
Based on the murders of several prostitutes in Ipswich in 2006, 'Five Daughters' took an audience share of 22.7%, double that of 'The Bill: Suffer in Silence' on ITV1, which had 2.6 million viewers and an 11% share.
The HD simulcast of 'Five Daughters' on BBC HD bolstered its ratings further, with 197,000 viewers, an 0.83% share.
BBC Two led Channel 4 and Five with the first episode of the 'The Story of Science', documenting society's fascination with understanding how the world works. It had 2.1 million viewers and a 9% share.
'Heston's Gothic Horror Feast' on Channel 4 experienced a drop in viewers from 2.4 million last week. The food alchemist's experiment with gory concoctions was watched by two million, an 8.4% share.
'CSI: Crime Investigation' on Five also had two million viewers.