Third 'F Word' serves well for Channel 4

The third series of The F Word pulled in 3.2 million viewers and a 13.7% share at 9pm last night.

The Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking show gave the channel a clear lead over the other channels at that time.

BBC Two's Horizon managed 1.2 million and a 4.8% share for its documentary How to Commit the Perfect Murder at 9pm, and Five's ratings winner CSI: Crime Scene Investigation managed just 2.4 million and a 10.1% share, losing 300,000 viewers from last week.

Channel 4's How to Look Good Naked had 2.9 million viewers from 8pm, up 400,000 on its debut last week.

In the soaps, Emmerdale took 6.6 million and a 33.6% share at 7pm, but lost viewers at 7.30pm when Eastenders started on BBC One. The latter managed 6.1 million and a 29.3% share but grew its audience to 6.6 million and a 30.7% share.

Later in the evening, a new series of Alan Yentob's Imagine took 1.3 million viewers and an 11% audience share at 10.35pm on BBC One, but was pipped by The Seven Sins of England which managed 1.5 million viewers on Channel 4. Both shows were beaten by the ITV News which managed 2.5 million viewers at 10.30pm.