Fires of Pompeii - AI and Digital ratings

Episode Two of the new series of Doctor Who, The Fires of Pompeii, achieved an Appreciation Index of87. The figure puts the programme in the excellent category and was the highest scored by the two main channels on Saturday.

With overnights now available for the whole week, Doctor Who is currently the 11th most watched programme of the week. Final figures will be released byBARB in 9 days time.

Saturday's edition of Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.57 million viewers, according to unofficial overnights. The programme, which had a share of 2.8%, was the most watched on multi channel television on Saturday.

Sunday's BBC3 repeat of The Fires of Pompeii got an overnight audience of 0.82 million, a 3.8% share and was the 5th most watched programme on multi channel TV for Sunday. Doctor Who Confidential got an audience of 0.53 million for the repeat showing.

Meanwhile last Friday's repeat of Partners in Crime got an audience of 0.61 million and was the 2nd most watched multi channel programme for the day.