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The ratings for Trinny and Susannah's ITV1 fashion series have failed to improve despite a move to a third new timeslot.
Trinny and Susannah Undress The Nation aired its fifth episode last night (Thursday) to an audience of only 2.37m (11.1%). The figures meant that ITV1 was in fourth place for the 9pm hour. The series has now aired on three different nights over the course of its short run. The previous episode, shown on Tuesday, August 19, had gathered 2.14m (9.5%).
Leading the 9pm slot last night was Channel 4's Big Brother, with 3.26m (15.3%) and 321,000 (2.1%) on Channel 4+1. BBC One was second with Robert Winston's SuperDoctors, which improved an encouraging 400,000 on last week to average 3.16m (14.8%). BBC Two's Mock The Week had a very strong 3.27m (15.1%) but in the final half of the hour, episode two of The Cup lost over half the audience to average just 1.37m (6.5%).
EastEnders drew 7.39m (38.5%) for BBC One at 7.30pm, with a further 837,000 (4.9%) on BBC Three at 10pm. Emmerdale was second place for the day overall with 5.88m (32.2%) at 7pm, while The One Show had 4.17m (22.8%).
The Bill took 4.67m (22.6%) to win the 8pm hour for ITV1, and on BBC One, Rogue Restaurants improved to 4.57m (22.9%). New series Accidental Heroes, about real-life tales of bravery and coverage, followed at 8.30pm with 3.46m (16.1%). Channel 4's How To Look Good Naked was observed by 2.1m (10.2%).
BBC Two dating show Would Like To Meet Again had a lowly 1.12m (5.6%) at 8pm but ratings picked up to 2.06m (9.6%) at 8.30pm for Dr. Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young.
Five's primetime schedule was mostly occupied by coverage of the Uefa Cup fixture between Aston Villa and Icelandic side Hafnarfjordur. The game, which the Birmingham team won 5-2 on aggregate, averaged a decent 1.3m (6.3%) between 7.30pm and 10.05pm. Later, the third season finale of Grey's Anatomy managed 804,000 (4.8%).
Elsewhere, The Charlotte Church Show wrapped its current run with 1.38m (7.6%) for Channel 4 at 10pm. It was beaten by a repeat of Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC Two, with 1.59m (8.2%) over 30 minutes.
BBC Three's heavily-trailed CGI sketch show The Wrong Door opened well at 10.30pm, enticing an average of 546,000 (4%). A Family Guy double-bill built on the audience from 11pm with 669,000 (6.6%) and 642,000 (8.1%).
ITV2's Thursday night movie The Chronicles Of Riddick, starring Vin Diesel, brought in 543,000 (3.3%) from 9pm to 11.15pm, with a further 147,000 (1.3%) on ITV2+1. Sister channel ITV3 had a strong 519,000 (3%) for a two-hour Wire In The Blood repeat from 9pm.
Five US's latest Steven Seagal film Half Past Dead brought in 386,000 (2.3%) over two hours from 9pm, just marginally ahead of the 385,000 (2.1%) for Film4's romcom The Wedding Date.
