Latest overnights – Page 188
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RatingsJason Kenny gold draws 4.5m
Jason Kenny’s gold rush in the men’s sprint cycling drew nearly 4.5m viewers, as Dai Greene’s failed medal bid scored the biggest Olympic audience of the day.
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RatingsPendleton secures gold with 9.4m
Victoria Pendleton’s gold medal-winning performance in the Women’s Keirin cycling race peaked with more than 9 million viewers – while the climax of the women’s 10,000m drew an audience of nearly 12 million.
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RatingsMo Farah races to gold with 17.1m viewers
Mo Farah’s heroics in the 10,000 metres helped BBC1 to one of its biggest ratings of the Olympics on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’.
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RatingsUsain Bolt tops 20m with Olympic gold win
Usain Bolt retained his 100m Olympic title in front of a peak of more than 20 million viewers – the biggest audience of the London 2012 Games to date.
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Bradley Wiggins wins gold with 6.8m viewers
Team GB claimed its first gold medals of the London 2012 Olympics with female rowers and cyclist Bradley Wiggins pulling strong daytime ratings for BBC1.
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History-making Phelps draws 10.2m
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history in front of nearly 10.2m - the second biggest audience of London 2012.
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Adlington makes a splash with 10.7m
Team GB’s first medals in the pool and cycling helped BBC1 to the highest ratings of the Olympics so far.
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RatingsTeam GB football scores 6.5m peak
The first Olympic football match in 52 years to feature men from Great Britain was beaten by ITV1 soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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RatingsBert and Dickie wins gold with 3.17m
BBC1’s Olympic drama Bert and Dickie just shaded the finale of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera talent show Superstar.
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RatingsLine of Duty ends on 3.3m
Line of Duty bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series and was again victorious in the 9pm battle for viewers.
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RatingsEastEnders Olympic torch sprint draws 7.3m
A live appearance from the Olympic torch failed to lift EastEnders to a notable high, but helped BBC1 demolish competition from ITV1’s Superstar.
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RatingsHollow Crown ends with 700k
BBC2’s epic run of William Shakespeare adaptations bowed out with its second lowest overnight audience on record.
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RatingsTeam GB defeat nets 4.3m
Team GB’s first men’s football game since the 1960 Olympic Games failed to net a substantial audience - peaking with only 4.3m viewers.
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Ratings24 Hours in A&E hits record high
A record audience for 24 Hours in A&E helped Channel 4 clinch victory at 9pm - taking advantage of another poor performance for ITV1’s Superstar.
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RatingsLine of Duty outmuscles Superstar
Line of Duty arrested its second biggest audience of the series, forcing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ITV1 musical talent show Superstar to a new low.
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RatingsBritain’s Secret Treasures digs up nearly 3.9m
ITV1’s new history series made in conjunction with the British Museum, unearthed a solid audience, but Superstar slipped to a series low.
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RatingsSuperstar falters at live performance
The first live show of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s hunt for a lead for Jesus Christ Superstar attracted less than half the slot average, while BBC1’s Wallander slipped from last week’s record performance.
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RatingsAngelos falls well short of slot average
The launch of Angelos Epithemiou’s series on Channel 4 on Friday attracted less than half the viewers of its slot average.
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RatingsCase Sensitive returns with 4m
The return of ITV1 detective drama Case Sensitive failed to match the launch of the first series - but held on to share to win the 9pm slot, as the concluding episode of BBC1’s OAP experiment dipped slightly.
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RatingsApprentice stars below par with OAP experiment
The Apprentice stars Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford helped BBC1’s The Town That Never Retired win the 9pm slot – although it was almost 2m viewers down on the slot average.