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RatingsEngland's Ashes win delivers 2m to Sky Sports 1
Sky Sports 1 notched up nearly 2 million viewers yesterday (23 August) as England beat Australia to win the Ashes.
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RatingsX Factor back with 11.7m
The X Factor was back with its second highest launch show to date on Saturday night – peaking at 11.7m (54%) just after 8pm.
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RatingsBBC2 reigns with Tudors return
The Tudors made a regal entrance back onto BBC2 last Friday night, drawing an average audience of 2.3m (11.4%) over a 90-minute launch episode from 9pm.
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RatingsNearly 4m watch Bolt break record
Nearly 4m viewers tuned in to BBC2 last night to watch Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt blast away his own 200m world record at the Berlin Athletics World Championships.
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RatingsThe Bill busted as Benefit Busters boom
Channel 4’s documentary Benefit Busters made a strong start last night, while ITV1 stalwart The Bill took another tumble in the ratings.
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RatingsFreeman draws 6m to BBC1
The final instalment in the current series of Who Do You Think You Are? featuring actor Martin Freeman pulled in 6 million viewers for BBC1 last night, commanding a 27.9% share.
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RatingsDuchess doc disappoints with 2.5m
ITV1’s observational documentary about Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s mission to tackle obesity in Hull flopped with viewers last night, with just 2.5m (11.6%) tuning in.
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RatingsThe Street ends on 4.4m
BBC1’s The Street concluded its consistent run with 4.4m (20%) viewers at 9pm last night, as ITV1 drama Monday Monday continued to struggle.
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RatingsMOTD kicks off with 4m
The return of Match of the Day lit up an otherwise lacklustre Saturday as 4m (25%) tuned in to BBC1’s first highlights show of the new season.
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RatingsCorrie wedding unites 8.4m
Becky and Steve’s turbulent wedding on Coronation Street bought bumper ratings to ITV1 on Friday, with a peak of 8.4m viewers (44%) tuning in for the big day.
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RatingsBolt fires BBC2 to the top
BBC2 raced to the top of the ratings pile on Sunday as Usain Bolt’s world record-breaking 100m sprint at the World Athletics Championships was watched by 5m (22.3%).
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RatingsThe Bill stumbles at 9pm
ITV1’s long running cop show The Bill took a wobble last night, with just 3.4m viewers (14.9%) - its lowest since it moved to 9pm and one of its worst performances in the last three years.
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RatingsDesperate Romantics drops to 1.7m
BBC2 period drama Desperate Romantics became increasingly desperate last night, losing another 300,000 viewers on its fourth outing.
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RatingsOn Tour With the Queen waves to 1.7m
Channel 4’s new hour-long documentary series On Tour with the Queen made a solid start last night, with an audience of 1.7m (7.9%) tuning in at 9pm, but that wasn’t enough to stop it being awarded the slot’s wooden spoon.
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RatingsFootball season kicks off with 4m for BBC1
The first game of the new football season made a solid start on an otherwise lacklustre night of repeats on Saturday, with a peak of 4m tuning in to watch Newcastle draw with West Bromwich Albion.
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RatingsHotel Babylon books more visitors
Hotel Babylon had 300,000 more viewers checking in this week, with 3.4m (17.6%) tuning in to BBC1 on Friday (7 August) at 9pm.
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RatingsLouis Theroux deals with 2.7m
The return of documentary-maker Louis Theroux as he explored a city’s addiction to crystal meth delivered 2.7m viewers (11.7% share) to BBC2 at 9pm last night
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RatingsThe Bill loses nearly 1m viewers
ITV1’s reinvention of The Bill continued to lose ground last night, shedding almost a million viewers since its launch in a post-watershed slot.
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RatingsMitchell murdered by ITV1
ITV1’s Midsomer Murders attracted 5.8m (26.3%) viewers between 8pm and 10pm last night, comfortably outperforming Peep Show comedian David Mitchell’s appearance on BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsDesperate Romantics woo 2m
BBC2’s pre-Raphaelite costume drama Desperate Romantics wooed back its 2m audience last night, but was unable to temp any of the 500,000 viewers it lost last week.