Latest overnights – Page 166
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother storms to 4m
Celebrity Big Brother returned with a peak of 4.2m viewers for Channel 5, meaning it beat all competition apart from BBC1’s Silent Witness.
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RatingsSplash! fails to create waves
ITV’s celebrity diving contest Splash! took a tumble on Saturday after returning for a second series with its lowest ratings to date.
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RatingsBirds of a Feather soars for ITV
Classic comedy Birds of a Feather returned after a 16-year absence with nearly 8m viewers on Thursday - making it ITV’s biggest sitcom launch in more than a decade.
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RatingsChristmas ratings round-up
Broadcast’s overview of how some of the biggest shows performed over the festive period includes Moonfleet, Death Comes To Pemberley and Caitlin Moran pilot Raised by Wolves.
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RatingsSherlock makes record-breaking return
Sherlock made a triumphant return to BBC1 on New Year’s Day, pulling in its biggest overnight audience to date.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on a high
Him & Her bowed out with its biggest audience in two years on Thursday - as The Great Train Robbery’s audience held reasonably steady on Thursday.
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RatingsGreat Train Robbery makes solid start
BBC1’s The Great Train Robbery got off to a rattling start on Wednesday, grabbing almost twice as many viewers as ITV’s Lucan in the battle of the fact-based dramas.
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RatingsBBC3 benefits from Call Centre and Bad Education
The Call Centre Christmas Special peaked with almost 800,000 viewers as Bad Education ended with a similar series average in a successful Tuesday night for BBC3.
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RatingsRipper Street and Liberty of London bow out in style
Ripper Street and Liberty of London both bowed out with strong performances in a bullish night for the terrestrial channels on Monday.
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RatingsDerren Brown makes off with 2m
Derren Brown’s audacious art heist took in an audience of 2m for Channel 4 on Friday.
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RatingsJonathan Ross enjoys best series yet for ITV
Jonathan Ross’ ITV chat show enjoyed its best series to date – as a Channel 4 film on psychopaths struggled to cut through on Saturday.
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RatingsX Factor finale second lowest-rated ever
The X Factor finale performed to its second lowest audience on record on Sunday as Sam Bailey was crowned champion.
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RatingsComedy Awards draw less laughter than 2012
The British Comedy Awards recorded less laughter than last year on Thursday as the Jonathan Ross-fronted event shed half a million viewers.
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RatingsLucan biopic draws 4m
ITV’s biopic on Lord Lucan, the playboy aristocrat who vanished in the 1970s after his children’s nanny was murdered, made a solid start on Wednesday.
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RatingsPanorama Comic Relief pulls in 1.7m
Panorama’s investigation into Comic Relief informed 1.7m viewers on Tuesday, just below the average for the 10.35pm slot.
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RatingsLiberty of London sheds 700,000 viewers
Channel 4’s department store doc Liberty of London lost 35% of its audience on Monday – as The Royal Variety Performance shed a million viewers.
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RatingsRobbie gig entertains almost 5m
Robbie Williams live swing performance at the Palladium performed relatively well for BBC1 on a quiet Friday night.
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RatingsI’m a Celebrity bows out on three-year high
Sunday’s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! final was the show’s highest-rated climax since 2010 as Kian Egan was crowned king of the jungle.
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RatingsX Factor semi-final outshines 2012
The X Factor semi-final outperformed last year’s outing, but was still easily beaten by a series high for Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday.
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RatingsNelson Mandela coverage peaks with 6m for BBC1
BBC1’s coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela was seen by a peak audience of 6.1m on Thursday.