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"Archaeology-themed drama Bonekickers drew a strong audience to BBC One for its opening episode last night. The show, co-created by Life On Mars writers Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, stars Julie Graham and Adrian Lester as academics whose discoveries lead them into the mysterious and bizarre. Last night&amp;#039;s opener failed to impress critics but was watched by 6.8m (30.5%) and easily led its 9pm to 10pm slot. The show was also the most watched programme of the day on any channel, even ahead of the 6m (31.1%) audience for EastEnders. Gordon Ramsay&amp;#039;s F Word attracted another strong audience, meanwhile, putting Channel 4 in second place for the 9pm hour with 3.7m (16.4%). At 10pm Big Brother brought in another decent crowd of 3.4m (19.7%). ITV1 drama repeat Doc Martin could only attract 3.3m (14.9%) in the 9pm hour while Five drew 1.2m (5.3%) for a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation repeat. On BBC Two, a repeat of Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel, which was filmed shortly before the motorcycle stuntman&amp;#039;s death, drew 1m (4.4%). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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