Royal documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which featured the former Suits star opening up about her anxiety over the British tabloid press and motherhood, failed to deliver in the ratings on Sunday.
The documentary, which aired on ITV at 9 Pm, could only muster 2.8M viewers in the hour slot, being comfortably beaten by BBC One drama World on Fire, which averaged 4.3M for its fourth episode.
Given the publicity around the ITN Productions doc, which was hosted by Tom Bradby, it was thought that it would be a massive ratings performer for the British commercial broadcaster. However, it’s also the half-term holidays in the UK, a time at which a lot of British families go away on holiday.
To put it into context, its lead-in, an episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scored 3.7M viewers in the 8 Pm slot, while Strictly Come Dancing averaged 9.3M viewers at 7 Pm on BBC One.
The documentary, which aired on ITV at 9 Pm, could only muster 2.8M viewers in the hour slot, being comfortably beaten by BBC One drama World on Fire, which averaged 4.3M for its fourth episode.
Given the publicity around the ITN Productions doc, which was hosted by Tom Bradby, it was thought that it would be a massive ratings performer for the British commercial broadcaster. However, it’s also the half-term holidays in the UK, a time at which a lot of British families go away on holiday.
To put it into context, its lead-in, an episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scored 3.7M viewers in the 8 Pm slot, while Strictly Come Dancing averaged 9.3M viewers at 7 Pm on BBC One.
- 10/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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