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Royal Bodyguard debuts with 7m
BOXING DAY: A bumper audience for EastEnders and a strong start for David Jason’s return to comedy helped BBC1 put ITV’s new Poirot mystery in the shade.
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RatingsEastEnders beats Downton Abbey in Christmas ratings clash
The Christmas Day ratings battle between EastEnders and Downton Abbey was won by the BBC’s long-running soap.
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RatingsOutnumbered breaks record
CHRISTMAS EVE: Family comedy Outnumbered eclipsed its previous ratings record with a festive special – helping BBC1 dominate the evening.
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RatingsJonathan Ross slumps to 3m
FRIDAY: ITV’s Jonathan Ross Christmas special, which axed an appearance by comedian Tim Minchin, was more than 2m down on last year’s Paul O’Grady special.
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RatingsX Factor USA final draws 660k
FRIDAY: The X Factor USA ended its first season on ITV2 with 660,000 viewers - half its debut audience.
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RatingsBBC Sports Personality of the Year down 3m
THURSDAY: The decision to move the BBC Sports Personality of the Year from its traditional Sunday slot saw the annual awards ceremony lose nearly 3m viewers on last year.
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Xmas Celebrity Juice pulls 1.7m
THURSDAY: The Celebrity Juice Christmas Special managed to squeeze out one of the show’s biggest ever audiences.
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RatingsGoofs and Andre pull 630k
WEDNESDAY: BBC3’s Movie Mistakes and ITV2’s Peter Andre series shared the spoils in multichannel.
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RatingsDownton doc draws 4.3m
WEDNESDAY: ITV1 held off the competition in primetime with a doc about hit period drama Downton Abbey and a tribute to the British armed forces.
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RatingsTOWIE Xmas special draws 1.1m
TUESDAY: A Christmas edition of The Only Way is Essex drew nearly double the audience of last year’s festive special.
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RatingsLife’s Too Short ends on 1m
TUESDAY: Life’s Too Short, the latest comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, drew to a close with less than half of its debut audience.
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RatingsLittle Crackers pulls 160k
MONDAY: Sky1’s latest festive comedy shorts included appearances from Harry Hill and Jane Horrocks – but struggled with around 160,000 viewers.
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Millionaire outfoxes Young Herriot
MONDAY: BBC1’s Young James Herriot lost 28% of its debut audience on its second outing - beaten by ITV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
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RatingsYoung James Herriot draws 6m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s prequel to All Creatures Great and Small was vetted by nearly 6m viewers on its debut.
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RatingsBritish Comedy Awards amuses 1.7m
FRIDAY: The British Comedy Awards were no laughing matter after losing nearly a million viewers to post one its worst audiences on record.
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RatingsStrictly final peaks with 13.3m
SATURDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing finale waltzed off with the show’s biggest audience of the series - but could not match last year’s record ratings.
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RatingsGambling on a big win
CHANNEL OVERVIEW: The allure of high-stakes gambling in many forms brought in the viewers last week, writes Stephen Price
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly: the final tussle
RATINGS ANALYSIS: ITV1 headed towards 2011 with a flourish, with The X Factor just squeezing out Strictly and a new drama trouncing BBC1, says Stephen Price
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Ratings
A golden week for history docs
DIGITAL FOCUS: BBC4 and National Geographic both enjoyed success with their history output this week, says Stephen Price
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RatingsWithout You loses 1m
THURSDAY: The second part of ITV1 drama Without You lost more than a million viewers.