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RatingsStrictly peaks with 10m
BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing launched on a par with rival talent show The X Factor this weekend, as the two aired on the same night for the first time this year.
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RatingsHotel GB checks out on series low
Hotel GB checked out with a series low while Strictly Come Dancing held its audience as it entered its dancing phase.
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RatingsHunted finds 4.5m on debut
Hunted, BBC1’s new drama from the makers of Spooks, hit the ground running with an audience of nearly 4.5m viewers.
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RatingsJimmy Savile doc draws 1.71m
ITV1’s investigative journalism strand Exposure attracted its biggest audience ever with its focus on Jimmy Savile.
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RatingsBake Off whips up record audience
The Great British Bake Off pulled its biggest audience on record - helping to strengthen Ian Hislop’s Stiff Upper Lip.
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RatingsHotel GB checks in with 1.5m
Channel 4’s Hotel GB saw 1.56m checking in on its opening night, while Monroe’s return to ITV1 failed to match the premiere of the first series.
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RatingsX Factor invites 9.5m to judges' houses
The X Factor pulled in its second biggest audience of the series as the show’s judges decided on their finalists.
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RatingsRed or Black? ends on low
Red or Black? bowed out with its lowest audience ever, as the judges’ houses round failed to lift The X Factor to a notable high.
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RatingsHomefront recruits 3m
ITV1’s new military wives drama Homefront struggled on its debut - as the second part of Channel 4’s Drugs Live lost nearly half its audience on its second and final outing.
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RatingsDrugs Live scores 1.6m
Channel 4’s scored a high with the debut of its live two-part study into ecstasy’s effects on the brain.
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RatingsThe Paradise opens with 5.5m as Bake Off rises
Bill Gallagher’s lavish BBC1 period drama debuted with nearly 5.5m viewers, as The Great British Bake Off rose to another high.
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RatingsNigellissima cooks up 2.73m
Nigela Lawson’s latest vehicle exploring Italian recipes served up the cook’s biggest ratings since Christmas 2008.
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RatingsBaggage steamrolled by C5's truckers
Channel 4’s new dating format Baggage pulled in less than a million viewers and was beaten by Eddie Stobart’s truckers on Channel 5.
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RatingsSimon Cowell boosts The X Factor
Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped the show to its second highest audience of the series - as Downton Abbey lost half a million viewers.
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RatingsThe Jonathan Ross Show stumbles to low
The Jonathan Ross Show attracted its lowest audience on record, as Doctor Who underperformed again for BBC1.
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RatingsMrs Biggs robbed by Who Do You Think You Are?
ITV1’s drama about Ronnie Biggs’ wife attracted a series high, but was robbed at 9pm by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsMan City defeat nets 6m peak
Manchester City’s defeat at the hands of Real Madrid drew more than 6m viewers to ITV1 – but came close to being tackled by the Great British Bake Off on BBC2.
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RatingsPoundland gives Dispatches four-year high
Dispatches pulled in second biggest audience on record with an investigation on cut price retail chain Poundland.
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RatingsBest Strictly launch since 2006
Strictly Come Dancing returned with its biggest launch audience since in six years – but it was still beaten by The X Factor.
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RatingsDownton Abbey returns with 8.6m
ITV1’s hit period drama Downton Abbey returned with more than 8.6m viewers – nearly double BBC1’s audience at the time.