Latest overnights – Page 198
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles with 3.8m
MONDAY: The second series of Stargazing Live rocketed into the BBC2 schedule with a stellar performance of nearly 4m viewers.
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RatingsCasualty takes Saturday honours
SATURDAY: Casualty was the highest rated show of the day as ITV1 suffered a wretched evening.
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RatingsSherlock arrests 7.9m but Call the Midwife delivers more viewers
SUNDAY: BBC1’s smash hit Sherlock bowed out with its lowest overnight audience of the series, as Call the Midwife made a storming debut on the same channel.
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RatingsHustle returns with 5m
FRIDAY: The final series of Hustle got underway with more than 5m viewers, but it was the lowest debut audience in the drama’s eight-series history.
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RatingsEternal Law debut recorded by 655k
CONSOLIDATED: The debut of ITV1’s high concept drama Eternal Law narrowly beat BBC1’s Public Enemies - with just 46,000 viewers between them.
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RatingsPublic Enemies piles on 800k
CONSOLIDATED: Nearly 800,000 people recorded BBC1 miniseries Public Enemies on its debut - but could not push it ahead of ITV1’s airing of Mamma Mia!.
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RatingsITV1's Eternal Law loses 1m
THURSDAY: ITV1’s angel lawyers drama, Eternal Law, lost more than a million viewers and was thrashed by a repeat of New Tricks on BBC1.
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RatingsLiverpool win nets 7.9m for BBC1
WEDNESDAY: Liverpool’s narrow victory over Manchester City in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final peaked with more than 8m viewers.
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RatingsEdwin Drood debuts with 3m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Mystery of Edwin Drood got off to a strong start - while ITV1’s latest high-concept gameshow The Exit List faltered.
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RatingsSherlock tops 10m viewers
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s return to BBC1 was recorded by nearly 2m viewers, putting it just behind Pam St Clement’s exit from EastEnders as the most watched show of New Year’s Day.
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RatingsAbove Suspicion returns with 6.3m
MONDAY: Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion returned to ITV1 with its biggest audience in two years - while Nick Hewer failed to make a huge impact on his Countdown debut.
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RatingsJonathan Ross returns with 2.9m
SATURDAY: The Jonathan Ross Show returned to ITV1 with its second lowest ratings to date.
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RatingsDancing on Ice returns with 8.7m
SUNDAY: ITV1’s Dancing on Ice returned with more than 8.6m viewers - as Sherlock outwitted the new series of Wild at Heart.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother debuts with 3.5m
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 with nearly 3.5m viewers - well short of its blockbuster debut last year.
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RatingsPublic Enemies debuts with 4m
WEDNESDAY: The debut of BBC1’s gritty drama Public Enemies was outclassed by ITV1’s second showing of film Mamma Mia! within a year.
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RatingsStephen Lawrence Panorama draws 2.6m
TUESDAY: A Panorama special on the Stephen Lawrence case could not prevent BBC1 from being outmanoeuvred by rivals in the primetime slot.
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RatingsEndeavour arrests 6.5m
MONDAY: Inspector Morse returned to UK television with more than 6.5m viewers - the highest audience for a new one-off ITV1 drama in five years.
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RatingsSherlock returns with 8.7m
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC1’s Sherlock trounced its own ratings record by 1.7m viewers on its return - while Pam St Clement’s emotional exit from EastEnders was seen by more than 11m.
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RatingsBBC1's New Year Live peaks at 12.8m
SATURDAY: Nearly 13 million viewers rang in the New Year with BBC1.
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RatingsGreat Expectations ends on 5.9m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s adaptation of Great Expectations drew to a close with nearly 6m viewers.