CHANNEL OVERVIEW
C4 hoarding beats crash
A BBC2 documentary about Facebook and Channel 4’s hoarder series feature in this week’s overview of ratings.
Got Talent takes on all-comers
With Britain showing off its eclectic talents across an entire week on ITV1, other channels had to brace themselves.
C4 hoards viewers
Channel 4 investigated hoarders and collected some nice numbers while the The Killing US returned and Homeland finished with a ‘give-us-another-series’ ending’.
Channel 4's talent hidden by Beard
This week’s channel overview shines the spotlight on new Channel 4 series Hidden Talent, BBC2’s Mary Beard and Channel 5’s US crime dramas.
Nostalgia fest lifts BBC2
The thing about The 70s (BBC2, Monday, 9pm), which started with 2.6 million/10% share, is that presenter Dominic Sandbrook wasn’t there for some of it, having been born in 1974.
Another ship sinks on C4
This week’s channel overview considers Channel 4 doc the Sinking of the Concordia and the latest comedy from Ricky Gervais, Derek.
No match for Undateables
C4’s The Undateables and BBC2’s Our Food come under the spotlight in this week’s ratings overview.
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Jack stalls on comedy road
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Bikers beat business guru
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Audience cool on White Heat
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The best and worst of British
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BFGW dresses lose sparkle
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C4 gets Gypsy Wedding gift
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Viewers miss 10 O’Clock start
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Baby boom for Channel 4
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Cup scores but Top Gear wins
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Stars align for BBC2
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Mystery of the lost viewers
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C4’s birthday Countdown
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University Challenge specials put BBC2 ahead
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Gambling on a big win
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Viewers 'like' Facebook doc
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Bankers are good for BBC2
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Pan Am fails to take off
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Viewers flock to Rev’s return
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Britain past and present
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Road trip to peak pays off
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Utd drubbing boosts MOTD2
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BBC sabotages Hunt for Blair
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Bikers reach the top floor
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BBC2 on song with Shirley
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BBC2 bakes a winner
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Bakers and bikers lift BBC2
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Return of QI defeats BB
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CBB triumphs over 9/11 docs
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Millions turn to Page Eight
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Fish and homes win out
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Dragons fire up BBC2
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Final piece in BBC2 jigsaw
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Art imitates Murdoch saga
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Prophet takes on the teens
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Top Gear trumps all
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Sirens lures viewers to C4
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Global vision boosts BBC2
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Pole position for Grand Prix
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Taking cover from the blitz
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Rooms lost in lifestyle wash
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Louis locks in the audience
RATINGS ANALYSIS
US threatens cultural coup
It comes to something when Chelsea and Essex represent the UK’s cultural bulwarks, but heroically they were in the vanguard this week against a US monopoly of the top digital programmes.
THE APPRENTICE
BGT outguns The Apprentice
WEDNESDAY: The Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals rallied from Tuesday’s series low, meaning The Apprentice stumbled to its worst performance of the year.
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OVERNIGHTS
House beaten by Glee on Sky1
THURSDAY: The last ever episode of House attracted fewer viewers than the last episode of the current series of Glee on Sky1, which managed to draw in the channel’s biggest audience of the day.
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT
BGT demolishes Planet Earth Live
THURSDAY: Britain’s Got Talent may not be performing as well as last year, but it continued to demolish the competition – securing double the audience of Planet Earth Live.
