Claire Sweeney's Big Fat Diet dines out on 3.2m viewers

by Darren Davidson, Brand Republic 07-Jan-09, 11:00

LONDON - 'Claire Sweeney's Big Fat Diet', in which the actress ate whatever she wanted for six weeks to show the effects overeating has on her health, pulled in 3.2m viewers for ITV1 last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The ITV1 documentary captured a 13.3% share of the audience between 9pm-10pm, only 100,000 viewers behind Channel 4's 'Celebrity Big Brother'.

The latest instalment of 'Celebrity Big Brother' was watched by 3.1m viewers and a 13.1% share of the audience in the 9pm-10pm slot.

Last night's special live show, in which Ulrika Johnsson and glamour model Lucy Pinder found out they were nominated for eviction by head of house Terry Christian, had 3.6m viewers and a 15% share of the audience, including viewers on Channel 4+1.

The 9pm slot was won by BBC One's 'Crimewatch Solved', with 4.8m viewers and a 20.1% share of the audience.

A new BBC Two documentary called 'Nicholas Crane's Britannia: The Great Elizabethan Journey' brought the channel 2.5m viewers and a 10.3% share of the audience between 9pm-10pm.

Five's popular US import 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' earned 1.5m viewers and a 6.5% share of the audience in the same slot.