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RatingsJulian Fellowes Great Houses opens its doors to 2m
The first part of Julian Fellowes’ stately homes documentary struggled to impress viewers, drawing an audience almost 1.5m down on the slot average.
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RatingsGreat Comic Relief Bake Off launches solidly
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off whipped up an audience of more than 3.8m viewers for BBC2 - but was well below some of the highs hit by the last series.
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RatingsCall The Midwife delivers record return
Call the Midwife delivered a record overnight audience to BBC1 on its second series debut.
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RatingsCBB registers biggest eviction episode audience
The exit of former EastEnders actress Gillian Taylforth from the Big Brother house drew the biggest eviction audience of the series for the Channel 5 show.
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RatingsLance Armstrong confession delivers record share for Discovery
Lance Armstrong came clean about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in front of one of Discovery UK’s biggest audience shares in its 24-year history.
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RatingsInside Death Row locked out by Silent Witness
Trevor McDonald’s journey Inside Death Row captured nearly 5m viewers, but was beaten by Silent Witness.
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RatingsNormal start buoys E4
Whatever ‘normal’ is, E4 will have liked its new version of it, while ITV2’s genuine reaction to repeats will be a grin.
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RatingsITV makes a big Splash!
And we’re off. No sooner has Christmas finished than TV gets its glad rags on to entice us with all-new trimmings as each broadcaster seeks to get the year going with some oomph.
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RatingsBBC2 reaches for the stars
In the week of David Bowie’s revered return, BBC2’s own starman, Professor Brian Cox, commenced his annual trawl of the sky, but there was still no sign of Major Tom.
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RatingsParadise returns for BBC
Caribbean crime drama is back with a bang, while Monday night proves perfect timing for comedy
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RatingsSpies of Warsaw tracks down steady audience
David Tennant’s BBC4 drama Spies of Warsaw saw 100,000 viewers escape from last week’s opener but remained the most watched show of the day on the channel.
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RatingsAfrica outplays FA Cup football
Africa’s journey into dense tropical rainforest helped it recover from last week’s series low - as Manchester United’s FA Cup replay scored a near 6.3m peak.
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RatingsYes, Prime Minister doubles Gold audience
Yes, Prime Minister returned to TV after a 24 year hiatus with close to 300,000 viewers for Gold, doubling the channel’s slot average.
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RatingsUtopia makes underwhelming debut
Channel 4’s dark conspiracy drama Utopia failed to launch with a bang – tracking down an audience of little more than 1m.
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RatingsMad Fat Diary opens up with 500k
E4’s teen drama My Mad Fat Diary got underway with an audience marginally above the slot average, attracting almost 500k on its first outing.
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RatingsMrs Brown’s Boys and Miranda extend domination
Miranda and Mrs Brown’s Boys recovered from their post-Christmas hangovers to prove too strong for Lewis - as daytime drama Father Brown launched with more than 2m on Monday.
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RatingsMr Selfridge sees off Ripper Street
ITV’s Mr Selfridge saw its footfall drop by 500,000 viewers for its second outing but it remained comfortably ahead of BBC1’s Ripper Street.
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RatingsSplash! holds water with over 5m
The ratings for ITV’s new entertainment format Splash! remained on a high after it again pulled in the biggest audience on Saturday.
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RatingsSky Sports hits bullseye
Danes first bothered us when they had horns and beards; their most recent invasion involves sparse thrillers, a brainy female lead, some murdering and, in Borgen at least, another beard.
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RatingsRecording tips the scales
A study of ancient history reveals that in 2006, total live viewing on Christmas Day between 3pm and 11pm averaged 20.4 million.