'Honest' drew 4.3m viewers and a 17.3% share of the audience at 9pm-10pm. The series stars Amanda Redman and Sean Pertwee in a story about a suburban criminal family trying to go straight.
BBC One did better with live coverage of of the FA Cup replay between Manchester City and West Ham in a two-hour slot from 8pm. A total of 5.3m viewers, equal to 21.6% of the audience, watched City win 1-0.
Channel 4 attracted 4.5m viewers to the first in a new series of 'Grand Designs', although this figure includes viewers who watched the programme on the time-shifted Channel 4 + 1 channel. The instalment, in which presenter Kevin McCloud visited a Regency townhouse in Cheltenham, attracted an 18.2% share of the audience.
It was a strong evening for Channel 4, with 'Relocation, Relocation' and a Jamie Oliver series also performing well.
Long-running property series 'Relocation, Relocation' pulled in 4.2m viewers and a 17.3% share of the audience in the 8pm-9pm slot, while 'Jamie Oliver: Eat to Save Your Life' drew a respectable 2.6m viewers and a 17.2% share between 10pm-11pm.
It is early days in the battle for viewers in the 10pm news slot, but BBC One last night extended its lead over ITV1.
'BBC News' brought in 4.8m viewers and a 22.9% share in the 30-minute slot, while ITV1's relaunched 'News at Ten' trailed behind with 2.6m viewers and a 12.4% share in only its third outing.
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