Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Holby City (series 1)
Table title:
Episodes
Table:
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<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > No. overall </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > No. in series </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Title </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Directed by </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Written by </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Original air date </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Viewers (millions) </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Whose Heart Is It Anyway?" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Martin Hutchings </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tony McHale </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12 January 1999 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10.72 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Best friends and senior staff nurses Julie Fitzjohn (Nicola Stephenson) and Jasmine Hopkins apply for a deputy ward sister position on the hospital's cardiothoracic surgery ward, Darwin. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Happy Families" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nigel Douglas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Joe Turner </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 19 January 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10.40 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Kirstie falls out with Nick after he has sex with theatre sister Ellie Sharpe (Julie Saunders). Julie and Jasmine also fall out, as Julie is jealous of her friend's promotion to ward sister and believes herself to have been the more deserving applicant. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Kill or Cure" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nigel Douglas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Stevenson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 26 January 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.42 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Meyer receives a poor report of Nick from surgeon James Roberts (Bryan Murray), whose firm Nick used to work on. Nick explains that he clashed with Roberts over his habit of withholding beds from the emergency department for elective surgery patients. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Love and Death" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Martin Hutchings </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Joe Turner </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 February 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.80 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > When Kirstie catches Nick and Ellie leaving a linen closet together after a tryst, she confronts Nick. He claims that he was breaking things off with Ellie, and Kirstie tells him that she wants to be more than a fling to him. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Never Judge a Book..." </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Hawes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tony McHale </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 February 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.75 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > While Jasmine's fiancé, Carl (Alex Avery), is fixing a computer on the ward, Julie and Karen ask him when the wedding will be. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Brave Heart" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Paul Wroblewski </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tony McHale </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16 February 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.77 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Nick is beaten up by Ellie's boyfriend (Jamie Sives) when he discovers their affair. He is late to an operation, angering Karen, who reveals that seven years previously he was late attending to a patient as he was sleeping with a nurse. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Take Me with You" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Paul Wroblewski </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Andrew Rattenbury </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23 February 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.86 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Nick tells Julie that he ordered the flowers for Kirstie on behalf of a patient. Victoria postpones the surgery of a patient, David Cousins (Duncan Preston), due to a problem with his heart. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Staying Alive: Part 1" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Hawes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jeff Povey </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 March 1999 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.65 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Carl arrives on the ward looking for Jasmine, who has been ignoring his calls. She returns his ring and ends their engagement. </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > "Staying Alive: Part 2" </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nigel Douglas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jeff Povey </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 March 1999 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.51 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=8 rowspan=1 > Nick operates on Jasmine, seemingly successfully. Whilst recovering on the ward, her condition deteriorates, and a second operation reveals that she is pregnant. </td></tr>
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Question:
How many viewers did the Holby City have by the series finale? 
Answer:
The Holby City (series 1) première attracted 10.72 million viewers, falling to 8.51 million by the series finale.