'Married, Single, Other' debuts high

Married, Single, Other made an impressive start for ITV1 last night, early viewing figures show.

The romantic dramedy, which stars Lucy Davis and Ralf Little, pulled in 6.22m (25.5%) during the 9pm hour, easily winning its timeslot.

Elsewhere at 9pm, New Tricks took 4.33m (17.8%) for BBC One, 870k (3.6%) watched Tower Block Of Commons on Channel 4, and BBC Two's Generation Jihad had 770k (3.2%).

Five's Denzel Washington movie The Bone Collector averaged 1.34m (6.8%) between 9pm and 11.30pm.

Earlier, at 8pm, The Gadget Show attracted 1.25m (4.8%) to Five, 660k (2.5%) watched Dispatches on Channel 4, and University Challenge and Raymond Blanc: Kitchen Secrets logged 3.16m (11.9%) and 2.17m (8.4%) for BBC Two.

The half-hour The Lakes grabbed 3.63m (13.6%) for ITV1 at 8pm, and Panorama drew 2.65m (10.2%) for ITV1 between 8.30pm and 9pm.

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 27.3% to BBC One's 21.1%. BBC Two was third with 6.3%, followed by Five's 4.7% and Channel 4 with 3.1% (+1: 0.6%).

Over on the multichannel stations, Glee put in an impressive 1.16m (4.8%) for E4 during the 9pm hour.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional