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Ratings
Adlington makes a splash with 10.7m
Team GB’s first medals in the pool and cycling helped BBC1 to the highest ratings of the Olympics so far.
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RatingsSinbad and TOWIE struggle against Olympics
Swashbuckling drama Sinbad and ITV2 reality series The Only Way is Essex posted record lows as the Olympics dominated viewing.
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Swimming is biggest draw on Olympics day one
Swimmer Hannah Miley and the men’s cycling road race won the biggest audiences on the first day of the BBC’s Olympic coverage.
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RatingsLondon 2012 Olympics opens with 27m peak
The London 2012 Olympics opened in spectacular fashion with a peak audience of more than 27m viewers – the biggest TV ratings in 14 years.
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RatingsTeam GB football scores 6.5m peak
The first Olympic football match in 52 years to feature men from Great Britain was beaten by ITV1 soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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RatingsDynamo conjures up strong series
Dynamo: Magician Impossible ended its second run on a series low - but managed to top the first series average by nearly 200,000 viewers.
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RatingsBert and Dickie wins gold with 3.17m
BBC1’s Olympic drama Bert and Dickie just shaded the finale of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera talent show Superstar.
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RatingsTop consolidated programmes
Find out which programmes gained the biggest audience through recording from 9-15 July and browse the top titles.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 16-22 July and browse the top 100.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, sport and current affairs programmes from 16-22 July.
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RatingsDemographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters from 16-22 July.
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RatingsTop 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 16-22 July as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 29.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 16-22 July as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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RatingsSuperstar is not the messiah
ITV1’s search for Jesus fails to attract disciples, but it strikes gold with Britain’s Secret Treasures.
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RatingsUni quiz rises to challenge
As The Olympics loom, BBC2’s Twenty Twelve wandered brilliantly beyond parody and benefited. University Challenge returned for more random Monday-night guessing, while Line of Duty and 24 Hours in A&E charged on.
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RatingsFilm 4 finds the right fuel
Movies such as Avatar have helped Film 4 secure major audiences in recent weeks.
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RatingsTeam Sky help out ITV
An old bank manager of mine had long sideburns and was instantly nicknamed Sidies – it’s the only thing he has in common with Bradley Wiggins, who helped ITV4 (and ITV1) to some decent ratings.
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RatingsLine of Duty ends on 3.3m
Line of Duty bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series and was again victorious in the 9pm battle for viewers.
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RatingsSky 1’s Angel struggles on debut
Sky 1’s new Apprentice-style business series got off to a slow start with just a quarter of the broadcaster’s usual audience figures.
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RatingsBBC4 Winehouse doc draws 500k
A new documentary about late singer Amy Winehouse boosted usual audience figures for BBC4.