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The head-to-head clash of expensive international big crime drama, filmed across several countries, ended in a win for BBC1's McMafia, watched by an average of 5.57m according to the overnight ratings.

Spectre, the most expensive James Bond film to date (estimated at £245m), averaged 4.96m for ITV (and that includes those watching on +1, a service denied to the BBC by the Trust).

McMafia, with tons of extras in the first outing (Surely we'll get get an ambassdor's reception worthy of Sarah Sands soon), is said to cost around £2m an episode, over eight. The audience figures for tonight's second episode will see whether or not the investment of licence-fees was justified.

For those worried about the lack of kilts in episode one, the Mc is a reference to McDonald's, the worldwide nutrition chain.