New Tricks remains a Tuesday night favourite with 5.4m

New Tricks dipped slightly in the ratings, but was still Tuesday night's (August 18) most watched programme outside of the soaps, according to overnight data.



Episode three of the drama's final series attracted 5.39m (26.6%) at 9pm, while Don't Take My Baby followed with 1.19m (11.4%) at 10.45pm.

On BBC Two, Great British Menu rose to 1.62m (8.7%) at 7.30pm, before The House That £100k Built interested 1.59m (8.1%) at 8pm, and Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School averaged 1.33m (6.6%) for its final instalment at 9pm.

ITV's The Dales brought in 2.04m (11.0%) at 7.30pm (123k/0.6% on +1), while Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden was watched by 2.33m (11.8%) at 8pm (135k/0.7%). School Swap: The Class Divide followed with 1.42m (7.0%) at 9pm (176k/1.2%).

Over on Channel 4, The Three Day Nanny entertained 1.08m (5.5%) at 8pm (160k/0.8%), and Terror on Everest: Surviving the Nepal Earthquake shocked 850k (4.2%) at 9pm (144k/1.0%).

The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies continued to be a ratings hit for Channel 5 with 1.20m (6.1%) at 8pm, while Benefits Life: Jailbird Boys Going Straight intrigued 1.10m (5.4%) at 9pm (70k/0.5%). Joined at the Head followed with 506k (3.3%) at 10pm (51k/0.6%).

Meanwhile, BBC Three's documentary Prostitution: What's the Harm? gathered 564k (2.8%) at 9pm.