Latest 'Ashes To Ashes' draws 5.7m

The latest episode of Ashes To Ashes put in a solid performance for BBC One last night, according to early viewing figures.

The penultimate episode of series two was up 1.36m on last week's performance, which clashed with Britain's Got Talent.

Earlier on the channel, at 8.30pm, Panorama - a focus on the treatment of terrorist suspects held in US custody after the 9/11 attacks - put in 2.52m (12%).

Springwatch attracted 3.07m (15%) to BBC Two at 8pm. The audience then fell to 1.85m (8.5%) during the 9pm screening of Who's Watching You?, an investigation into the criminal underworld of hackers.

The half-hour Pay Drop Britain: Tonight grabbed 2.65m (13.4%) for ITV1 at 8pm, then 3.29m (15.2%) tuned in to the channel at 9pm for Supersize Teens: Can't Stop Eating, a documentary following two morbidly obese American teenagers as they risked their lives to lose weight.

Over on Channel 4, the 8pm documentary Dispatches: Orphans Of Burma's Cyclone was seen by a lowly 490k (2.4%), then 2.08m (9.8%) tuned in for The Secrets Of Stonehenge: A Time Team Special at 9pm.

Five's crime thriller The Contract, starring Morgan Freeman as an assassin, interested 1.53m (7.5%) between 9pm and 11pm. Earlier, the 8pm screening of The Gadget Show took 1.01m (5%).

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 23.3% to ITV1's 22.2%. BBC Two was third with 9.7%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.4% (+1: 0.7%) and Five's 5.4%.

Elsewhere, Britain's Got More Talent: Best & Worst, a look at the highs and lows from this year's auditions, put in 433k (2.2%) for ITV2 at 9pm, beating E4's 90210, which attracted 253k (1.3%) and Living's Britain's Next Top Model, which averaged 224k (1.1%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional