LATEST TV RATINGS
Katie Piper doc draws 1.5m
TUESDAY: A new doc about acid attack victim Katie Piper, following her bid to restore sight in her left eye, drew 1.5m viewers to Channel 4.
Diamond Queen reigns with 6.2m
MONDAY: BBC1’s flagship series chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in her diamond jubilee year put in a regal showing - beating ITV1 drama Whitechapel.
Spartacus threatens Skins
MONDAY: E4 teen drama Skins was nearly carved up in the ratings by Sky1’s swords and sandals drama Spartacus.
Call the Midwife recorded by 1.9m
CONSOLIDATED: BBC1 drama Call the Midwife continued its domination of Sunday night ratings, knocking up consolidated figures of 10.66m (31.48%) – an increase for the third week in a row.
BBC1's Midwife marches over 9m
SUNDAY: Call the Midwife showed no signs of slowing down, delivering another series high to BBC1.
Being Human returns with 1.1m
SUNDAY: BBC3 supernatural drama Being Human returned with more than double the audience of its multichannel rivals - but recorded its lowest series opener since its 2009 debut.
Harry Hill's TV Burp returns with 5.4m
SATURDAY: Harry Hill’s TV Burp returned from a four month hiatus, for what is likely to be final series, with more than 5.4m viewers.
England's Six Nations victory tackles 8.4m
SATURDAY/SUNDAY: England’s Six Nations victory over Scotland peaked with more than 8.4m viewers.
Million Pound Drop draws series high with O'Leary
FRIDAY: Dermot O’Leary and Fearne Cotton’s appearance on The Million Pound Drop Live helped the show to its biggest audience since May last year.
Inside Men clinches 4.5m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s new four-part heist drama Inside Men tracked down an audience of more than 4.5m, thrashing the penultimate Eternal Law.
Singing Detective arrests 300k
THURSDAY: The highly-anticipated repeat of The Singing Detective, marking its 25th anniversary, topped BBC4’s slot average by around 100k viewers.
Midsomer reboots with 6m
WEDNESDAY: The first series of Midsomer Murders without Brian True-May at the helm launched with nearly 5.9m viewers.
C4’s Concordia doc draws 2.9m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s fast turnaround documentary about the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster drew nearly 3m viewers - beating struggling ITV1 game show The Exit List and BBC2’s new series with former Hotel Inspector Alex Polizzi.
Geordie Shore returns with 259k
TUESDAY: MTV reality show Geordie Shore returned for a second series – but could not match the pull of the first run.
Whitechapel returns with 6.2m
MONDAY: ITV1’s copycat killer drama Whitechapel returned with its best overnight ratings since its first series in 2009.
BBC3’s gay footballers doc nets 712k
MONDAY: An investigative documentary into the lack of openly gay professional footballers in Britain drew nearly a quarter of a million more viewers than BBC3’s usual audience.
Top Gear returns with 5.12m
SUNDAY: Top Gear returned with its lowest series debut in 18 months, as Call the Midwife delivered another series high for BBC1.
TOWIE tops 1m on return
SUNDAY: The Only Way Is Essex returned for a fourth run on ITV2 but drew its lowest series launch since its debut in 2010.
Liverpool victory nets 6.2m
SATURDAY: Liverpool’s FA Cup clash with Manchester United peaked with more than 6.2m for ITV1 - but the commercial broadcaster was nearly beaten by BBC2 in primetime.
CBB final peaks with 3.5m
FRIDAY: The Celebrity Big Brother final peaked with more than 3.5m viewers as Denise Welch was named winner - beat last year’s concluding episode.
Hustle snatches top spot from Law & Order
CONSOLIDATED: BBC1 drama Hustle blagged more than 1m viewers on catch up, snatching the slot crown from ITV1 competitor Law & Order.
CBB semi-final locks in 2.4m
THURSDAY: The semi-final of Celebrity Big Brother fought off competition from BBC2 and Channel 4 to post one of its biggest audiences of the series.
Mad Dogs take down Manhattan
THURSDAY: A glossy BBC4 drama starring Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan could not quite match the pull of Sky1’s Mad Dogs.
National Television Awards draw 6.2m
WEDNESDAY: The National Television Awards celebrated the best of the industry in front of its lowest audience in four years.
ITV1’s Biggest Loser beaten by BBC2/C4
TUESDAY: ITV1’s Biggest Loser nearly lived up to its name in primetime last night, beaten by BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4.
Junior Doctors returns with 1.15m
TUESDAY: BBC3’s hit ob doc series Junior Doctors returned with more than a million viewers, easily winning the multichannel primetime slot.
Becky McDonald's Corrie exit draws 11.5m
MONDAY: Becky McDonald’s dramatic departure from Coronation Street helped the soap to its best ratings in nearly a year.
Skins struggles on return
MONDAY: Teen drama Skins returned for a sixth series on E4 but drew its lowest opening audience to date.
Call The Midwife tops Sherlock
CONSOLIDATED: New BBC1 drama Call the Midwife was recorded by nearly 2m viewers on its debut - beating the final instalment of Sherlock.
Birdsong calls 6.03m
SUNDAY: Epic drama Birdsong boosted BBC1’s usual audience by more than a million – while new series Call the Midwife delivered a healthy 8.64m.
Take Me Out loses admirers
SATURDAY: More controversy around Take Me Out failed to halt the show’s ratings slide on another bad Saturday night for ITV1.
Room 101 returns with 3.7m
FRIDAY: Room 101 returned from the doldrums with one of the biggest audiences in its 18-year history.
Gypsy Blood draws 2m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s latest gypsy doc, looking at the more visceral side of traveller life, picked up more than 2m viewers.
Mad Dogs returns with 857k
THURSDAY: Sky1 drama Mad Dogs returned with more than double the channel’s usual audience and won the 9pm multichannel slot.
BBC2's Stargazing ends on 3m
WEDNESDAY: Stargazing Live came to out with a series low audience of nearly 3m, as MasterChef went off the boil slightly.
MasterChef return serves up 4.8m
TUESDAY: The eighth series of MasterChef failed to cook up a storm on its launch night.
Suits debuts on Dave with 566k
TUESDAY: New US legal drama Suits made its opening statement on Dave with a 75% boost to the channel’s usual audience figures.
Stargazing Live sparkles with 3.8m
MONDAY: The second series of Stargazing Live rocketed into the BBC2 schedule with a stellar performance of nearly 4m viewers.
Sherlock detects further 2m
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s investigation into the Hounds of Baskerville was recorded by more than 2m viewers – taking its audience over the 10m mark.
Casualty takes Saturday honours
SATURDAY: Casualty was the highest rated show of the day as ITV1 suffered a wretched evening.
Sherlock arrests 7.9m but Call the Midwife delivers more viewers
SUNDAY: BBC1’s smash hit Sherlock bowed out with its lowest overnight audience of the series, as Call the Midwife made a storming debut on the same channel.
Hustle returns with 5m
FRIDAY: The final series of Hustle got underway with more than 5m viewers, but it was the lowest debut audience in the drama’s eight-series history.
ITV1's Eternal Law loses 1m
THURSDAY: ITV1’s angel lawyers drama, Eternal Law, lost more than a million viewers and was thrashed by a repeat of New Tricks on BBC1.
Public Enemies piles on 800k
CONSOLIDATED: Nearly 800,000 people recorded BBC1 miniseries Public Enemies on its debut - but could not push it ahead of ITV1’s airing of Mamma Mia!.
Eternal Law debut recorded by 655k
CONSOLIDATED: The debut of ITV1’s high concept drama Eternal Law narrowly beat BBC1’s Public Enemies - with just 46,000 viewers between them.
Liverpool win nets 7.9m for BBC1
WEDNESDAY: Liverpool’s narrow victory over Manchester City in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final peaked with more than 8m viewers.
Edwin Drood debuts with 3m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Mystery of Edwin Drood got off to a strong start - while ITV1’s latest high-concept gameshow The Exit List faltered.
Above Suspicion returns with 6.3m
MONDAY: Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion returned to ITV1 with its biggest audience in two years - while Nick Hewer failed to make a huge impact on his Countdown debut.
BBC3 Sex Season begins with 610k
MONDAY: BBC3’s new season about sex and sexuality boosted the channel’s usual audience by more than 30%.
Sherlock tops 10m viewers
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s return to BBC1 was recorded by nearly 2m viewers, putting it just behind Pam St Clement’s exit from EastEnders as the most watched show of New Year’s Day.
Dancing on Ice returns with 8.7m
SUNDAY: ITV1’s Dancing on Ice returned with more than 8.6m viewers - as Sherlock outwitted the new series of Wild at Heart.
Jonathan Ross returns with 2.9m
SATURDAY: The Jonathan Ross Show returned to ITV1 with its second lowest ratings to date.
Sky1’s Stella opens with 720k
FRIDAY: Stella, the new comedy drama from Ruth Jones, debuted with double Sky1’s usual audience.
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Celebrity Big Brother debuts with 3.5m
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Public Enemies debuts with 4m
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Stephen Lawrence Panorama draws 2.6m
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BBC4’s Musicals opens with 1m
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Endeavour arrests 6.5m
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Sky1’s Treasure Island lands 900k
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Sherlock returns with 8.7m
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BBC1's New Year Live peaks at 12.8m
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Great Expectations ends on 5.9m
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Great Expectations opens with 6.6m
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Royal Bodyguard debuts with 7m
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EastEnders beats Downton Abbey in Christmas ratings clash
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Outnumbered breaks record
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Jonathan Ross slumps to 3m
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X Factor USA final draws 660k
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year down 3m
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Xmas Celebrity Juice pulls 1.7m
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Downton doc draws 4.3m
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Goofs and Andre pull 630k
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Life’s Too Short ends on 1m
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TOWIE Xmas special draws 1.1m
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Millionaire outfoxes Young Herriot
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Little Crackers pulls 160k
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Strictly final peaks with 13.3m
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Young James Herriot draws 6m
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British Comedy Awards amuses 1.7m
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A golden week for history docs
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Without You loses 1m
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Royal Variety show worst since 2006
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Perez Hilton's ITV2 series falters
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Gypsy Christmas unwraps 5m
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Him & Her ends on 570k
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Young Apprentice final hires 4.3m
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BBC3 tourettes doc draws 560k
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X Factor final hits 15.3m
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Strictly completes Saturday triumph
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Bee Gees celebration draws 4m
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Without You drama hit for ITV1
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Final Frozen Planet draws 6.8m
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High Stakes, new low
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BBC4’s After Life draws 600k
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Chiles and Bleakley leave Daybreak with 800k
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Panorama dwarfs shorter Dispatches
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Scousewives takes a tumble
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C4's Black Mirror reflects 1.6m
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I’m a Celebrity final worst since 2008
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C4's Peter Kay clip show tops 2.5m
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TOWIE's Amy Childs' struggles on C5 debut
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Jungle heat thaws Frozen Planet
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Money pickpockets Jamie Oliver
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C4's Great Escape unearths 2m
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Scousewives debuts with 460k
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Charles Allen's Secret Millionaire draws 1.6m
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X Factor quarter final worst since 2007
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Autumnwatch rakes in 2m
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Misfits recovers after series low
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BBC4's Killing tops Xtra Factor
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I’m a Celebrity eviction pulls 9.7m peak
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BBC3's Russell Howard scores best ever audience
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Frozen Planet tackles football
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Sky 1’s Café opens with 400k+
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Hislop banks 2.1m for BBC2
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BBC3’s Bride takes a tumble
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The Choir bows out on high
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Sinitta's bushtucker trial draws 9.5m
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Strictly trumps X Factor by 1m
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The Killing returns with 815k
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Children in Need peaks with 12m
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Multichannel struggles against Children in Need
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Life’s Too Short loses 1m
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Russell Howard beats Celebrity spin-off
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I’m A Celebrity thaws Frozen Planet
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England victory nets 7.3m
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Freddie Starr hospital dash draws 9.5m
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Ross Kemp takes 400k back to the frontline
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I'm a Celebrity returns with 11.5m
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X Factor scores high despite power cut
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Big Brother ends with 2m
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Misfits drops to 560k
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Idiot comes home to 990k
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Life’s Too Short debuts with 2.4m
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Frozen Planet feels chill from The Jury
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TOWIE ends on 1.4m
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ITV1's The Jury loses 2m
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E4’s Sorority Girls recruit 210k
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The Jury opens with 6.2m
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BBC3’s Mongrels return with 350k
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Downton ends on 10.5m high
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X Factor reclaims top slot
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Susan Boyle profile pulls 5.5m
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Top Boy ends on 990k
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Frozen Planet draws 7.9m
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71 Degrees North bows out with 2.6m
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Him & Her reunite with 620k
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Top Boy debuts with 1.1m
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X Factor back on top with 12m
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Misfits return beaten by TOWIE
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Strictly overtakes X Factor
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C5's Bachelor final tops 1.3m
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Idiot hits Route 66 with 1m
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The Slap doubles BBC4's audience
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BBC1's Hidden ends on low
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Frozen Planet debuts with 6.8m
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Death in Paradise sets sail with 5.75m
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Watch starts Party with 110k
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Young Apprentice hires 4m
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E4 scores Made in Chelsea high
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Final Spooks spies 5.1m
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X Factor down 2.5m on 2010
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Derren Brown's Assassin takes out 1.8m
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Walking Dead rises with 290k
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Kiwi RWC victory scores 6.6m
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Gaddafi death boosts BBC News audience
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Holy Flying Circus draws 534k
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Paul Merton returns to C5 with 2m
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Body Farm ends on a low
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5* scores hit with Alphas
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Origins of Us unearths 2m
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River Cottage returns with 1.6m
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X Factor beaten by Strictly
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Wales defeat peaks at 6.8m
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Comic Strip returns with 1.7m
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Lumley’s Greek Odyssey draws 3.6m
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Tracey Emin turns off viewers
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Jeremy Kyle's High Stakes debuts with 2.2m
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ITV2 model show draws 140k
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Katie Price model hunt debuts with 130k
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Twincredibles deliver 1.5m
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Deal or No Deal Live wins 1.8m
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Downton continues domination
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Live X Factor underperforms
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X Factor USA closing on Idiot
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TOWIE pulls 1.2m
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Autumnwatch returns with 2.2m
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BBC1's Hidden finds 5.2m
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Rab C Nesbitt return draws 2m
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Bake Off final serves 4.6m
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Hotel Inspector trampled by Doc Martin
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Terra Nova debut bites C5
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The X Factor hits new high
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Doctor Who ends with 6m
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Strictly returns with 8m
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Idiot beats X Factor again
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BBC2’s Shirley draws 2.8m
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X Factor USA dips below 1m
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Madeley's family tree uproots Chelsea match
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Steps proves hit for Sky Living
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RATINGS ANALYSIS
Room with 4m viewers
BBC1’s revamped Room 101 maintains audience and ITV1’s Above Suspicion bows out on a high.
Cup scores but Top Gear wins
BBC2’s coverage of the League Cup Semi-Final, plus the return of those petrol fiends, gave BBC2 a decent week, while C5 closed the CBB house once more.
DIGITAL FOCUS
Docs doc and Essex appeal
What is it about Essex, junior doctors, detectives and dancing? Who knows, but this week they made their presence felt.
