
'Towards Zero', which featured guest appearances from Eileen Atkins and Paul Nicholls, averaged 5.49m (23.9%) for ITV1 between 8pm and 10pm. BBC One's biographical drama Miss Potter, starring Renée Zellweger as Beatrix Potter, drew a still-respectable 5.08m (22.2%) from 8pm to 9.30pm.
The top show of the day was ITV1's Heartbeat, which drew 5.95m (30%) in the 7pm hour. On BBC One at the same time, 3.89m (19.6%) watched the tribute show Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army and on BBC Two, a repeat of Dragons' Den interested 1.65m (8.3%).
A Top Gear repeat had 2.96m (13.2%) for BBC Two at 8pm, easily outdoing Channel 4's BodyShock repeat I Am The Elephant Man, with 922,000 (4.1%), and Five movie A Bridge Too Far, which drew 1.22m (6.1%) between 8pm and 11.20pm.
Big Brother delivered a solid 2.84m (12.1%) to Channel 4 in the 9pm hour, with an additional 412,000 on Channel 4+1, then documentary The WI Guide To Brothels entertained 1.77m (11%) in the 10pm hour. BBC Two's Long Way Round appealed to 1.8m (7.7%) and BBC One's Last Choir Standing results show had 3.28m (14.2%) from 9.30pm.
More4's Sunday afternoon marathon of Come Dine With Me put in another strong performance, peaking with 653,000 (4.5%) for the 6.15pm episode. Sky One's Gladiators drew a strong 570,000 (3.4%) at 7pm, while ITV2's screening of Die Hard 2 averaged 561,000 (3.4%) between 9pm and 11.20pm.




