National Television Awards 2012 seen by 6.4m on ITV1

The National Television Awards helped ITV1 to an easy victory over BBC One last night, overnight data reveals.



Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the annual ceremony attracted 6.18m (26.2%) between 7.30pm and 10pm (+1:198k/0.9%), roughly even on last year.

Meanwhile, DIY SOS: The Big Build interested 3.61m (15.3%), after which 3.87m (15.1%) watched MasterChef.

For Celebrity Big Brother's double eviction on Channel 5, 1.85m (7.2%) watched Nicola McLean's exit at 9pm, and 1.83m (16.4%) tuned in for Romeo Dunn's departure at 11pm. Bit on the Side had 669k (9.4%) from 11.30pm.

Sandwiched between the reality show instalments, Jodie Marsh Bullied: My Secret Past drew 1.05m (5.9%).

One Born Every Minute was Channel 4's best-rated show of the night, with 2.31m (9%) and an impressive timeshifted audience of 595k (3.3%).

Hairy Bikers' Best of British shone for BBC Two with 1.96m (9.2%) in the 7pm hour.

Overall, ITV1 topped primetime with 23.8% (+1: 0.7%), ahead of BBC One's 16.3%. BBC Two claimed third with 7.5%, followed by Channel 4's 5.3% (+1: 1.1%), and Channel 5's 4.6%.

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