The Great Fire launches with over 4.4 million viewers

The Great Fire's launch topped Thursday's ratings outside soaps, overnight data reveals.



The new ITV period drama attracted an average 4.44 million (21.4%) at 9pm, with an added 377,000 (2.5%) tuning in on +1.

Earlier, Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs appealed to 4.38m (21.2%) at 8.30pm (240k/1.2% on +1).

On BBC One, Watchdog interested 3.17m (15.4%) at 8pm, followed by Crimewatch with 3.21m (15.4%) at 9pm. Question Time brought in 2.13m (21.1%) at 10.35pm.

BBC Two's It Takes Two entertained 1.74m (9.6%) at 6.30pm, while Cat Watch continued with 1.27m (6.5%) at 7pm. The Great British Bake Off Masterclass gathered 2.04m (9.9%) at 8pm.

Peaky Blinders' latest episode thrilled 1.59m (7.6%) at 9pm, up over 100k from last week.

On Channel 4, the series finale of Location, Location, Location was seen by 1.25m (6.1%) at 8pm (274k/1.3%), followed by Educating the East End with 1.18m (5.7%) at 9pm (151k/1.0%) and Scrotal Recall with 413k (2.4%) at 10pm.

Channel 5's Benefits Britain intrigued 749k (3.6%) at 8pm, while No Foreigners Here attracted 606k (2.9%) at 9pm.

On ITV2, Celebrity Juice topped the multichannels with 882k (5.5%) at 10pm (129k/1.4%).

New Clive Owen drama The Knick debuted with 105k (0.5%) at 9pm on Sky Atlantic. Homes by the Sea launched with 565k (2.7%) at 9pm on More4.

I caught the last half, I can't say I was impressed. - Maybe it'll warm up next episode