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RatingsParade’s End tops 3m on debut
BBC2’s new period drama Parade’s End, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, managed to beat all-comers on its Friday night debut.
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RatingsWaterloo Road scores low marks after Scotland move
BBC1 school drama Waterloo Road has recorded its lowest launch figures to date after relocating to Scotland.
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RatingsCBB tops 2m with Jasmine exit
The live eviction of Jasmine Lennard from Celebrity Big Brother topped the 2m mark and drew the second highest audience of the run for the Channel 5 reality show.
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RatingsC4 scores 3.5m ratings high with Royal film
Channel 4 provided the surprise hit of the night with a documentary about the Queen’s mother-in-law - as BBC2’s Great British Bake Off rose to its second highest audience ever.
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RatingsIan Brady doc draws nearly 1.7m
Channel 4’s high profile documentary on child-murderer Ian Brady could only manage a below-par audience of 1.67m.
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RatingsBBC1 and C4 comedy struggle to raise a smile
A new series of BBC1 comedy In with the Flynns and Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight both failed to make an impact, falling short of their short averages.
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RatingsSilent Witness beats Last Weekend
Silent Witness thrashed ITV1’s three-part thriller The Last Weekend in the battle of the Sunday night dramas.
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RatingsX Factor returns on six-year low
The X Factor returned with its lowest launch audience in six years as ITV1’s other entertainment centrepiece, Red or Black?, was whipped by an Indiana Jones repeat.
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RatingsParalympics drama beaten by Peter Kay
A BBC2 drama about the birth of the Paralympics was beaten by a comedy stand-up show by Peter Kay on Channel 4 – but did edge ahead of BBC1 and ITV1.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother returns with 2.61m
Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 with its lowest launch audience to date, as ITV1’s England football friendly was beaten by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsAccused returns with 5.3m
Sean Bean’s turn as a transvestite helped Jimmy McGovern’s Accused to its biggest audience on record, as The Great British Bake Off returned to BBC2 on a high.
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RatingsSharon's EastEnders return draws 8.3m peak
BBC1’s special week of EastEnders episodes helped it outmuscle ITV1’s Ruth Rendell drama, as the Big Brother final peaked with 1.76m viewers.
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RatingsBahamas surprise relay win tops BBC1 audience
The men’s 4 x 400m relay final attracted BBC1’s biggest audience of the day with close to 10 million watching.
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RatingsLondon 2012 Olympics closes with 26.3m peak
The curtain fell on the London 2012 Olympics in extravagant style with a high of 26.3m viewers – only 700k short of the opening ceremony.
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RatingsUsain Bolt's 200 metre gold draws 15.4m
Usain Bolt’s 200 metre victory celebrations drew a high of nearly 15.4m viewers to BBC1 – one of the biggest audience of the Olympics.
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RatingsMo Farah's second gold scores 11.3m
A peak of nearly 11.3m viewers saw Mo Farah celebrate his second gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics.
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RatingsUsain bolts over 11 million viewers
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt delivered the highest audience on day 12 of the London 2012 Olympics.
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RatingsHoy wins sixth gold with 9m
Sir Chris Hoy became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian in front of a crowd of more than 9m.
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RatingsJason Kenny gold draws 4.5m
Jason Kenny’s gold rush in the men’s sprint cycling drew nearly 4.5m viewers, as Dai Greene’s failed medal bid scored the biggest Olympic audience of the day.
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RatingsPendleton secures gold with 9.4m
Victoria Pendleton’s gold medal-winning performance in the Women’s Keirin cycling race peaked with more than 9 million viewers – while the climax of the women’s 10,000m drew an audience of nearly 12 million.