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"BBC One&amp;#039;s Last Tango in Halifax cemented itself as a ratings hit on Tuesday night (December 4), soaring above 6 million viewers. Episode three of the six-part romantic drama pulled in 6.23m in the 9pm hour, a 26.5% share.  Even higher than November&amp;#039;s premiere audience, the series grew 700k week-on-week. With EastEnders and Holby City performing solidly earlier on, BBC One towered over ITV, which could only average 3.03m (12.8%) for its Champions League football coverage between 7.30pm and 10pm. MasterChef: The Professionals anchored BBC Two&amp;#039;s schedule with an impressive 3.2m (13.2%) at 8pm, after which 1.23m (5.2%) watched Dara O&amp;#039;Briain&amp;#039;s Science Club, and The Sarah Millican Television Programme returned with 1.19m (6.3%) in the 10pm slot.  Channel 4&amp;#039;s festive A SuperScrimpers&amp;#039; Merry Christmas mustered 1.91m (7.9%) from 8pm (+1: 380k), then Heston&amp;#039;s Fantastical Food served 1.52m (6.5%) at 9pm (+1: 184k). Elsewhere, 5 secured 1.08m (4.5%) for 8pm&amp;#039;s Murder Files: The Haircut Killers and 1.06m (4.5%) for 9pm&amp;#039;s Body of Proof. Channel 5 +1 added 142k for Body of Proof. Overall, BBC One thrashed ITV1 in primetime with 24.2% to 14.1% (+1: 0.4%). BBC Two eased into third place with 7.7%, beating Channel 4&amp;#039;s 5.6% (+1: 1%) and Channel 5&amp;#039;s 3.8% (+1: 0.3%).  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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