Smith and Jones - Overnight Ratings

Unofficial overnight figures show that the first episode of the new series was watched by 8.2 million viewers, a 39.5% share of the audience.The programme was the most watched on Saturday, beating the second placed Any Dream Will Do by 1.5 million viewers.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on ITV1 was watched by 4.7 million viewers.The programme also had the highest audience share of the day.The five minute breakdown shows the audience grew by over 2 million throughout the programme to peak at 9.1 million between 7.35 and 7.40.Doctor Who was also top of the Children's Top Ten with 1.6 million viewers between the ages of 4 and 16. This was more than double the number viewing the second placed Harry Potter which had 0.7 million children watching.On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 790,000 Viewers. It was the second most watched programme on multi channel TV, being beaten by Ford Football Special on Sky Sports 1.