1.9 million watch Sarah Harding drama

Dominic Savage's Freefall had a respectable debut last night, according to the latest viewing figures.

The recession-themed drama - starring Alfie Allen and Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding - pulled in 1.87m (8.9%) between 9pm and 10.30pm, but came in last place during its timeslot.

The most-watched programme of the 9pm hour, BBC One's What's Really In Our Food?, was seen by 4.05m (18.6%).

ITV1's Trial & Retribution repeat put in 2.59m (11.9%), 2.46m (11.3%) watched the latest episode of CSI: Miami on Five, and Channel 4's Big Brother highlights show managed 2.24m (10.3%), down around 960k on last year's equivalent episode.

Earlier, at 8pm, Holby City attracted 5.25m (24.8%) to BBC One, and Coast had an impressive opening episode, with 3.5m (16.6%) tuning in.

Holiday Homes From Hell had 2.84m (13.4%) for ITV1, Property Snakes And Ladders ensnared 1.81m (8.6%) to Channel 4, and Five's Monster Moves grabbed 663k (3.2%).

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 21.1% to ITV1's 17.1%. BBC Two was third with 10.1%, followed by Channel 4's 7.4% (+1: 1.1%) and Five's 6.4%.

Elsewhere, the 9pm episode of Ghost Whisperer put in 345k (1.7%) for Living, beating Sci Fi's Dollhouse, which had 185k (0.9%), and the final episode of BBC Three's Personal Affairs, which bowed out with 221k (1.1%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional