Tamzin Outhwaite's 'Paradox' opens to 4.1m

BBC One's Paradox made a decent start last night, early viewing figures show.

The Tamzin Outhwaite-fronted drama series, which sees police trying to prevent awful future events from happening, pulled in 4.13m (16.3%) during the 9pm hour.

It was beaten by the latest instalment of ITV1's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, which drew 7.82m (30.9%) across the same period.

Also at 9pm, Channel 4's Relocation, Relocation, Relocation put in 2.2m (8.7%), 1.78m (7%) watched CSI: Miami on Five, and An Iranian 'Martyr' had 640k (2.5%) for BBC Two.

Holby City won the 8pm hour, attracting 5.74m (24.1%) to BBC One. Its nearest rival, ITV1's John Sergeant On The Trail, managed 3.15m (13.2%).

BBC Two's A History Of Scotland interested 1.86m (7.8%), 1.51m (6.3%) tuned in for The Old People's Home Show on Channel 4, and 1.34m (5.7%) chose Five's Sea Patrol UK.

Overall, BBC One edged primetime with an average share of 22.4% to ITV1's 20.5%. Channel 4 was third with 6.6% (+1: 0.5%), followed by BBC Two with 5.7%, and Five's 5.4%.

Elsewhere, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now! drew 1.12m (6.4%) for ITV2 during the 10pm hour, and Sky1's 8pm screening of the latest Stargate Universe averaged 588k (2.6%) at 8pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional