'True Love' loses nearly 500k for second episode

Published Jun 19 2012, 11:49 BST  |  By Paul Millar

BBC One's True Love lost nearly 500k of its premiere audience for its second instalment last night (Monday, June 18), overnight data shows.

Starring Lacey Turner, the episode was seen by 2.65m (18.1%) at 10.35pm, down on the 3.1m figure for Sunday's (June 17) opener.

Full coverage of Spain's 1-0 victory over Croatia in Euro 2012 logged 6.33m (28.3%) between 7pm and 10pm, while on ITV1 The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On interested 2.92m (12.7%) at 8pm (+1: 105k/0.7%), and a Benidorm repeat amused 1.99m (8.2%) at 9pm (+1: 172k/1%).

A 7pm hour of soaps ensured ITV didn't lose out to BBC Two, which aired Natural World (2.23m/9.7%) and King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy (2.36m/9.8%) to high audiences.

The Secret Millionaire was Channel 4's most-watched broadcast with 1.44m (6%) and 234k (1.3%) on +1, while 1.02m (5.6%) watched 8 Out of 10 Cats at 10pm (+1: 133k/1.4%).

Big Brother anchored Channel 5's night with 1.3m (5.4%) in the 9pm hour, adding 127k (0.7%) on timeshift. The Walking Dead followed with 843k (4.7%).

Overall, BBC One led primetime with 27.6%, beating ITV1's 15.5% (+1: 0.9%). BBC Two earned third place with 8%, ahead of Channel 4's 4.4% (+1: 0.7%), and Channel 5's 3.9% (+1: 0.2%).

On the multichannels, Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire entertained 409k (2.3%) on BBC Three at the 10pm junction.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional