Frankie gained back over 500,000 viewers for its fourth episode on BBC One, overnight data reveals.
The Eve Myles drama recovered from its dip in the ratings last week due to a schedule-swap with The Apprentice, attracting 3.92 million viewers (18.3%) at 9pm.
Later, the documentary Unspeakable Crime: Rape was seen by 1.53m (14.2%) at 10.45pm.
On BBC Two, the Queen's Coronation 60th anniversary highlights brought in 1.13m (6.4%) at 7pm. Springwatch grabbed 2.55m (13.1%) at 8pm, followed by Town with Nicholas Crane with 1.64m (7.7%) at 9pm.
ITV's Animal Heroes attracted 1.79m (9.1%) at 8pm, while Dirty Britain secured 1.55m (7.2%) at 9pm (215k/1.3% on +1).
Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies Live entertained 1.25m (6.4%) at 8pm (180k/0.8%). 24 Hours in A&E interested 2.09m (9.8%) at 9pm (408k/2.5%), followed by its Making Of with 902k (5.6%) at 10pm.
On Channel 5, CSI thrilled 1.73m (8.1%) at 9.15pm, while Body of Proof was seen by 1.19m (7.2%) at 10pm.
BBC Three's new documentary series The Call Centre scored the biggest multichannel ratings of the night with 1.05m (4.9%) at 9pm. Sweat the Small Stuff amused 420k (2.3%) at 10pm.
On Sky1, Mad Dogs returned for a new series with 473k (2.2%) at 9pm.
Dave's Storage Hunters peaked with 676k (3.4%) at 8.30pm.
