The fourth series of Hotel Babylon got off to a decent start in its new Friday night slot, according to early ratings figures. The new run of the drama, which saw Nigel Harman take over in the lead role, averaged 4.28m (20.1%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour on Friday. The figure is down on the 4.97m (19.7%) who saw the first episode of the third series in its old Tuesday night slot on February 19, 2008, but up on the 4.15m (17%) who saw the series three finale on April 8, 2008. Babylon beat a repeat of Doc Martin, which had 4.12m (19.4%) in the same timeslot, and NCIS, which put in 1.55m (7.3%) for Five. BBC Two's My Life In Verse: Malorie Blackman interested just 603k (2.8%). The latest Big Brother highlights show delivered 2.17m (10.2%) for Channel 4, a week-on-week decline of around 500k and a year-on-year fall of around 1m. At 10.30pm,
By Neil Wilkes

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