'Ramsay's F Word' returns to 1.8 million

Rex Features

Gordon Ramsay's F Word pulled in 1.77m (7.4%) for Channel 4 last night, according to early viewing figures.

The series five opener, which aired at 9pm, came last in its timeslot.

BBC One's Around The World In 80 Days won the hour, bringing in 4.08m (17.1%). Its nearest rival, the finale of ITV1's Seven Days On The Breadline, had 3.18m (13.3%).

CSI: Miami and Horizon logged 2.7m (11.3%) and 1.85m (7.8%) for Five and BBC Two respectively.

At 8pm, Holby City drew 5.78m (23.7%) for BBC One, 3.4m (13.9%) watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on ITV1, and BBC Two's James May's Toy Stories had 3.12m (12.7%).

Gok Wan's How To Look Good Naked managed 1.59m (6.5%) for Channel 4, and Five's Nature Shock finale grabbed 1.35m (5.5%).

Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 23.1% to ITV1's 15.2%. BBC Two was third with 8.6%, followed by Five's 6.8% and Channel 4 with 5.8% (+1: 0.8%).

Over on the multichannel stations, the latest instalment of Stargate Universe took 544k (2.3%) for Sky1.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional