BBC One crime drama Shetland topped the ratings outside of soaps on Tuesday, according to overnight data.
Douglas Henshall's first full series opener gathered 5.20 million viewers (22.9%) at 9pm. This is down from its pilot episode's total of 6.37m in March last year, which aired on a Sunday. Later, Insane Fight Club fascinated 1.05m (10.9%) at 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, Permission Impossible concluded with 1.38m (6.8%) at 7pm, followed by The Great British Sewing Bee with 2.53m (11.2%) at 8pm and An Hour to Save Your Life with 1.97m (8.7%) at 9pm.
ITV's coverage of Arsenal's departure from the Champions League scored 4.54m (20.3%) at 7.30pm.
On Channel 4, Kirstie's Best of Both Worlds interested 1.25m (5.5%) at 8pm (220,000/1.0% on +1). The Taste crowned its winner with 767k viewers (3.4%) at 9pm, while Strippers intrigued 968k (6.6%) at 10pm.
Channel 5's Benidorm ER brought in 778k (3.4%) at 8pm (134k/0.6%), followed by The Mentalist with 993k (4.3%) at 9pm (166k/1.1%) and Law & Order: SVU with 722k (4.7%) at 10pm.
On BBC Three, Hair was seen by 750k (3.3%) at 9pm, while Pramface amused 412k (2.4%) at 10pm. BBC Four's Fossil Wonderlands educated 654k (2.9%) at 9pm.
Dave's Storage Hunters attracted 743k (3.3%) at 8pm and 772k (3.3%) at 8.30pm. On E4, Troy amazed 336k (2.3%) at 10pm.
