On BBC Two, Harvest 2015 brought in 2.29m (11.4%) at 8pm, followed by The Naked Choir with 1.61m (7.8%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners appealed to 1.33m (6.6%) at 8pm (293k/1.4%), while Educating Cardiff continued with 1.12m (5.4%) at 9pm (154k/1.0%). Born in the Wrong Body fascinated 824k (5.8%) at 10pm (120k/1.7%).

Channel 5's Yorkshire Vet interested 1.13m (5.6%) at 8pm, and CSI: Cyber thrilled 662k (4.4%) at 10pm.

On Sky 1, The Flash burst back into action with 518k (2.6%) at 8pm, followed by the new series of Karl Pilkington's Moaning of Life with 657k (3.2%) at 9pm.