All Ratings articles – Page 491
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 rocketed a million above its usual audience figures for the debut of astronomy show Stargazing Live.
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RatingsEric and Ernie bring sunshine to BBC2
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC2’s drama about the formative years of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise peaked with nearly 6.5m viewers - believed to be the highest rating non-BBC1/ITV1 drama since Our Friends in the North in 1996.
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RatingsUpstairs Downstairs debuts with 7.5m
BOXING DAY: New BBC1 drama Upstairs Downstairs launched with 7.5m viewers – slightly below the debut figures for ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey – while Top Gear scored its biggest ratings of 2010.
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RatingsEastEnders claims Christmas top spot
CHRISTMAS DAY: EastEnders and Doctor Who topped the Christmas Day ratings, as BBC1 claimed eight out of the top 10 most-watched programmes.
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RatingsRecord audiences for Norton and O’Grady
CHRISTMAS EVE: Chat show hosts Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton drew their biggest audiences to date on the night before Christmas while specials of My Family, QI and Have I Got News For You scored their highest ratings in at least 12 months.
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RatingsGot Talent finalist amuses 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling managed to draw more than 3.7m viewers for his one-off show on ITV1.
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RatingsUgly Betty bows out on a high
WEDNESDAY: The final ever episode of Ugly Betty managed to draw its biggest audience of the series on E4 as more than 850,000 said farewell to the US comedy drama.
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RatingsBBC2’s Top Gear returns with 5.8m
TUESDAY: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May performed a drive-by shooting of the Stig in the triumphant return of Top Gear.
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RatingsBBC1's Nativity debuts with 5.21m
MONDAY: Tony Jordan’s reimagining of the birth of Jesus helped raise an audience of more than 5m viewers for BBC1.
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RatingsC4 suffers on Friday night
FRIDAY: Channel 4 struggled with new episodes of The Million Pound Drop and Peep Show.
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RatingsStrictly final breaks record
SATURDAY: The final of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing scored its highest ratings to date, peaking with 14.5m viewers.
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RatingsApprentice final hires 10.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s The Apprentice peaked with nearly 10.5m viewers as Lord Sugar pointed his finger at Stella English and declared “You’re hired”.
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RatingsDirk Gently pilot draws 744,200
THURSDAY: BBC4’s comedy drama Dirk Gently, based on Douglas Adams’ novels, launched with a strong audience of 744,200 (3%), as Misfits bowed out with its highest ratings of the series.
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RatingsRoyal Variety performs to 8.3m
THURSDAY: The Royal Variety Performance, which hit headlines last week after Prince Charles and Camilla’s car to the event was attacked by student protestors, drew an audience of 8.34m (33%) to BBC1.
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RatingsDemographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters for 6-12 December.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top 10 children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy and music & arts programmes for 6-12 December.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 6-12 December as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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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 6-12 December as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 49.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 6-12 December and browse the top 100.
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RatingsOut of the Ashes
The Ashes appear to be an early Christmas present for ITV4, while Mad Men, Misfits and Miranda continue to generate generously-sized audiences in the consolidated highlights.


















