Latest overnights – Page 136
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RatingsHunted tracks down 2m
THURSDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a solid evening with the launch of its fugitive format Hunted and the return of First Dates.
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RatingsDoctor Foster examined by 6m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s latest drama Doctor Foster comfortably won the 9pm slot helped by a generous inheritance from The Great British Bake Off.
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RatingsBBC2 India doc transports 1.4m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s two-part documentary about India concluded on a low as England’s Euro 2016 qualifier dominated for ITV.
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RatingsDoc Martin returns with 6m
MONDAY: Doc Martin returned to ITV after a two-year absence with close to 6m viewers as The Catch sunk to 1m.
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RatingsLady Chatterley's Lover stirs 5m
SUNDAY: Lady Chatterley’s Lover gripped almost 5m viewers, well above the audience for BBC1’s previous 90-minute drama The C-Word.
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RatingsRecord high for Strictly Launch Show
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing: Launch Show roared back with its best audience since the annual curtain-raiser’s inception in 2010.
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RatingsCradle to Grave brings success for BBC2
THURSDAY: BBC2’s new brace of comedies began solidly as its Danny Baker biopic became the highest-rated comedy origination of the year.
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RatingsSue Perkins batters the competition
WEDNESDAY: Sue Perkins whipped up a storm for BBC1 on Wednesday night, as Bake Off and her Kolkata travelogue battered the competition.
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RatingsCanal doc is BBC4's biggest show of 2015
TUESDAY: A film about canals became BBC4’s top-rated show of the year as ITV’s documentary exploring payday loans lost the 9pm terrestrial slot with a 6% share.
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RatingsFear The Walking Dead spooks AMC viewers
MONDAY: Channel 4 fishing documentary The Catch netted 1.5m as AMC launched with zombie spin-off Fear The Walking Dead.
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RatingsThe Trials of Jimmy Rose locks up 4m
SUNDAY: The Trials of Jimmy Rose failed to launch with the same fanfare as ITV’s previous drama Black Work but comfortably won the 9pm slot.
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RatingsThe X Factor debut hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned with its lowest series debut audience in almost a decade after losing nearly 2m viewers on the 2014 launch.
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RatingsStephen Fry trumped by Big Brother
THURSDAY: The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother opened its doors to a peak audience of 2.6m viewers, easing past competition from ITV’s Stephen Fry travelogue.
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RatingsWitnesses struggles to reach 300k
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s French drama Witnesses was unable to score the same success as The Returned - bowing out with an audience almost 1m viewers down on its predecessor.
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RatingsEducating Cardiff sees off School Swap
TUESDAY: Educating Cardiff registered 1.8m viewers on Channel 4, more than 500,000 ahead of its ITV rival School Swap.
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RatingsWorld’s Busiest Railway steams off with 9pm slot
MONDAY: BBC2 won the 9pm slot with World’s Busiest Railway while later in the evening controversial Channel 4 documentary Muslim Drag Queens informed 1m.
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RatingsBig Blue Live and Usain Bolt boost BBC
SUNDAY: Usain Bolt’s 100m victory in the World Championships reeled in an audience share of almost 25% as BBC1’s Big Blue Live dwarfed ITV’s Animal Mums later in the day.
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RatingsSaturday Night Story entertains 2.4m
SATURDAY: ITV’s The Saturday Night Story and Channel 5’s Football League Tonight remained steady as part of a quiet evening’s entertainment.
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RatingsRipper Street remains below 3m
FRIDAY: The third series of BBC1 crime drama Ripper Street remained below 3m viewers as it hit its halfway point.
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RatingsThe Wonder of Britain transports 1.6m average
THURSDAY: ITV’s The Wonder of Britain recovered from last week’s low to bow out with a series average of 1.6m (7.7%).