It has just been announced by Lizo Mzimba of the BBC that the overnight ratings for “The Woman Who Fell To Earth” was 8.2 million!”

The highest rating for Sunday was for the results show of Strictly Come Dancing with an average of 9.04 million watching.

ITV’s highest-rated programme was The X Factor, with 4.69 million watching. Against Doctor Who, 5 Gold Rings had 2.71 million watching.

Official figures, which will be released next Monday, will include those to recorded the episode and watched it later. They are expected to be considerably higher than the initial figures.

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