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"Jimmy Carr&amp;#039;s 8 Out of 10 Cats hounding was seen by 2.5 million viewers on Channel 4 last night, according to the latest overnight data. Host Carr, who recently hit the headlines for tax avoidance, boosted the panel show to 2.18m (11.1%) and 360k (2.8%) on +1 - rising 1.2m week-on-week. Featuring a bizarre political outcry from Louie Spence as well as jokes aimed at Carr from regular guests Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, the rating is 8 Out of 10 Cats&amp;#039;s best since 2010. The Million Pound Drop Live, which preceded 8 Out of 10 Cats, attracted 1.36m (5.9%) from 8.30pm (+1: 125k), pipping Channel 5&amp;#039;s Big Brother eviction, which had 1.31m (5.6%) and 102k (0.5%) on timeshift. Big Brother&amp;#039;s Bit on the Side logged 735k (3.8%) at 10pm, beating BBC Two&amp;#039;s Episodes, which amused 641k (3.2%). Gardeners&amp;#039; World was BBC Two&amp;#039;s most-watched programme with 2.19m (9.8%) at 8.30pm. Coverage of Euro 2012&amp;#039;s second quarter-final match - Germany v Greece - averaged 7.24m (31.9%) for ITV1 between 7.20pm and 10pm. Over on BBC One, The Graham Norton Show entertained 3.74m (22.7%) at 10.35pm, prior to which 2.61m (11.4%) watched Would I Lie To You? an hour earlier. Overall, ITV1 dominated primetime with 26.1% (+1: 0.3%), beating BBC One&amp;#039;s 19.2%. Channel 4 claimed third place with 5.8% (+1: 0.7%), just ahead of BBC Two&amp;#039;s 5.5%. Channel 5 finished last with 4% (+1: 0.2%).   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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