‘Waking The Dead’

A one-off Taggart on ITV1 lost out in the ratings to rival police drama Waking The Dead last night.

The long-running BBC One drama attracted 6.3m (26%) in the 9pm hour, 500,000 down on last week’s instalment but still comfortably ahead of Taggart’s 4.7m (20%).

On BBC Two, documentary Am I Normal? improved by 400,000 on its opening episode last week to notch up 1.5m (6%).

A Time Team Special: the Lost Dock of Liverpool won 2.3m for Channel 4 at 9pm, while on Five a repeat of Paul Merton in China drew 1m (4%).