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RatingsCracking debut for Wallace & Gromit
WEDNESDAY: Animated duo Wallace & Gromit launched a new BBC1 series about inventions that drew nearly a million more viewers than the slot average while the Apprentice hired its biggest audience of the current series.
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RatingsPower doc surges ahead
There are many opaque rules about sophisticated dinner parties, but an obvious one is: ‘Don’t talk about the workings of the National Grid, despite the six crème de menthes you’ve had.’ But after Tuesday, I’d start boning up on your pylons.
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RatingsMasterChef final serves 3.7m
TUESDAY: MasterChef: the Professionals crowned its first female champion in front of large helping of more than 3.7m viewers.
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RatingsGetting On treats 389,000
TUESDAY: The new series of BBC4 nursing comedy Getting On suffered a minor dip in ratings for its second episode.
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RatingsThe Trip journeys with 2m
MONDAY: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s new comedy The Trip got off to a flying start with more than 2m viewers on BBC2.
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RatingsPsychoville returns with 1.4m
SUNDAY: BBC2’s darkly comedic Psychoville returned for a Halloween Special and managed to spook more than 1.4m viewers.
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RatingsTV 'key way to spend time with loved ones'
More than one in four British people believe that spending time in front of the television at home is one of the most important ways to socialise with loved ones, new figures suggest today.
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RatingsX Factor spooks 12m
SATURDAY: The X Factor continued to steam forward on ITV1, with a Halloween-themed live show peaking with 13.5m viewers.
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RatingsGraham Norton loses followers
FRIDAY: Graham Norton’s new BBC1 chat show took a dip on its second outing losing more than 150,000 viewers.
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RatingsMonte Carlo... fails to sparkle
THURSDAY: The first episode of ITV1’s celebrity road trip Monte Carlo or Bust failed to really excite audiences last night as Channel 4 did well with a doc on child geniuses.
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RatingsRandom characters rack up ratings
Wizards, aliens, the Kray Twins, spies and an idiot all feature in this week’s consolidated ratings round-up.
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RatingsFrom Essex to the moon
Time to say farewell to the successful but calamitous The Inbetweeners as they bibble off into adulthood on 2.6 million/13%.
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RatingsSunday one, Saturday nil
In olden days, when kids played football in kits made of wool booting a heavy leather ball on boggy ‘pitches’ dreaming of glory, 3pm on Saturday was sacrosanct.
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RatingsStrictly takes to the air
The shiny floor show reaches new heights with a helping hand from a flying former minister
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RatingsITV’s big guns take primetime
A fifth of UK viewers tune into X Factor, while international football and Downton prove their worth.
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RatingsMiners doc fails to excite for C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s documentary about the rescue of the Chilean Miners, Buried Alive, failed to extract viewers’ excitement last night, drawing an average 1.27m audience – less than three-quarters of the slot average.
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RatingsDaybreak hits new low
TUESDAY: ITV’s breakfast show Daybreak hit its lowest point on Tuesday as its audience dipped below 600,000 for the second day in a row.
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RatingsMillion Pound Drop back with 2m and record online players
MONDAY: Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop Live returned with a total TV audience of more than 2m and with 127,000 people playing along online.
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly hot up
SUNDAY: The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing hotted up as both recorded their highest results show audiences of the series.
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RatingsCheryl serves up record Life Stories
SATURDAY: Cheryl Cole’s appearance on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories helped the show pull in its highest ever audience.