Parry's 'Amazon' voyage ends with 2.9m

Bruce Parry's Amazon Voyage came to an end last night (Monday) with 2.87m (12.9%) for BBC Two.

The six-part series, which followed the explorer's eight-month trek down the South American river, has averaged a strong 2.75m (12%). The figure is up 27% on BBC Two's average for the Monday, 9pm slot.

BBC One won the hour with police documentary Traffic Cops, which drew 4.46m (20%). ITV1 drama Wired lost almost 900,000 viewers after last week's encouraging start, averaging 3.97m (17.9%).

Channel 4 had 1.49m (7.2%) for the 90-minute special Extraordinary Animals in the Womb and Five managed just 684,000 (3.1%) for endurance contest Unbreakable.

University Challenge delivered a decent 3.12m (12.9%) for BBC Two at 8pm, then Valentine Warner's What To Eat Now concluded with 2.42m (10.1%). Over its six weeks, the food show has averaged 2.31m (9.8%), down 22% on the slot average.

Channel 4 had 1.26m (5.2%) for the hour with Dispatches: The Truth About Your Energy Bill, while Five put in 1.2m (5%) for The Gadget Show.

Coronation Street went into double figures at 7.30pm, drawing 10m (44.2%) to rank as the day's most-watched show. A second episode pulled in 9.34m (39.1%) at 8.30pm. EastEnders picked up 9.12m (37.7%) on BBC One at 8pm and an additional 513,000 (3.2%) on BBC Three.

Emmerdale had 7.43m (34.5%) at 7pm.

Hollyoaks continued to enjoy strong ratings on E4, with 1.14m (6.2%) tuning in for its first-look episode at 7pm (+1: 193,000, 0.9%).

The channel also enjoyed success later in primetime with disaster flick The Day After Tomorrow. The movie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid, drew 547,000 (3.5%) between 9pm and 11.20pm (+1: 217,000, 2.2%).

ITV2 peaked with an impressive 640,000 (3.3%) for Hell's Kitchen USA in the 9pm hour (+1: 80,000, 0.6%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional