England v Pakistan cricket highlights draw 780,000

Highlights of England's remarkable comeback in the fourth Test against Pakistan were watched by 780,000 viewers on Channel 5 on Friday, 28 August. Cricket on Five averaged a 4.1% share of the audience between 7.15pm and 8pm. Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad's record-breaking eighth-wicket stand already numbered 244 by the end of Friday's play, although the stand – which would ultimately reach 332 – would later be overshadowed by allegations of "spot-fixing" by the Pakistani team . The cricket beat the end of Channel 4 News, which had 577,000, a 3.3% share between 7pm and 7.25pm on Channel 4, with another 33,000 viewers on Channel 4 +1. A Who Do You Think You Are? repeat on BBC2 had 885,000 viewers, 4.7% of the audience between 7pm and 8pm on BBC2. ITV1/ITV1 HD's Coronation Street, pulled in 7.339 million viewers, a 37.3% share, between 7.30pm and 8pm, beating BBC1's A Question of Sport, which had 3.602 million viewers, 18.2% of the audience. Five main terrestrial analogue networks BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel Five (available in all UK homes with TV, except Channel 5, which reaches about 95%) BBC1 8pm: EastEnders – 7.852 million/37.3% BBC2 10pm: Roger and Val Have Just Got In – 1.162 million/6% ITV1/ITV1 HD 8.30pm: Coronation Street – 7.238 million/33% Channel 4 9pm: Ultimate Big Brother – 2.922 million/13.6%, C4+1 - 215,000/1.2% Channel 5 10pm: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – 1.238 million/6.8% 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 ITV4 7pm: Uefa Super Cup Live – 393,000/1.4% BBC3 10.30pm: Reading Festival Live – 470,000/3.5% BBC4 7.30pm: BBC Proms 2010 – 184,000/0.9% 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".