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Ratings Focus: Poirot and Tess

Ratings Focus: Poirot and Tess

With the all-important autumn season underway, it was time for the big two terrestrial channels to wheel out high-profile literary adaptations.
Ratings Focus: ITV1's The Children

Ratings Focus: ITV1's The Children

ITV1 scores a hit with new three-parter The Children.

ITV1 gets vote of confidence in authored Clunes doc

Authored documentaries are all the rage with ITV's factual team, and given the performance of the recent Martin Clunes: a Man and his Dogs, it's easy to see why.

X Factor return points to biggest series yet for ITV1

ITV1's singing contest The X Factor was back with a bang last week with a higher audience than any edition for the past two years, excluding both the previous series' finals.
Ratings Focus: C4 flying high with Secret Millionaire

Ratings Focus: C4 flying high with Secret Millionaire

The third run of The Secret Millionaire went from strength to strength this week as the second show in the series gained its highest-ever audience.
Ratings: Digital Focus: BBC3

Ratings: Digital Focus: BBC3

The holy grail for producers is to create such a strong show that they can overcome editor scepticism and pitch an improbable spin-off which imitates the success of the original - such is the case with Spooks: Code 9.
Ratings: Is iPlayer having an impact on BBC2’s figures?

Ratings: Is iPlayer having an impact on BBC2's figures?

I don't understand cars. And I don't understand those who drool over them. They are a means of transport. The end. I have a vague idea of how they work. By this I mean, they need petrol, which flows into the engine and… blah blah blah. I'm boring myself here. So here's a question: why does Top Gear do so well?
Digital Focus: Kids TV

Digital Focus: Kids TV

One of the great pleasures of being a dad is being able to watch children's television with my daughters.