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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother opens with 4m peak
WEDNESDAY: Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 for an eighth series with a peak of almost 4m viewers, 1m more than the previous series opener.
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RatingsSilent Witness grips 6.7m
TUESDAY: Silent Witness made a strong return to BBC1 with 6.7m viewers – up by 500,000 from last year’s previous opener.
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RatingsBroadchurch return thrills 7.6m
MONDAY: Broadchurch roared back into ITV’s schedule, winning the 9pm slot in a strong night across the terrestrial channels after the Christmas break.
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RatingsMrs Brown's Boys takes consolidated Christmas Day crown
Mrs Brown’s Boys stretched its lead as the most-watched show on Christmas Day after adding a further 2m time-shifted viewers.
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RatingsFoyle’s War sheds 2m on ITV
SUNDAY: ITV drama Foyle’s War returned with an audience 2m below its previous series opener while BBC1’s Last Tango In Halifax and Still Open All Hours also shed viewers.
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RatingsTake Me Out dumps 1m
SATURDAY: ITV dating format Take Me Out returned for a seventh series with its joint lowest-ever opening performance and over 1m down from last year’s debut.
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RatingsKatie Hopkins doc scores record ratings for TLC
FRIDAY: Katie Hopkins’ weight loss documentary helped TLC to its biggest audience to date, as The Musketeers stumbled on its return to BBC1.
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RatingsMiranda bows out with third best figures
THURSDAY: Miranda concluded with one of its highest ever performances on New Year’s Day but was unable to topple cross-dressing comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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RatingsNYE fireworks draw 12m to BBC1
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s coverage of London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display entertained 12m, as Mapp and Lucia concluded on a low note.
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RatingsMrs Brown’s Boys retains Christmas Day ratings crown
Mrs Brown’s Boys took the Christmas Day ratings crown for a second year in a row, as festive viewing hit its lowest point in nearly a decade.
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RatingsThe Wrong Mans returns with 2m
MONDAY: The Wrong Mans returned with a million fewer viewers than last year’s series debut on a big night of comedy.
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RatingsText Santa fails to deliver for ITV
FRIDAY: Text Santa failed to beat its previous two outings for ITV - despite an appearance from George Clooney in a Downton Abbey sketch.
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RatingsThe Apprentice finale draws 6.2m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice hired its biggest finale audience since 2011.
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RatingsStrictly finale hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing finale stumbled to its lowest audience since 2005 as television presenter Caroline Flack was crowned champion.
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RatingsThe Fall finale arrests series high
THURSDAY: The conclusion of Gillian Anderson’s BBC2 drama The Fall arrested a series high of 2.5m.
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RatingsLibrarians books a strong audience
On Monday the first episode of SyFy’s new series The Librarians from US network ABC achieved 351k/1.5%
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RatingsClassy performance for Remember Me
BBC1’s spooky triptych Remember Me finished on Sunday 7 December at 9pm with a consolidated rating of 5.4million/18%
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RatingsSkint turns tables on Posh People
On Monday at 9pm, the third episode of Channel 4’s Skint (1.1million/5%;267k+1) grew by 150k week-on-week
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RatingsA quantum of success for BBC4
On Tuesday, the first of BBC4’s two-part The Secrets of Quantum Physics achieved 0.6million/2.7%
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RatingsRoyal Variety sheds a little sparkle
On Monday, ITV’s coverage of The Royal Variety Performance for 2014 achieved 6.5million/29%