'Wormwood Scrubs' pulls in 5 million

The final part of ITV's Wormwood Scrubs documentary was watched by nearly 5m on Monday night.

The programme, which documented life in the famous British prison, was watched by 4.98m (21.7%) on ITV1 in the 9pm hour.

Earlier on the channel, Countrywise pulled in 3.46m (15.4%) from 8pm to 8.30pm.

On BBC One, Panorama gained 2.05m (8.9%) from 8.30pm to 9pm. It was followed by retail reality series High Street Dreams, which appealed to just 2.18m (9.5%), a drop of 290k week-on-week.

Springwatch: Signs of Change With Chris Packham averaged 1.99m (8.7%) for BBC Two in the 8pm hour and was followed by 80-minute drama Royal Wedding with 1.65m (7.4%).

The Gadget Show saw a 150k week-on-week increase in its audience to 1.12m (5.3%) on Five in the 8pm hour, then FlashForward put in 1.56m (6.8%) from 9pm.

Later in the evening, Five's documentary about the formation of the Liberal Democrat/Conservative coalition government, titled Dave And Nick: Where Did It All Go Right?, appealed to 347k (2%) in the 10pm hour.

Nelson's Hospital: A Time Team Special gained 1.7m (7.4%) for Channel 4 from 9pm, and 93k (1.1%) on timeshift.

However, the second episode of Derren Brown Investigates suffered an 840k week-on-week drop to 1.36m (8.3%) on Channel 4 in the 10pm hour, with 161k (0.9%) watching on timeshift.

Overall, ITV1 dominated primetime with 25.2% compared to BBC One's 17.7%. BBC Two came in third with 7.3%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.5% (+1 0.6%) and Five with 3.9%.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Glee attracted an impressive 1.26m (5.5%) to E4 from 9pm and 275k (1.6%) on timeshift.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional