Is Whites going cold?

Audience slump for Alan Davies sitcom

Alan Davies’s new kitchen comedy Whites has lost nearly a million viewers – more than a third of its audience – in two weeks.

The sitcom, set in a country house hotel, was seen by 1.45mn viewers on BBC Two last night.

That is down 920,000 on its strong opening audience of 2.37m two weeks ago, according to overnight figures. It has also slumped below the channel’s average audience in that 9pm timeslot of 1.87m.

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s sketch show Harry & Paul has also slid from 1.99m viewers on September 28 to 1.21m last night.

England’s European Championship qualifier against Montenegro has been blamed for the slump, with more than 6million viewers watching on ITV1 and ITV1 HD.

Published: 13 Oct 2010

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