'Law & Order: UK' holds steady audience

Law & Order: UK continues to perform well for ITV1, overnight ratings figures suggest.

The crime drama - starring Bradley Walsh and Jamie Bamber - pulled in 5.77m (25.2%) last night, holding a steady audience since its debut three weeks ago.

Its nearest competitor, Rogue Traders, drew 4.56m (19.9%) for BBC One at 9pm.

The latest episode of Heroes logged 1.62m (7%) for BBC Two, while Channel 4's Cutting Edge film Scams, Fiddles And Honest Claims managed 1.44m (6.3%).

Five's Extreme Fishing With Robson Green came last during the 9pm hour, pulling in 1.19m (5.2%).

Channel 4's Dispatches, which looked at Pakistan's Taliban generation, took a lowly 810k (3.45) at 8pm. It was beaten by The Gadget Show on Five, which drew 1.13m (4.7%).

2.77m (11.6%) tuned in to BBC Two's Railway Walks at 8pm. The audience then dropped slightly to 2.58m (10.7%) for the 8.30pm screening of James Wong's documentary Grow Your Own Drugs.

Tonight: Pets Undercover - an investigation into the cost of keeping a pet healthy - attracted 3.86m (16.3%) for ITV1 between 8pm and 8.30pm.

Over on BBC One, Panorama, which looked at the Government's failure to recover assets obtained by convicted criminals, drew 3.01m (12.5%) between 8.30pm and 9pm.

ITV1 had a first place finish in primetime with an average audience share of 27.2% to BBC One's 21.9%. BBC Two was third with 8.3%, followed by Channel 4 with 4.7% (+1: 0.7%) and Five with 4.2%.

Elsewhere, the new episode of 24 managed 500k (2.4%) for Sky1 in the 9pm hour. It was beaten by a Gavin And Stacey repeat on BBC Three, which took 581k (2.7%).

The next episode of Heroes attracted 623k (5.1%) for BBC Three at 10.30pm.

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Ratings data supplied by Attentional