BBC viewers flee Rome

Last updated at 08:16 11 November 2005


The BBC's much-hyped drama Rome has lost nearly two million viewers after just one week, figures reveal.

The £60million epic failed to hang on to its first night audience of 6.6million viewers - a record high for BBC2.

Last night the audience fell to 4.7million, according to unofficial overnight figures.

But it still pulled in 20 per cent of all available viewers.

The opening episode of Rome featured full frontal nudity and scenes of sex and violence.

The series is a co-production with US cable channel HBO.

Meanwhile the audience for Channel 4 series Lost is also disappearing.

This week's instalment drew in 2.9million viewers - three million less than the launch episode.

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