Big Brother, 'CSI' lead solid night for Channel 5

Published Jun 13 2012, 19:26 BST  |  By Paul Millar

Big Brother held a strong audience last night (Tuesday) despite heavy competition from other shows.

The latest highlights of the Channel 5 reality show took 1.48m (8.3%) in the 10pm hour, and 578k (6.1%) stayed for Bit on the Side.

Popular US drama CSI mustered 1.49m (6.1%) at 9pm and 190k (1.1%) on Channel 5, while 1.1m (4.7%) watched dark documentary Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story at 8pm.

Meanwhile, ITV1's latest Euro 2012 match - Russia v Poland - scored 5.96m (25.7%) between 7.15pm and 10pm. The network's earlier game between Czech Republic and Greece netted 3.73m (24.9%) from 4.30pm.

BBC One's Silk held up well with 4.54m (18.6%) for its fifth episode, prior to which EastEnders and Holby City pulled in respectable audiences.

Elsewhere, Antiques Road Trip (1.85m/9.1%), Springwatch (2.12m/9.1%) and Great Ormond Street (1.92m/7.9%) were screened to decent ratings on BBC Two.

Embarrassing Bodies was Channel 4's most-watched show of the night with 1.56m (6.7%) at 9pm (+1: 382k/1.6%). Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket followed with 1.11m (4.6%) and 241k (1.4%) on timeshift.

ITV1 scored its best Tuesday average share all year, winning primetime with 22.3% (+1: 0.2%) over BBC One's 21.5%. BBC Two earned third place with 7.9%, ahead of Channel 5's 5.2% (+1: 0.4%), and Channel 4's 4.5% (+1: 1.1%).

On the multichannels, BBC Three's Glamour Mum, Baby and Me appealed to 552k (2.3%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional