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RatingsNigel Farage triumphs in Leader Interviews
WEDNESDAY: Nigel Farage triumphed over the main political party leaders in Evan Davis’ series of general election interviews, as ITV’s comedy line-up lost more than a million viewers.
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RatingsAlmost 1m vote for Ballot Monkeys
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s quick-turnaround political comedy Ballot Monkeys narrowly failed to break the 1m mark for its opening episode.
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RatingsSafe House hosts 5.6m
MONDAY: ITV’s latest drama, Safe House, got underway with a larger audience than recent Monday night crime shows Arthur & George and Code Of A Killer.
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RatingsIndian Summers bows out with 1.6m average
SUNDAY: Channel 4 drama Indian Summers bowed out with a 90-minute special which entertained just over 1m viewers.
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RatingsWeekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returns with 2.6m
FRIDAY: Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis returned with a stable 2.6m, helping it beat the out of sequence Griff Rhys Jones’ Slow Train Through Africa.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent maintains form
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent maintained its 10m-strong audience while BBC1’s FA Cup semi-final coverage peaked with a crowd of almost 7m.
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RatingsBBC debate turnout falls short of ITV
THURSDAY: BBC1’s Election Debate struggled without the presence of the prime minister, falling short of the audience who turned out for ITV’s leaders’ debate.
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RatingsNewzoids entertains 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s mid-week comedy line-up of Newzoids and The Delivery Man struggled in the opening episodes.
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RatingsBreaking Bad helps Spike to solid launch night
WEDNESDAY: Breaking Bad and Vinnie Jones’ take on Police Interceptors helped Viacom-owned channel Spike to a solid start on its launch night.
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RatingsChampions League coverage scores 3m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Champions League coverage dipped to 3m as My Big Fat Asian Wedding failed to outperform its gypsy rival for Channel 4.
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RatingsGame Of Thrones propels Sky Atlantic to record high
MONDAY: Game of Thrones roared back for its latest series, storming past BBC2 and Channel 5 to land Sky Atlantic’s largest ever audience.
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RatingsHIGNFY outperforms Gogglebox
FRIDAY: BBC1 overtook Channel 4 in the 9pm slot after the return of Have I Got News For You proved more popular than Gogglebox.
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RatingsGrand National peaks with 8.8m
Many Clouds’ Grand National triumph helped Channel 4 to a peak audience of 8.8m viewers on a busy weekend of sporting action.
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RatingsBGT return helps ITV to 2015 high
SATURDAY: ITV pulled in its biggest audience of the year for the return of Britain’s Got Talent as its “Super Saturday” of entertainment delivered mixed results.
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RatingsFortitude finale boosts Mad Men
THURSDAY: Fortitude’s finale helped Mad Med to its biggest ever audience on Sky Atlantic, as ITV’s latest factual series could not compete with Bear Grylls’ female castaways.
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RatingsThe Island transports 1.9m
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 headed back to The Island with fewer than 2m viewers – around 300,000 short of last year’s opener.
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RatingsO’Briain and Byrne's BBC2 trip ends with 1.8m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s travelogue featuring Dara O’Briain and Ed Byrne concluded solidly while an appearance from David Cameron on Tonight brought the strand to an 18 month low.
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RatingsPoldark slips with Vera return
SUNDAY: Vera returned to ITV on a low but still managed to dent Poldark.
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RatingsCode of a Killer grips 5m
MONDAY: ITV drama Code of a Killer got underway with 5.3m, comfortably outperforming the channel’s slot average.
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RatingsBear Grylls bows out with 3.3m
FRIDAY: Bear Grylls’ celebrity survival format Mission Survive helped ITV to marginally increase its share of male viewers as BT Sport’s Clare Balding Show began solidly on BBC2.