Horne and Corden get great ratings on BBC3

They may have found fame through “Gavin and Stacy” but comedy duo Mathew Horne and James Corden have created history on the digital channel BB3, by becoming the most watched debut in the comedy sector in the history of the channel.

The Horne and Corden show kicked things off with a very good 817,000 viewers, which works out at just under six per cent for the 10.30 pm slot.

During the fifteen minutes of the show, a large amount of viewers switched from the main BBC One terrestrial channel.

In fact more than 158,000 viewers switched from BBC1 to BBC3.

However, during the second half of the show the figures increased to 838,000 or 6.3 per cent.

This could have been because the BBC’s top soap, Eastenders, was following.