Latest overnights – Page 204
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RatingsEducating Essex registers 1.4m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s new show set behind the scenes of a school in Essex registered 1.4m on its debut.
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RatingsFresh Meat debuts with 1.5m
WEDNESDAY: Fresh Meat, Channel 4’s new comedy drama from the writers of Peep Show, started solidly and helped the station butcher competition from Big Brother.
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RatingsBritish Bake Off continues rise
TUESDAY: The Great British Bake Off continues to go from strength to strength, rising to its biggest audience of the series.
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RatingsDale Farm doc draws 1.62m
MONDAY: A Dispatches investigation into the relationship between travellers and their local community performed well for Channel 4 on the day gypsies delayed their eviction from Dale Farm.
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RatingsJonathan Ross hits ITV high
SATURDAY: Appearances from Peter Kay and Hugh Jackman helped ITV’s Jonathan Ross Show to its biggest audience yet.
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RatingsDCI Banks returns with 4.4m
FRIDAY: ITV1’s detective drama DCI Banks returned with its lowest ratings to date in its new Friday night slot.
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RatingsDownton Abbey returns with double Spooks' audience
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey enticed nearly double the audience Spooks in a ratings battle billed as one of the biggest of the year.
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RatingsTorchwood ends on 3.9m
THURSDAY: BBC1 sci-fi drama Torchwood managed to pick up its best audience in five weeks for an action-packed finale.
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RatingsPlanet Dinosaur eclipsed by football
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s new CGI dinosaur series was outmanoeuvred by ITV1’s coverage of a Manchester United match.
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Ratings71 Degrees returns with 2.3m
TUESDAY: Celebrity reality show 71 Degrees North received a chilly reception on its return to ITV1, beaten by BBC1’s Waking the Dead spin-off and BBC2’s Hairy Bikers.
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RatingsDoc Martin treats 8.4m
MONDAY: ITV drama Doc Martin returned with one of its biggest audiences to date.
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RatingsStrictly returns with 7.6m
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing returned to BBC1 with a launch show that beat last year – but could not come close to the X Factor
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RatingsC5’s Big Brother launches with 2.6m
FRIDAY: Channel 5’s first batch of Big Brother housemates drew 2.63m viewers on its launch night.
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RatingsITV’s Hero debuts with 2.8m
SUNDAY: New ITV1 quiz show Holding Out for a Hero failed to top the 3 million mark on its debut on a day that saw audiences flock to the broadcaster’s Rugby World Cup coverage and The X Factor.
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RatingsCBB final peaks with 3.7m
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother confirmed its status as a ratings hit for Channel 5 as 3.7m watched Paddy Doherty voted the series winner.
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RatingsRed or Black? takes another tumble
WEDNESDAY: ITV game show Red or Black? has continued to lose viewers, with the results show beaten by BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsEngland’s victory over Wales nets 9m
TUESDAY: A peak audience of nearly 9 million viewers watched England beat Wales in ITV’s coverage of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for Red or Black?
MONDAY: Big money game show Red or Black? experienced a night of mixed fortunes for its first weeknight editions.
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RatingsJonathan Ross debuts ITV chat show with 3.9m
SATURDAY: Jonathan Ross launched his new ITV chat show with 800,000 more viewers than his previous series on BBC1.
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RatingsRed or Black? loses 2m
SUNDAY: Red or Black?, ITV1’s new million-pound game show from Simon Cowell, lost nearly 2 million viewers on its second night.