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RatingsCitizen Khan loses 600k viewers
BBC1’s controversial sitcom Citizen Khan lost more than half a million viewers on its debut, as ITV1’s new drama A Mother’s Son launched with 4.5m.
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RatingsParade’s End loses 30% of debut audience
BBC2 drama Parade’s End lost more than 900,000 viewers on its strong opening episode.
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RatingsStrike Back returns with 385k
Strike Back returned with a vengeance on Sky 1 but could not match the opener of the previous series.
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RatingsOscar Pistorius defeat draws nearly 4.2m
Oscar Pistorius’ surprise defeat in the men’s 200m T44 helped Channel 4 to its biggest audience of Paralympic Games so far.
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RatingsDoctor Who hits seven-year low
Doctor Who returned with its lowest series launch audience since the sci-fi franchise was rebooted in 2005 as The X Factor continued to underperform.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice returns with 1.5m
ITV2 comedy panel show Celebrity Juice beat BBC2 and Channel 4 on its return – but was more than half a million down on its last series debut.
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RatingsParalympics peaks with 3.2m on first day
Channel 4’s first day of coverage of the Paralympic Games peaked with nearly 3.2m viewers as Team GB’s basketball team lost to Germany.
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RatingsParalympic opening ceremony peaks with nearly 11m
The extravagant Paralympic opening ceremony scored one of the biggest audiences in Channel 4’s 30-year history.
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RatingsOlympics Broadcasting: record-breaking TV
The London 2012 Olympics helped the BBC wipe the floor with the commercial channels – and the Paralympics could do something similar for C4. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsGeorge returns strongly
ITV will want to forget about its chastening August, as BBC1 favourites draw the viewers.
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RatingsGood start for Parade’s End
The spectral image of a nun at a coronation was the spookiest sight this week in Channel 4’s latest royal documentary. Elsewhere, BBC2 found its buns rising and its parade ending in a very ‘channel of the year’ kind of way.
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RatingsWeight loss gains viewers
The Hairy Bikers quest to lose weight was recorded by nearly half a million BBC2 viewers taking it to the best audience of the series.
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RatingsTop marks for Bad Education
Bad Education – the BBC3 Jack Whitehall sitcom, not the shabby treatment of GCSE English students – has found its feet quickly.
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RatingsBBC3’s Bad Education schools 930k
Bad Education, the new school sitcom starring Jack Whitehall, continued to perform strongly for BBC3.
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RatingsAccused down 1.3m on debut
Jimmy McGovern’s criminal justice drama Accused fell to a new series low - meaning it has lost more than 1.3m viewers on its debut.
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RatingsJulia Davis’ Hunderby launches with 110k
Sky Atlantic’s new macabre comedy from Julia Davis doubled the channel’s usual audience figures on its debut.
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RatingsCitizen Khan debuts with 3.41m
BBC1’s new post-watershed sitcom Citizen Khan made a strong start - topping the first ever episode of Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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RatingsTouch of Cloth tops 500k for Sky1
A Touch of Cloth, the new spoof crime drama from Charlie Brooker, performed strongly for Sky1 on its debut.
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RatingsThe X Factor up 300k on debut - down 1.7m YoY
The X Factor grew its audience by around 300k on last week - but it was more than 1.7m viewers down on the equivalent episode in 2011.
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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.