'Hustle' ends series with 5.7m

The fifth series of Hustle concluded last night (Thursday) with 5.69m (23.5%) in the 9pm hour, according to early figures.

The drama, which has already been renewed for a sixth run, easily won the slot for BBC One.

The final episode of BBC Two's Victorian Farm took second place at 9pm, with a strong 3.77m (15.5%), while Piers Morgan On... Hollywood drew 3.46m (14.3%) to ITV1. Five's documentary Soho Blues interested 1.51m (6.2%) and C4's A Very British Storm Junkie had 1m (4.1%).

In the 8pm hour, The Bill picked up 5.06m (20.9%) for ITV1 while on BBC Two, the final MasterChef of the week appealed to 4.21m (17.4%). BBC One's comedy block had a solid performance, with 4.07m (17.2%) tuning in for the final episode of Caroline Quentin's Life Of Riley then 3.73m (15.1%) remaining for The Green Green Grass.

Week two of 10 Years Younger: The Challenge brought in 1.92m (7.9%) to Channel 4, and on Five, Cowboy Builders put in a decent 1.88m (7.7%).

EastEnders averaged 8.92m (39.8%) for BBC One at 7.30pm, while Emmerdale delivered 7.02m (32.5%) to ITV1. Channel 4's Hollyoaks took 1.68m (6%) at 6.30pm, and on Five, Neighbours had 1.6m (9.9%) and Home & Away had 1.1m (5.7%).

BBC One had the edge in primetime with an average 24.1% share to ITV1's 17.7%. BBC Two was a strong third place with 11.9%, followed by Channel 4 on 5.3% (+1: 0.7%) and Five on 5.2%.

Fiver's first-look Home & Away was seen by 779k (4.2%) at 6.30pm, while E4's Hollyoaks counterpart managed 568k (3%) and 133k (0.6%) on timeshift.

E4 later found success with a new episode of Skins, which averaged 701k (4.5%) in the 10pm hour and 165k (2%) on timeshift.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional