Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd ended its run on a record high of 2.17m (11.2%) at 10pm, according to overnight data.

'Reynholm Vs Reynholm', written as usual by Father Ted's Graham Linehan, was ahead of the fourth series average of 1.8m, as well as rising a significant 380k week-on-week.

Staying with comedy, My Family and The Old Guys delivered 4.35m (19.6%) and 3.07m (14.5%) to BBC One, then Would I Lie To You? amused 2.97m (18.5%) at 10.35pm.

Celebrity Masterchef was the day's most-watched reality show, with 3.76m (16.7%) for BBC One at 8.30pm. Channel 4's Big Brother took 2.52m (11.6%) at 9pm, before its second outing appealed to a more impressive 2.61m (17.4%), with an extra 178k (2.1%) watching on timeshift.

Over on ITV1, a repeat of Doc Martin pulled in a comfortable 3.06m (14.1%). Prior to that, Dickinson's Real Deal interested 2.59m (11.9%).

Live Athletics scored 2.39m (12.7%) for BBC Two between 5.15pm and 9.30pm, after which a later-than-billed Gardeners' World had 1.93m (9.6%).

Nature Shock, The Mentalist and CSI: NY attracted 574k (2.6%), 1.23m (5.7%) and 925k (5.1%) for Five.

Overall, BBC One edged primetime with 20.2% to ITV1's 19.7%. BBC Two finished third with 11.4%, Channel 4 followed with 8% [+1: 0.6%], and Five was last with 3.9%.

Elsewhere, Dave dominated the multichannels: 460k (2.1%) and 507k (2.5%) tuned in for QI at 9pm and 9.40pm.

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