Channel 4 documentary on 'peculiarly British pastime' pulls in bigger audience than new Hilary Devey show The Intern
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guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 April 2013 12.26 BST
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Dogging Tales: an audience of 1.9 million looked on. Photograph: Channel 4
Channel 4 documentary Dogging Tales proved a hit with nearly 2 million viewers, rather more than tuned in to its new show The Intern featuring former Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey.
Dogging Tales, which featured hidden camera footage and interviews with dogging enthusiasts wearing animal masks, attracted 1.9 million viewers, an 11.3% share of the audience, between 10pm and 11.15pm on Thursday.
The Intern, in which Devey sends out young hopefuls to work with a prospective new employer, could only manage 1.3 million viewers, a 5.6% share, between 9pm and 10pm. It was down 14% on Channel 4's slot average over the past three months.
The Intern nearly lost out to ITV2's Peter Andre: My Life, which had 1.2 million viewers, a 5.3% share, also between 9pm and 10pm, 55% up on the channel's slot average.
Not much of a draw
With no British clubs left in the UEFA Champions League, ITV turned to the lesser of the two European club competitions, the Europa League, last night.
But Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Basel averaged only 3.6 million viewers, a 16% share, across more than two hours of coverage between 7.45pm and 10.10pm.
It lost out to BBC1's Masterchef, which drew 5 million viewers, a 22% share, between 9pm and 10pm, the channel's second most-watched programme of the night (behind EastEnders, with 6.5 million, a 29.6% share).
Elsewhere last night, BBC4's new Andrew Graham-Dixon series, High Art of the Low Countries, began its three-part run on BBC4 with 623,000 viewers, a 27.% share, up 22% on the slot average.
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