BBC1’s Panorama doc exposing corruption in the House Of Lords failed to attract viewers, coming fourth in the 9pm slot in a depressed Thursday night for all channels.

Panorama (BBC1) 9pm-10pm
1.3m (6.8%)

The hour-long special investigation, which made use of hidden camera footage to show Lord Laird agreeing to form an All Party Parliamentary Group lobbying on behalf of a fictitious Fijian organisation in exchange for money, was well down on the channel’s 12 month slot average of 4.1m (18.05%), according to overnight Barb figures supplied by Attentional.

It was also the second worst overnight performance for Panorama since 2006, ahead only of an Iraq investigation which drew 1.2m, and a much larger 12% share, when it aired in the later 10.35pm slot on 18 March.

David Walliams: Snapshot in Time (ITV) 9pm – 10pm
2.52m (13.22%)

The documentary about the Little Britain star was the most watched programme at 9pm, although it was still nearly 1.5m viewers down on the channel’s 12 month slot average of 3.92m (17.26%).

The Most Dangerous Man In Tudor England (BBC2) 9pm – 10pm
1.61m (8.48%)

The hour-long doc was the second most watched show at 9pm after David Walliams: Snapshot in Time.

D-Day: As It Happens (C4) 9pm – 10pm
1.47m (7.71%)

The second part of the Windfall Films-documentary added half a million viewers from its first episode. The war doc launched with 972,900 on Wednesday but Thursday’s episode added 494k, much closer to the channel’s slot average of 1.64m (7.21%).

Coma (C5) 9pm – 12: 15am
897,000 (6.36%)

Coma, the Ridley Scott-produced miniseries, started strongly for the Northern & Shell-owned broadcaster. The series aired in the United States as a four part series on A&E, but C5 aired it as a one-off event.

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