'The Apprentice' takes 6.1m, beats British Soap Awards

Published May 3 2012, 10:58 BST  |  By Ben Lee

Last night's instalment of The Apprentice attracted more than 6.1m, according to overnight data.

The episode was watched by 6.13m (25.2%) from 9pm. Although it was down from last week's figures, it did comfortably beat ITV1's coverage of the British Soap Awards. You're Fired! managed 2.23m (11%) on BBC Two afterwards.

Earlier on BBC One, Traffic Cops took 4.05m (19.1%) in the 8pm hour.

Elsewhere, BBC Two began primetime with live snooker coverage (1.28m/6.9%) before showing Antiques Uncovered (1.11m/5.2%) and This World (1.02m/4.2%).

Channel 4's Four Rooms garnered 1.11m (5.2%) from 8pm (+1: 114k/0.5%) with The Tallest Tower: Building the Shard getting 1.66m (6.8%) afterwards (+1: 291k/1.6%). Season two of The Killing US started with 707k (3.9%) from 10pm (+1: 110k/1.2%).

NCIS continued with 1.66m (6.8%) on Channel 5 in the 9pm hour. It was preceded by Cowboy Traders (900k/4.3%).

Overall, BBC One won primetime with 21.4%, ahead of ITV1's 19.7% (+1: 0.7%). BBC Two grabbed 6.2%, beating Channel 4's 4.9% (+1: 0.9%) and Channel 5's 4.8% (+1: 0.2%).

On the multichannels, the Justified episode 'When the Guns Come Out' managed 134k (0.6%) on 5USA, while Bones grabbed 355k (1.5%) on Sky Living.

Spy animated comedy Archer amused 84k (0.4%) on 5*, and Peter Andre: My Life was seen by 390k (1.6%) on ITV2 (+1: 249k/1.4%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional