Top Gear, which has been revamped with Matt Le Blanc at the helm alongside co-hosts Chris Harris and Rory Reid, was watched by an average of 2.8 million people, according to overnight data, while Call The Midwife was seen by an average of 8.9 million. From glimpses of goat polo in Kazakhstan to tales of James McAvoy tearing round the track in a new “reasonably fast car”, Top Gear opened its new series with an action-packed episode.