Doctor Who managed to achieve an audience of 5.1 million when The Big Bang was broadcast last night according to BARB. The Big Bang was the second highest watched programme of the day, being beaten by the USA v Ghana World Cup match which achieved an audience 5.7 million. Doctor Who managed to achieve an average audience on BBC One of 4.6 million with an additional 0.5 million over on the BBC’s HD channel.

Up against BBC 2’s coverage of Wimbledon, Doctor Who secured a 31% share of the television audience. Doctor Who is currently the seventeenth most programme of the week with only todays viewing figures to be confirmed. Final viewing figures for The Big Bang will be released by BARB within the next ten days with the ratings for The Pandorica Opens due soon.