TV ratings: David Tennant drama draws 5.1m

The former Doctor Who David Tennant's return to BBC1, in the new drama series Single Father, managed an average of 5.1 million viewers last night, Sunday 10 October. The new four-part series, in which Tennant plays a single father living in Glasgow, attracted an 19.1% share of the audience on BBC1 and BBC HD in the 9pm slot. On ITV1, an average of 13.1 million viewers tuned in to The X Factor to watch Katie Waissel survive a showdown with the boyband FYD, who exited the show along with Nicola Festa. The X Factor managed a 46.2% share of viewers in the hour from 8pm. Over on BBC2, Dragons' Den: What Happened Next drew 1.1 million viewers, a 4% share, and Channel 4's Undercover Boss USA averaged 805,000 viewers and a 2.8% share. Despite losing an average of 700,000 viewers from last week, episode three of ITV1's period drama Downton Abbey maintained the biggest share of the 9pm audience with 8 million viewers, a 30.8% share. Last Sunday, Downton Abbey was watched by an average of 8.782 million viewers, a 33.2% share across ITV1 and ITV HD from 9pm, up from a combined audience of 7.685 million, a 30% share, for the launch episode the previous Sunday. Channel 5's showing of The Da Vinci Code at 9pm attracted 2.2 million viewers, an 11.9% audience share, up from 1.5 million viewers at the same time slot last Sunday. Five main terrestrial analogue networks BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 (available in all UK homes with TV, except Channel 5, which reaches about 95%) BBC1/HD 9pm: Single Father – 5.1 million/19.1% BBC2 9pm: Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos – 1.569 million/5.9% ITV1 8pm: The X Factor – 13.138 million/46.2% 9pm: Downton Abbey – 8.063 million/30.8% Channel 4 9pm: Looking for Eric – 721,000/3.4% Channel 5 9pm: The Da Vinci Code – 2.208 million/11.9% 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 ITV2 9pm: The Xtra Factor – 1.072 million/4.1% More4 Ramsay's Best Restaurant (rpt) – 130,000/0.5% BBC4 9.30pm: Boys From the Blackstuff – 265,000/1.2% Cable and satellite pay-TV networks Available in 12.4m UK homes – 48.2% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 Sky1 9pm: Thorne: Sleepyhead (new series) – 402,000/1.5% 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".