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Revamped Sky 1 delivers

  • Published: 01 September 2008 13:49
  • Last Updated: 02 September 2008 11:18
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Revamped Sky 1 delivers

Gladiators

The new look Sky 1 beat the competition with the biggest multichannel figures yesterday (31 August).

The pay-TV channel delivered 957,000 viewers (4.5% share) in the 8pm slot with one-off special Gladiators: The Legends Return. It achieved the highest rating for the show since episode two of the revived format in May.

A new episode of The Simpsons at 6:30pm (one of eight episodes of the show broadcast on Sky 1 yesterday) also delivered high figures with 675,000 viewers (4% share).

The debut of talent show Hairspray: The School Musical also managed to attract 479,000 viewers (2.6%) in the 7pm slot.

ITV2 narrowly missed scoring the top slot, attracting 949,000 viewers at 8pm with a repeat of The X Factor.

BBC3's youth spy thriller Spooks: Code 9 managed 353,000 viewers in its 9pm slot.

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Added: Tuesday, 2 September 2008 12:21 BST
ROYSTON MAYOH, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom

Richard Wolfe should be congratulated on his ability to provide the sort of mainstream entertainment that ITV seems unable to deliver.

The difference in energy, contestant participation, knowledge, and sheer variety of entertainment between 'Don't foget the Lyrics' with Shane Ritchie on SkY One and ' Who Dares- sings' with Ben Shephard on ITV demonstrates the inability of ITV to deliver modernity in its entertainment output and the brilliance of Richard Wolfe.


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Added: Tuesday, 2 September 2008 12:11 BST
ROYSTON MAYOH, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom


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