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A peak of 10.6 million viewers watched Manchester United qualify for the Champions League final on ITV1 last night, April 29.
The audience peaked across the last half hour of United's 1-0 semi-final victory over Barcelona between 9pm and 9.30pm at 10.6 million and a 40% share, according to unofficial overnight ratings.
Across the whole of ITV1's coverage between 7.30pm and 10pm, an average of 8.6 million and 34% tuned in.
The peak was 400,000 viewers up on last week's semi-final first leg between Liverpool and Chelsea, who play again tonight - this time on Sky Sports.
The football easily beat the BBC1 competition, Holby City and Waking the Dead, although both dramas posted respectable numbers.
At 8pm, Holby City attracted 5.7 million viewers and a 23% share, up 300,000 and one share point on last week, then at 9pm Waking The Dead held firm on last week's 5.9 million, with share at 23%.
On Channel 4, Gok Wan's style show How To Look Good Naked drew 2.5 million viewers and a 10% share at 8pm, with another 135,000 tuning in on the Channel 4 +1 catch-up service an hour later.
Then at 9pm, the second helping of medical show Embarrassing Bodies attracted 2.3 million and 9%, down 300,000 and two share points on Monday night's opener. A further 320,000 watched on Channel 4 +1.
The show is running for four consecutive nights, and last night turned its attention to breasts.
Its audience just edged out Channel Five's CSI repeat - which drew 2.1 million viewers and an 8% share - while both were a long way in front of BBC2's The Age of Terror. The Peter Taylor documentary drew 800,000 and 3%.
At 10pm, BBC's news romped home with 5.7 million viewers and a 29% share to News at Ten's 2.5 million and 13%.
Channel 4's Jacques Peretti documentary, Michael Barrymore: What Really Happened, pulled in 2.1 million viewers at 10pm, 12% of the audience. It drew 147,000 more viewers on Channel 4 +1.
BBC2's Later Live… with Jools Holland could only manage 600,000 and 3%.
Earlier, the soaps did the business, with Emmerdale drawing 6.5 million viewers and a 32% share at 7pm to ITV1, while BBC1's EastEnders pulled in 8.9 million and 39% at 7.30pm.
BBC2's coverage of the world snooker championship averaged 1.3 million viewers and a 6% share between 7pm and 9pm.