Family of Blood - Overnight Ratings

Unofficial overnight figures show that Episode Nine, The Family of Blood, was watched by 6.6 million viewers, making it the most watched programme of Saturday.

With a share of 39.1% of the total viewers, the programme was top by audience and by share, narrowly beating Any Dream Will Do.

It out-rated its direct opposition on ITV1, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, which achieved 4.1 million viewers.

The children's audience was 1.4 million, making it by far the highest-rated show of the week with 4-15 year olds, with a share of 62.6%.

With one day to go the programme currently stands at number 12 in the week's top programmes.

On BBC Three, Doctor Who Confidential received a rating of 0.54 million viewers, which was a 3.6% share of the audience. This made it the most watched multichannel programme of the day.