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The 9pm episode, which offered an explanation about the numbers, pulled in 559k (2.1%). It was beaten in its timeslot by ITV3's screening of Doc Martin, which interested 739k (2.8%).
Elsewhere, the latest instalment of MasterChef logged 3.07m for BBC One during the 9pm hour. Earlier, at 8.30pm, 3.83m (14.1%) watched QI.
BBC Two's live coverage of the Winter Olympics attracted 2.35m (9.3%) between 7pm and 9pm, then Mastercrafts grabbed 1.89m (7.2%) at 9pm.
A Place In The Sun and Embarrassing Bodies drew 1.12m (4.1%) and 2.53m (9.6%) at 8pm and 9pm respectively for Channel 4.
Over on Five, Killer Lion Stakeout put in 490k (1.8%) at 8pm, then the audience climbed to 2.51m (9.6%) during the 9pm screening of The Mentalist.
Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 22.5% to ITV1's 20.3%. BBC Two was third with 8.2%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.2% (+1: 0.8%) and Five's 4.4%.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
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