More viewers exit 'Harley Street'

ITV1 medical drama Harley Street posted its lowest audience figure to date last night (Thursday).

The fifth episode of the six-part series, shown on ITV1 in the 9pm hour, averaged 2.59m (12%), a fall of 400,000 on last week. The show debuted with a middling 3.9m (17.5%) a month ago.

Winning the slot was BBC One's documentary Traffic Cops with 4.81m (22.2%), a rise on the 2.88m (13.7%) audience for Vanessa Mae: The Making Of Me in the same slot last week. On BBC Two, Mock The Week had a strong 2.58m (12%) but then the audience halved to 1.34m (6.1%) for the final episode of Lab Rats at 9.30pm. Channel 4's Big Brother update was seen by 2.83m (13%), with a further 421,000 (2.8%) on Channel 4+1, and Five's The Hotel Inspector interested 1.16m (5.4%).

At 8pm, The Bill had 4.01m (19.8%) for ITV1 but was beaten by BBC One's combination of soaps and scandals. EastEnders was the day's overall top performer with 6.49m (32.9%), then at 8.30pm, Rogue Restaurants improved to 4.43m (21.3%). The final episode of Gok's Fashion Fix appealed to 1.65m (8.2%) on Channel 4 and on BBC Two, new dating show Would Like To Meet Again drew a lacklustre 1.12m (5.7%). Dr. Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young followed with 1.48m (7.1%).

Emmerdale drew 5.45m (31.4%) to ITV1 at 7pm while on BBC One, Olympics highlights show Games Today averaged 4.25m (23.8%).

EastEnders was also the top performer on multichannel, with 766,000 (4.6%) tuning in for BBC Three's 10pm repeat. First-look Hollyoaks put in a solid 560,000 (3.7%) for E4 at 7pm.

ITV4 had a successful night with coverage of the Uefa Cup game between Manchester City and Midtjylland. The match, which saw Man City suffer a surprise 1-0 defeat, averaged 547,000 (3.2%) between 7pm and 10pm.

BBC Three documentary Britain's Really Disgusting Foods enticed 431,000 (2.3%) in the 9pm hour, while on ITV2, comedy film Be Cool had 290,000 (1.8%) between 9pm and 11.15pm, with an additional 82,000 (0.8%) on ITV2+1. Five US had a strong showing for its Steven Seagal film Shadow Man, with 515,000 (3%) between 9pm and 10.55pm.