BBC1's 'Bonekickers' drops 1.6m

The audience for Bonekickers, BBC One's new archaeological drama, dropped by 1.6m for last night's second episode.

The show, starring Julie Graham and Adrian Lester, was watched by 5.2m (24.3%) between 9pm and 10pm. The figure is a 23.5% decline from last week's audience of 6.8m (30.5%), though BBC One remained the most watched channel in the slot.

BBC Two drew an impressive 2.1m (9.9%) in the 9pm hour with new rural documentary Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes. The show follows the have-a-go farmer as he visits professionals in an effort to put a positive spin on UK agriculture.

ITV1 attracted 3.3m (15.2%) for drama repeat Doc Martin, on a par with last week's episode, while 2.9m (13.3%) watched Gordon Ramsay's F Word on Channel 4. On Five, a season seven CSI repeat drew 1.3m (5.9%).

Other notable audiences last night included 4.3m (21.2%) for ITV's Send In The Dogs, a new crime reality documentary in the 8pm hour, and 3.1m (18.3%) for the Channel 4 Big Brother catchup from 10pm.

The top multichannel audience of the day was 1.02m for BBC Three's EastEnders repeat at 10pm, which went some way to make up for its disappointing 5.6m (29.2%) audience on BBC One earlier in the evening. Film4 enjoyed a strong evening thanks to its screening of disaster flick The Day After Tomorrow, with an average of 451,000 between 9pm and 11.20pm.