Trevor McDonald's 'Inside Death Row' attracts 4.5m to ITV

Sir Trevor McDonald's new ITV series Inside Death Row seemed to dent BBC One's popular Silent Witness last night.

The documentary two-parter exploring American execution interested 4.46m (18.1%) in the 9pm hour, adding an impressive 507,000 on +1.



Meanwhile, Silent Witness maintained a strong 5.78m (23.4%) to lead the 9pm hour, despite losing 300k on last week's opener.

Celebrity Big Brother pulled in 1.89m (7.6%) for Channel 5 at 9pm (+1: 199k), staying ahead of rival Restoration Man which mustered 1.69m (6.8%) and 258k on Channel 4 +1.

BBC Two's Winterwatch ended with a decent 2.84m (11.6%) in the 8pm slot, while Channel 4's Location, Location, Location held 2.32m (9.4%) as well as 187k on timeshift.

Overall, BBC One topped primetime with 23.5%, ahead of ITV's 18.7% (+1: 1%), Channel 4's 6.2% (+1: 0.8%), BBC Two's 6.1%, and Channel 5's 3.9% (+1: 0.4%).

The Big Bang Theory predictably led the multichannel ratings with 1.47m (5.9%) on E4 and 390k on +1.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional