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The fourth series of Ladette To Lady got off to a poor start on ITV1 last night, according to early ratings figures.
The opening episode, which saw headmistress Gill Harbord greet a batch of Aussie ladettes, pulled in a lowly 2.6m (12.4%) during the 9pm hour. Series three opened to 3.39m (14.3%) on January 22, 2008.
The show came just ahead of the return of BBC Two's Mary, Queen Of Charity Shops, which attracted 2.52m (12%).
Crimewatch came top during the hour, putting in 4.37m (20.9%) for BBC One, and Channel 4's new series I'm Running Sainsbury's interested 1.61m (7.7%). CSI took a strong 2.45m (11.7%) for Five after a drop last week due to a clash with Britain's Got Talent.
Holby City placed BBC One in first place during the 8pm hour, averaging 5.39m (27.3%). Its nearest rival, BBC Two's Springwatch, put in 3.01m (15.2%).
The final episode of Gok's Fashion Fix delivered 2.02m (10.2%) for Channel 4, ITV1's new series Nature's Fury: Tornado grabbed 1.88m (9.5%) and Five's Helicopter Warfare ended its run with 585k (3%).
Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 24.9% to ITV1's 14.9%. BBC Two was third with 10.4%, followed by Channel 4 with 7.5% (+1: 1%) and Five's 6.2%.
Elsewhere, BBC Three series Blood, Sweat And Takeaways logged 536k (2.8%) at 9pm, beating E4's Smallville, which took 216k (1.1%) and Sci Fi's Dollhouse, which managed 114k (0.6%) and a further 75k (0.5%) on timeshift.
Sci Fi's Knight Rider was seen by 243k (1.35%) at 8pm, with an additional 66k (0.4%) tuning in on Sci Fi+1.
Ratings data supplied by Attentional
