ITV’s Victoria has narrowly pipped BBC1’s Poldark by just 200,000 viewers to keep its crown in the battle of the Sunday night period dramas.
The penultimate episode of the eight-part royal drama drew 4.8 million viewers and a 21.9% share of total TV viewing between 9pm and 10.05pm.
Poldark drew 4.6 million viewers and a 20.7% share of TV viewing between 9pm and 10pm with the fifth episode of the second series.
Louis Theroux’s documentary exploring Jimmy Savile’s past, 15 years on from his film When Louis Met Jimmy, drew 2.7 million viewers and a 12.3% share, a strong performance given the competition in the 9pm slot.
Meanwhile, earlier in the evening BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing drew 8.1 million viewers. The results show, which saw DJ and TV presenter Melvin Odoom leave without a dance-off as the other lowest-placed contestant, Anastacia, could not compete due to an injury, drew a 36.6% share of total TV viewing between 7.15pm and 8pm.
It easily outperformed Simon Cowell’s The X Factor which attracted 6.4 million viewers and a 27.9% share of TV viewing between 9pm and 10pm.
