WEEKEND: The second series of sci-fi drama Humans gripped half the audience of the debut as Strictly extended its lead over The X Factor.

Humans

Sunday

Humans (C4) 9pm-10pm
2.1m (9.4%)

Kudos’ eight-part android series was unable to match the 4.2m (18.9%) who tuned in for the opener in June 2015. The opening run went to grip an average overnight audience of 2.9m (13.3%).   

However it eclipsed the channel’s slot average of 1.3m (6%) for the past 12 months.

The C4 drama could not shake the steady performances of BBC1’s Poldark, which pulled in 5.4m (24.2%), and ITV’s Tutankhamun, which was watched by 3.4m (15.1%). Both 10-part series will conclude next week.

On Channel 5, The Peter Kay Story entertained 2m (10%) across the hour.

Later on BBC2, Zeppotron’s 30-minute comedy Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back was watched by 820,000 (5%) from 10pm-10.35pm, below the channel’s slot average of 1m (5.7%).

Saturday

Strictly

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1) 6.45pm-8.20pm
9.8m (44.8%

Strictly Come Dancing continued to outdo ITV’s singing contest The X Factor which slumped to a series low of 5.7m (27.7%) from 8pm to 9.50pm.

Strictly rose to a peak of 10.8m (49.9%) at 7.56pm, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.

Over on BBC1, Casualty pulled in 4.4m (23.1%) from 9.10pm to 10pm while C4’s artificial intelligence doc How to Build a Human was watched by 1.1m (5.6%), below the channel’s 1.4m (6.8%) slot average.

Friday

The Fall

The Fall (BBC2) 9pm-10pm
1.9m (9.8%)

The third series of BBC2’s six part drama The Fall averaged 2m (9.7%) across its run. It failed to live up to its series two performance, which averaged 3.3m (12.6%) in November 2014.

The Fall slipped behind ITV’s crime drama The Level which pulled in 2.2m (11.2%) with its fifth episode.

Both shows were beaten by C4’s Gogglebox which won the 9pm slot with 3.1m (16%).

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