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dinsdag 20 maart 2012

'Homeland' soars to series high of 2.5m on Channel 4

'Homeland' soars to series high of 2.5m on Channel 4

US drama Homeland continues to perform solidly for Channel 4, the latest overnight data has revealed.

Starring Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, the show last night (Sunday) climbed to its highest audience so far for 'Blind Spot', pulling in 2.11m (8.3%) in the 9pm hour and 351k (2%) on +1.

The critically-acclaimed series has not dropped below the 2m mark since premiering last month (February).

The Dancing on Ice semi-final attracted 6.96m (29.5%) to ITV1 from 7pm (+1: 215k/0.9%), then Jennifer Ellison's Skate Off departure was seen by 5.76m (22.5%) at 9.30pm (+1: 237k/1.5%).

Sandwiched between the skating show, a one-off celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Mother's Day special entertained 5.43m (21.6%) between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, adding a further 155k (0.7%) on ITV1 +1.

Upstairs Downstairs's penultimate episode mustered 4.75m (18.6%) in the 9pm hour.

Meanwhile, strong performances from Countryfile (6m/26.3%) and Antiques Roadshow (6.2m/24.7%) helped ensure a solid early evening for BBC One.

Over on BBC Two, Orbit concluded with 2.57m (10%) at 9pm, prior to which The Best of Top Gear scored 2.21m (8.8%), beating Channel 4 Falklands War documentary Most Daring Raid, which took 1.57m (8.7%) and 212k (0.8%) on timeshift.

Elsewhere, Channel 5's screening of Will Smith's I, Robot appealed to 922k (3.7%) between 7.45pm and 10pm.

Across primetime, ITV1 came out on top with 22.6% (+1: 0.7%) against BBC One's 21.7%. BBC Two claimed third place with 9.3%, ahead of Channel 4's 5.4% (+1: 1.3%) and Channel 5's 3.9% (+1: 0.2%).

On the multichannels, Being Human (780k/2.9%) and Desperate Housewives pulled in 780k (2.9%) and 619k (3.5%) for BBC Three and E4 respectively. Housewives had a further 135k (0.5%) on E4 +1.

A Benidorm catchup on ITV2 amused 700k (2.7%) and 186k (1%) an hour later.