Latest overnights – Page 165
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RatingsC4 leaps ahead of the competition
Channel 4 enjoyed a good night on Monday as The Jump held up well and Benefits Street outgunned Jeremy Paxman’s World War I doc for BBC1.
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RatingsSplash! drowned out by The Voice
Splash! bellyflopped to a new low on Saturday, faltering under pressure from The Voice UK.
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RatingsThe Jump launches with 2.6m
Channel 4’s celebrity winter sports format The Jump leapt into action on Sunday with 2.6m viewers – putting it marginally ahead of the 2011 launch of Famous and Fearless.
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RatingsBenidorm takes the honours for ITV
ITV’s Benidorm pipped BBC1’s Silent Witness to the post on Thursday evening - as Birds of a Feather continued to soar.
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RatingsNational Television Awards back to 6m
ITV’s National Television Awards recovered from last year’s low to pull in an audience of more than 6m viewers on Wednesday.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise murders the competition
Ben Miller’s exit doesn’t appear to have dampened enthusiasm for Death in Paradise, as the BBC1 drama continued with nearly 7m viewers on Tuesday.
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RatingsCoronation Street hits nine-month high
The climax of Coronation Street’s euthanasia storyline helped the soap to its best ratings in nine months on Monday, while the return of Girls on Sky Atlantic failed to cut through.
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RatingsCall The Midwife returns with record high
BBC1 celebrated a strong night on Sunday with the highest-ever rated Call The Midwife and a convincing launch of The Musketeers, while ITV’s Mr Selfridge stuttered on its return.
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RatingsThe Voice UK loses 700,000
Nearly 700,000 viewers turned their backs on the second instalment of The Voice UK - but it remained the most-watched show on Saturday night.
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RatingsHidden Kingdoms trampled by Bake Off
BBC1’s natural history show Hidden Kingdoms was squashed by the competition on Thursday night, including the finale of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off.
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RatingsKumars welcome 370k to Sky 1
The Kumars returned to TV screens on Wednesday with an audience of more than 370,000 - three times greater than Sky 1’s average performance.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise tracks down record ratings
Death in Paradise returned for a third series on Tuesday with its best-ever ratings, murdering the second instalment of The Taste, which lost 800,000 viewers.
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RatingsBenefits Street expands to 5.1m
The controversy surrounding Benefits Street translated into ratings, as the Channel 4 show’s audience leapt to 5.1m on Monday.
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RatingsSherlock bows out with 8.8m
The third series of Sherlock made its final bow on Sunday in front of its lowest audience of the run.
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RatingsThe Voice UK back on-song
The Voice received a boost from the Kylie Minogue factor, as the Talpa Media format returned on Saturday with an audience that topped every episode from last year’s series.
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RatingsThe Undateables hits low
The Undateables returned for a third series on Thursday with its lowest audience to date - as Birds of a Feather lost nearly a million viewers.
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RatingsTomorrow People returns with record E4 ratings
The Tomorrow People became E4’s most successful US acquisition launch ever on Wednesday - pulling in almost 1.5m viewers.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for The Taste
Channel 4’s new cookery format The Taste failed to benefit from the media storm surrounding presenter Nigella Lawson after launching on Tuesday with 1.8m viewers.
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RatingsBenefits Street is C4's most watched show since 2012
Channel 4’s doc Benefits Street, broadcast on Monday, has become the channel’s most-watched show since it aired The Snowman and The Snowdog in December 2012.
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RatingsSherlock triumphs as Dancing on Ice stutters
Sherlock continued to bring in record audiences on Sunday, while Dancing on Ice launched with its lowest-ever audience.