Gazza scores 1.1m for BBC2

BBC2 and Channel 4 matched each other in the 9pm factual battle, with solid slot performances.

Gazza launched ahead of the 1m (6.4%) slot average, while S2 of C4’s home makeover spin-off Grand Designs: The Streets landed with 1.2m (7.7%) - above the 1.1m (6.7%) benchmark.

Western Edge Pictures’ footballing two-parter could not match Noah Media’s 90-minute portrait Finding Jack Charlton, which aired to 1.7m (10%) on a Monday at 9pm in March 2021. However, Gazza did manage to match the performance of acclaimed BBC2 sportsing predecessor Gods of Snooker, which opened with 1.1 (6.4%) in a Sunday 9pm slot in May.

Grand Designs: The Streets was down from its S1 launch, which reached an audience of 1.9m (11%) in in a Thursday 9pm slot in April 2019, according to Barb data provided for overnights.tv

BBC1’s Interior Design Masters won at 9pm with 1.9m (13%), narrowly down on last week’s 2m, in a factual heavy night for the PSBs.

Elsewhere, ITV wrapped up its second series of studio sitcom Kate & Koji with back-to-back 30-minute episodes across the 9-10pm slot, which entertaineed 1.8m (12%) and 1.5m (10%) respectively. The comedy averaged 2m (13%) across its six-part run. This was some way short of the comedy’s first outing, which averged 4.1m (20.3%) when broadcast during lockdown in March and April 2020.

Meanwhile, Channel 5’s latest drama Compulsion dipped to 740,000 (4.8%) following its debut on Tuesday, where it brought in 960,000 (6.3%).