[Arneldo]

JUST 3.5 million viewers tuned into the start of Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack last night on Channel 4.

It was seen by 3.2 million on Channel 4 and a further 325,000 people saw the launch show in which Little Britain’s Matt Lucas took on the BB role on E4.

This compares to the 7.1 million who watched the beginning of Celebrity Big Brother with Shilpa Shetty and Jade Goody a year ago.

But after the initial show on C4, nearly 2 million viewers continued to watch it on E4 – the digital channel’s highest figures for a homegrown show.

The rest of the series, which continues for more than three weeks, is running on E4.

A C4 spokeswoman said: “We’re thrilled with the launch – 1.9 million marks E4’s highest ever audience for a home grown commission. Last night’s show was a strong start.”

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[XxShortyxX]

Cool, ot was very good last night, just miss Davina

[Captain.Remy]

Good thing for both C4 and E4 !!!

[andybigbro]

I thought the show was great

I think it should have got more viewers

[ProjectWeirdo]

Yay... here's to the start of something great!

I really enjoyed the launch last night... I can't wait to watch more. The figures seem a little low to me, but from what I can see, C4 and E4 seem pretty happy...

[MarkWaldorf]

It'll probably fall to under a million now. I don't think many people were interested.

[jamesh]

Last night was alot better than I thought it was going to be.... and I've been watching since 2pm today on live feed and its been really entertaining. In BB8 when I watched the live feed it was kinda boring and they weren't doing much unless it was a task but this series so far the hm's have been really entertaining! Hope this continues throughout the show!

[Jackie]

Ive been watching this afternoon as well i think their task was really funny.

[ProjectWeirdo]

I watched the live feed as well today... I enjoyed it, too!