The 2014 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony was down by around 800,000 viewers from last year, according to overnight data.
Stephen Fry's hosting of the annual event attracted 4.56 million (22.1%) at 9pm on BBC One, down from last year's 5.38m.
Call the Midwife remained top on Sunday night, but dipped by around 300k to 8.43m (30.9%) at 8pm. Earlier, Countryfile appealed to 6.25m (26.5%) at 7pm.
BBC Two's Winter Olympics coverage scored 2.32m (9.8%) at 7pm, while Alan Davies's Apres-Ski took in 789k (4.1%) at 10pm.
Top Gear climbed by 80k from last week to 5.58m (20.6%) at 8pm, followed by Dragons' Den with 2.71m (11.6%) at 9pm.
ITV's Dancing on Ice continued with 4.71m (20.1%) at 6.15pm (254k/1.0% on +1), while its results show was seen by 4.25m (15.2%) at 8.30pm (233k/1.0%).
All-Star Family Fortunes entertained 4.06m (15.6%) at 7.45pm (180k/0.7%). Mr Selfridge attracted 4.59m (19.3%) at 9pm (242k/1.3%).
On Channel 4, Scandimania interested 1.01m (3.7%) at 8pm (270k/1.1%), followed by Bruce Willis movie RED with 2.12m (10.4%) at 9pm (254k/1.9%).
On Channel 5, Meryl Streep film The River Wild gathered 760k (3.0%) at 7pm. 10,000 BC thrilled 681k (3.3%) at 9pm.
