UK TV ratings: BBC’s The Tourist is back on just 2.2 million, well surpassed by ITV Post Office drama

BBC drama The tourist Last night, the second season of the lucrative New Year series returned to just 2.2 million viewers at 9pm GMT (1pm PT), comfortably bettered by ITV’s Post Office drama.

The episode, which peaked at 2.5 million viewers, drew less than half the audience of the first season’s opener two years ago from the exact same timeslot, according to Barb ratings data from nights.tv. As viewers watch on iPlayer, where all EPS are available, consolidation is likely to increase significantly in the coming weeks.

Relocating from Australia to Ireland this season, the Jamie Dornan starrer follows a car crash victim who wakes up in hospital with amnesia, launching on Netflix in the US in a few weeks and also co-producing for the Australian Stan and German ZDF. Season 1 was co-produced for the Max streamer (then HBO Max). Made by Flea bag Creator Two Brothers Pictures, in last night’s episode, Dornan’s Elliot was kidnapped while traveling to Ireland with Helen (Danielle Macdonald) to find answers about his past.

The tourist took third place in the BBC’s most watched program yesterday. It was duly beaten by ITV’s heartbreaking opener Mr. Assets against the post office, Starring Toby Jones, he tells the story of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. Both continue tonight on their respective channels.

During the Christmas season, the BBC aired an adaptation of Agatha Christie Murder is easy with Industry David Jonsson to 3.7 million and then to 2.8 million viewers. Now a feature film men up, The film, produced by Russell T. Davies, told the story of the invention of Viagra and attracted an audience of 1.5 million people on December 29.

The BBC’s big show starts this week The tourist is the second season of the breakout competition hit the traitors, which starts tomorrow at 9:00 p.m