729,000 seek 'Cannabis: Secret Farms'

Cannabis: Britain's Secret Farms performed well for BBC Three last night, early viewing figures show.

The programme, fronted by Kiss FM's Rickie Haywood-Williams, pulled in 729k (2.9%) and was the most-watched show on the multichannel stations behind EastEnders and American Idol, which took 867k (3.6%) for ITV2.

Elsewhere, Lenora Crichlow-fronted Material Girl grabbed 2.84m (11.7%) for BBC One at 8pm, then the audience climbed to 6.14m (24.7%) during the 9pm screening of Silent Witness.

Over on BBC Two, Jimmy's Global Harvest had 1.85m (7.6%) at 8pm, then new episodes of Mock The Week and Rab C. Nesbitt logged 2.57m (10.3%) and 2.04m (8.2%) during the 9pm hour.

My Dream Farm attracted 1.5m (6.1%) to Channel 4 at 8pm, then Dispatches: The Slumdog Children of Mumbai drew 1.95m (7.9%) during the 9pm hour. The 10pm update from the Celebrity Big Brother house then interested 2.71m (15%).

Five's Build A New Life In The Country grabbed 1.04m (4.3%) at 8pm, then 1.26m (5.1%) tuned in for Extreme Fishing With Robson Green during the 9pm hour.

Overall, BBC One edged primetime with an average share of 23% to ITV1's 22.8%. Channel 4 was third with 7.9% (+1: 0.7%), followed by BBC Two with 6.2% and Five's 4.1%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional