The dominance of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent and Coronation Street forced the final episodes of BBC1’s Have I Got News for You and Not Going Out to series lows on Friday.

Have I Got News for You (BBC1) 9pm-9.30pm
3.8m (16.51%)

The satirical quiz was hosted by Frank Skinner, who was unable to drum up a significant audience in a slot opposite Corrie. The performance was below BBC1’s slot average of 5.37m (23.16%) for the past 12 months.

Overall, the nine-part series averaged 4.63m (20.56%). This was below the equivalent run last year, which pulled in an average of 4.95m (21.85%) viewers.

Not Going Out (BBC1) 9.30pm-10pm
3.32m (14.67%)

Lee Mack’s comedy also bowed out on a low. The eight-part run averaged 3.69m (16.77 %), according to overnight Barb figures supplied by Attentional.

Britain’s Got Talent (ITV)
7.30pm-9pm: 8.88m (42.08%)
9.30pm-10pm: 8.1m (35.64%)

The talent contest recorded its second biggest live audience of the week for the main show between 7.30pm and 9pm. In the 30-minute slot between the two shows, Coronation Street drew 9.03m (39.2%).

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England (BBC2) 9pm-10pm
1.77m (7.7%)

BBC2’s history documentary was next in line, narrowly fending off Sarah Millican on C4.

Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican Live (C4) 9pm-10pm
1.2m (5.29%)

The stand-up show was below C4’s slot average of 1.5m (6.71%) for the past 12 months.

FILM: Death Race (C5) 9pm-11.10pm
767k (3.87%)

The film was the lowest rated terrestrial effort at 9pm.

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