Latest overnights – Page 159
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Quirke uncovers 3.7m
SUNDAY: BBC1 crime drama Quirke shed 500,000 viewers as it returned for a second episode.
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Carl Froch knockout draws 300,000
SATURDAY: Carl Froch’s knockout blow to George Groves helped Sky Box Office to a peak of more than 300,000 viewers.
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Question Time scores 2.7m with Joey Barton
Joey Barton and Piers Morgan’s Question Time appearance failed to lift the show’s ratings to a notable high on Thursday - as ITV’s line-up continued to trample the competition.
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Derek second series stutters
The second series of Channel 4’s Derek bowed out with a series average 300,000 viewers below its debut run on a slow night for the terrestrial channels on Wednesday.
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The Complainers rings up 1m
Channel 4’s three-part doc The Complainers failed to muster a huge crowd on Tuesday – only narrowly outperforming the finale of The Mentalist on Channel 5.
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Mr Sloane debuts with 97,000
Sky Atlantic’s latest original commission Mr Sloane launched with fewer than 100,000 viewers on Friday, as Channel 4’s Gogglebox bowed out on a high.
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Live Britain’s Got Talent down on 2013
The first live Britain’s Got Talent semi-final of the year was around 700,000 viewers down on 2013’s episode, but it still managed to put a sizeable dent in Monday night’s competition.
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Champions League scores 7m peak
Real Madrid’s victory in the Champions League final on Saturday peaked with 7.2m viewers in the closing stages – over 1.5m viewers above last year’s climax.
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From There to Here makes solid debut
Pete Bowker’s BBC1 drama about the fallout from the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing debuted with more than 4.5m viewers on Thursday.
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Del Boys and Dealers takes in 4m
BBC1 ob-doc Del Boys and Dealers pulled in almost 4m viewers on Wednesday, while Episodes’ audience shrunk by around 100,000.
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Penny Dreadful debuts with 354,000
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful sunk its teeth into an audience of 350,000 on Tuesday – making it the channel’s most popular show of the year after Game of Thrones.
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The Island grows audience to 2.5m
The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.
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Masterchef final peaks with 6.4m
The final of Masterchef peaked with 6.4m viewers for BBC1 on Friday, narrowly beating climax of last year’s competition.
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TV Baftas draw 5.1m
The Bafta Television Awards walked away with 5.1m viewers on Sunday – almost 1m below 2013’s seven-year high.
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Arsenal’s FA Cup win hits 10m peak
Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph peaked with more than 10m viewers for ITV on Saturday evening, as Britain’s Got Talent took the honours on the day.
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A Family of My Own locates 2.2m
Nicky Campbell’s series for ITV on adoption Wanted: A Family of My Own failed to grow its audience across its three parts – bowing out on Thursday with 1m fewer viewers than the channel’s slot average.
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Episodes returns with 940k
Episodes returned for a third run on Wednesday with its lowest series debut audience to date, but it still managed to hold off competition from Channel 4’s Derek.
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24 Hours To Go Broke banks 200k
Dave’s latest format 24 Hours To Go Broke got off to a relatively slow start on Tuesday – banking just over 200,000 viewers.
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Prey hunts down 5.5m
ITV’s John Simm-fronted crime drama Prey ended on a positive note on Monday, while Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening with Bear Grylls and Simon Farnaby.
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Man City triumph peaks with 1.3m
Manchester City’s title-clinching performance during Sunday’s final round of Premier League fixtures peaked with 1.3m viewers – well below the season climax in 2012.