TV ratings: Grand Designs lays firm foundations for new series with 3.3m

Grand Designs proved the enduring appeal of watching people building their dream homes when it returned to Channel 4 with more than 3 million viewers yesterday, Wednesday 15 September. The Kevin McCloud show averaged 3.286 million viewers, a 14.5% share, between 9pm and 10pm, with another 255,000 viewers on Channel 4 +1. It was narrowly beaten by BBC1's celebrity timeshift show, The Young Ones, which had 3.616 million viewers, 15.9% of the audience, narrowly down on the 3.76 million who saw the opening episode on Tuesday. BBC2's documentary series Big School Lottery averaged 872,000 viewers, a 3.8% share, beaten by Channel 5's NCIS repeat, which had 1.33 million, a 5.9% share. ITV1's coverage of Arsenal's 6-0 win over SC Braga in the Champions League averaged 3.796 million viewers, a 17.3% share, between 7.30pm and 10pm. The match itself, which kicked off at 7.45pm, averaged 4.2 million. Five main terrestrial analogue networks BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 (available in all UK homes with TV, except Channel 5, which reaches about 95%) BBC1 6am: Breakfast – 1.403 million/34.4% BBC2 10pm: Later 250 ... with Jools Holland – 626,000/3.3% ITV1/ITV1 HD 6am: Daybreak – 762,000/19.6% Channel 4 8pm: Food – 1.590 million/7.2%, C4+1 231,000/1% Channel 5 8pm: Emergency Bikers – 1.469 million/6.6% Freeview/digital terrestrial TV free-to-air networks Available in 23.4m UK homes – 91.4% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 ITV2 9pm: Fearne and... Perez Hilton – 222,000/1% E4 9pm: Ugly Betty – 584,000/2.6% BBC4 10pm: Mad Men – 282,000/1.6% Cable and satellite pay-TV networks Available in 12.4m UK homes – 48.2% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 Sky1 8pm: Vet Adventures – 131,000/0.6% Living 8pm: Psychic Sally: On the Road – 178,000/0.8% All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, HD, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".