Luther returned for a third series to top the ratings on Tuesday evening, according to overnight figures.
Idris Elba's BBC One drama thrilled 5.00 million viewers (21.7%) at 9pm, but was down over 700,000 from its previous episode in 2011.
On BBC Two, Today at Wimbledon scored 1.67m (7.7%) at 8pm, while Route Masters continued with 1.83m (8.0%) at 9pm.
On ITV, Nature's Newborns interested 2.69m (12.6%) at 7.30pm. Secrets from the Workhouse dropped 300k from last week's opener to 2.80m (14.3%) at 9pm (295k/1.8% on +1).
Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden climbed to 3.06m (14.2%) at 8pm (196k/0.9%).
Channel 4's new series Gok Live: Stripping for Sunshine entertained 1.19m (5.5%) at 8pm (182k/0.8%). Child Genius interested 1.34m (5.8%) at 9pm (242k/1.4%). The penultimate episode of Dates was seen by 692k (3.8%) at 10pm (130k/1.3%).
On Channel 5, Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun brought in 1.40m (6.5%) at 8pm. CSI continued with 1.77m (7.7%) at 9pm.
Big Brother's latest episode attracted 1.45m (8.7%) at 10pm, while Bit on the Side rose to 643k (7.6%) at 11pm.
BBC Three's The Call Centre dipped to 754k (3.3%) at 9pm. The final Sweat the Small Stuff with Nick Grimshaw dropped to a new low of 272k (1.5%) at 10pm.
BBC Four documentary The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank educated 728k (3.2%) at 9pm.
On Dave, Storage Hunters was the most-watched multichannel show with 777k (3.5%) at 8.30pm (175k/0.8%).
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:23 pm