'Game of Thrones' still going strong in UK

Game of Thrones steadied its UK audience to around 510k last night for Sky Atlantic, early viewing figures indicate.

Starring Sean Bean, the medieval fantasy drama - recently renewed by US network HBO for a second season - grabbed 506k (1.9%) in the 9pm hour for its latest instalment 'Lord Snow'.

After a 200k drop last week from its premiere on April 18, Game of Thrones lost only a tiny proportion of its audience this week.

Predictably, Glee led the Monday night multichannel charge with a combined 1.6m - 1.23m (4.5%) on E4 and 349k an hour later on +1.

Leading at 9pm on the terrestrials, new ITV1 thriller Case Sensitive - starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd - kicked off with 5.14m (18.8%), adding 271k on ITV1 +1.

Case Sensitive knocked John Simm drama Exile which fell to 4.12m (15.1%), down 240k on Sunday's premiere.

Over on BBC Two, John Higgins's victory over Judd Trump pocketed a sizeable 3.4m (14.2%) between 7pm and 11pm, while Channel 4 documentary Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb interested 1.72m (6.4%) between 8pm and 10pm, alongside a further 207k on timeshift.

The Gadget Show switched on 774k (3%) for Channel 5 at 8pm, then 1.28m (4.7%) tuned in for another House Inspector.

Versus a highly-rated EastEnders outing, ITV1's The Dales notched up 3.36m (13%), adding 136k on +1. Meanwhile, a QI repeat educated 2.78m (10.5%) for BBC One at 8.30pm against the second in a double bill of Coronation Street.

Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.6% (+1: 0.6%), ahead of BBC One's 18.3%, BBC Two's 14.2%, Channel 4's 5.6% (+1: 0.7%) and Channel 5's 3.3%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional