Murder City Tops The Apprentice To Slay Competition

ITV1’s detective drama, Murder City, saw off competition from all comers last night, securing prime time victory with an average adult audience of 4.3 million, despite stiff competition from BBC Two’s The Apprentice, which drew 4.2 million.

ITV also saw success earlier in the evening, with The Bill, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, outperforming all terrestrial competition with average audiences of 5.7 million, 8.7 million and 7.1 million respectively.

Elsewhere, BBC One’s Car Wars saw an average adult audience of 3.4 million, narrowly topping Channel 4’s Grand Designs, which attracted 3.2 million in the same time slot.

Five’s movie, Face/Off, delivered the broadcaster’s best performance of the evening, with 1.2 million adults tuning in on average.

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