BBC1’s Call The Midwife proved to be the biggest show of the weekend, as The Voice managed to reverse its audience decline.
The second episode of the of the fifth series of Call the Midwife drew an average of 7.8 million viewers, a 31.7% share of total TV viewing between 8pm and 9pm on Sunday night.
Viewing was down slightly on the 7.97 million who tuned in for the fifth series opener.
The fourth series opener was watched by an average of 8.3 million viewers last year, while 2014’s third series debut started with 9.6 million.
The Voice’s new-look judging panel halts viewing decline
The Voice managed to arrest its precipitous audience decline on its third outing on Saturday night, adding 200,000 viewers.
The show, which is moving to ITV1 next year, drew an average of 6.6 million viewers and a 21% share of TV viewing between 7.45pm and 9.05pm on Saturday.
The BBC1 show premiered with 7.1 million – well down on the 8 million who tuned in to watch the launch of the 2015 series.
The second episode lost 700,000 viewers to record an average audience of 6.4 million.
The fifth series of the show has a new-look panel with Boy George and Paloma Faith joining Ricky Wilson and Will.i.am.
