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BBC's 'Five Days' continues ratings lead

Published Wednesday, Mar 3 2010, 11:57 GMT | By Dan French
BBC's 'Five Days' continues ratings lead

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Five Days continued its ratings lead for BBC One last night, according to the latest viewing figures.

The second episode of the week-long drama, which stars former Coronation Street actress Suranne Jones, logged 6.75m (27%) during the 9pm hour, easily winning the timeslot.

Earlier on BBC One, Holby City interested 6.12m (25.3%).

Over on BBC Two, The Hairy Bikers Come Home and Horizon: Did Cooking Make Us Human put in 3.13m (13%) and 1.66m (6.7%) at 8pm and 9pm respectively.

Brazil's game against the Republic of Ireland averaged 3.27m (13.4%) for ITV1 between 8pm and 10pm.

Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance took 2.28m (9.4%) for Channel 4 at 8pm, then the audience climbed to 2.72m (10.9%) during the 9pm screening of One Born Every Minute. Shameless followed at 10pm, drawing 2.14m (12.4%).

Five's Ice Road Truckers managed 1.42m (5.9%) during the 8pm hour, then 2.32m (9.3%) watched CSI at 9pm.

Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 27.7% to ITV1's 14.2%. Channel 4 was third with 8.8% (+1: 1%), followed by BBC Two with 8.9% and Five's 6.3%.

Over on the multichannel stations, ITV2's screening of the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries had 479k (1.9%), with a further 88k (0.5%) tuning in on timeshift.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional

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