'Poldark' Series Five Opens to 4.6 Million

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Poldark series five opened last night to an audience of 4.6 million, according to Broadcast Now, winning the 9 pm slot. While slightly down on the 4.7 m who watched the opener for series 4, the audience share was exactly the same at 22.7%.  Interestingly, Series two also opened to a 22.7% share (5.1m).

The number of viewers tuning in to Poldark  at 9pm easily topped those of  Beecham House (1.8m  8.9%)  which was showing on ITV at the same time.