Philip Reevel
RatingsRio's doc strikes a chord
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum And Dad was the highest-rated factual programme of the week
RatingsWalking Dead ends on high
The Fox series ended with a significant increase in overnight viewers
RatingsForeign shores tempt viewers
The opening episode of Second Chance Summer: Tuscany attracted 1.3m
RatingsSun casts shadow over ITV
Channel’s first Grand National gets off to a false start as weekend sunshine tempts viewers away from TV
RatingsTop 50 non-PSB shows: 10-16 Oct 2016
Harry Hill’s back on TV at tea-time, but we’re not talking TV Burp figures here. Nevertheless, Sky 1 will be happy with the debut of the prosaically titled Harry Hill’s Tea-Time: 391,000/2% at 6pm on Sunday.
RatingsTop 30 multichannel shows: 10-16 Oct 2016
Although Celebrity Juice (Thursday, 10pm) tops this week’s table with 960,000/6%, up from last week’s 780,000/5%, perhaps we should be considering another metric, in which it wouldn’t do quite so well – the number of words in a programme title.
RatingsTop consolidated shows: 3-9 Oct
In the week that actress Jean Alexander died, it’s appropriate to be thinking about occasions when a show recorded its biggest ever audience.
RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4 & C5): 10-16 Oct 2016
It was a triumphant return for Channel 4’s The Crystal Maze on Sunday at 9pm (3 million/13.8%).
RatingsTop 100 shows: 10-16 Oct
One of the most over-used and obsolete phrases in politics is “we’re not going to give you a running commentary on…”. It’s usually about something long-running that everyone knows the answer to already, like the third runway at Heathrow.
RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
Game Of Thrones opens on a high for Sky becoming ‘the most watched Sky entertainment programme ever” with almost 5 million views.
RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
Sky Sports 1’s Live Ford Monday Night Football came to a table-topping denouement with 1.5 million/7%
RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 2 - 8 May 2016
Caravans: A British Love Affair (580,000/3%) at 8pm on Tuesday was one of two British-labelled shows on BBC4 to make the top 30
RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 2 - 8 May 2016
On Thursday, Peaky Blinders was back with 2 million/10% - that’s Champions League form
RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 2 - 8 May 2016
ITV family drama The Durrells held off BBC1’s annual awards bash to clinch a Sunday night win
RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 6 - 12 July 2015
Crowd-pleasing programmes give BBC1 the upper hand over its commercial rivals