All Ratings articles – Page 357
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RatingsBabies deliver on BBC2 & C4
This week, BBC2 launched a sort of farming version of Call The Midwife, with more bleating, less screaming and a fear of mint sauce.
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RatingsCharity pays off for BBC1
I was a cub scout for just a week. Consequently, I missed the bit about being prepared, always.
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RatingsC4 scores big with space
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy states, boldly but not inaccurately, that space is big. Really big.
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RatingsBelieve opens well for Watch
Watch’s heavily-marketed Alfonso Cuarón drama Believe launched with a strong audience on Thursday, as MasterChef grew its ratings.
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RatingsDead Famous DNA locates 1m
Dead Famous DNA, Channel 4’s attempt to reveal more about the genetics of deceased famous people, didn’t have the chemistry to connect with a big audience on Wednesday.
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RatingsShetland stutters as Doll & Em ends on low
Shetland sunk to its worst performance yet on Tuesday, as Sky Living’s Emily Mortimer comedy Doll & Em bowed out on a series low.
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RatingsViewers lose faith in Rev
Big Talk-produced clerical comedy Rev lost nearly a million viewers from 2011’s second series debut on Monday.
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RatingsLouis Theroux in form for LA trip
Louis Theroux’s LA Stories was his best performing doc in two years for BBC2 on Sunday.
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RatingsThe Voice UK live round draws low
The Voice UK’s audience slumped to a series low for its first live round of the series on Saturday.
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RatingsSport Relief peaks with 10m
BBC1 charity extravaganza Sport Relief raised over £50m for good causes on Friday as it gained 2m more viewers from its previous outing two years ago.
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RatingsDavina McCall challenge draws 3.7m
Davina McCall’s Sport Relief challenge won the 9pm race on Thursday, but it was Channel 4’s access film on Rolls-Royce that was the surprise package.
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RatingsLap of honour for Channel 4
BBC2’s weekly primetime share was almost 8%, helped enormously by Top Gear: Burma Special: 6.1 million/23% share is a huge audience, more than twice that of the next show in the table, and it would be foolish to argue against it.
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RatingsBBC3 fails to make impact
Plenty has already been said about BBC3, but should its shows be in the top 30 consolidated shows?
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RatingsC5 beats Sky in jet doc battle
It’s interesting to see channels scramble their rapid-reaction resources to keep pace with the emerging mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
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RatingsGreat result for More 4
Football’s a regular top draw in multichannel and this week was no exception, with the clash between Manchester United and Liverpool on Sunday dominating the table with 1.8 million viewers.
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RatingsSoaps still clean up in ratings
The number 21 million weighed on my mind this week. Why? I’ll give you a clue: it’s from a faded Guardian cutting from February 1994, just over 20 years ago.
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RatingsLine of Duty bows out on high
BBC2 enjoyed a good night on Wednesday as Line of Duty ended with a series high audience and Twenty Twelve successor W1A got underway with 1.6m.
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RatingsBBC3’s Hair hits high
BBC3’s Steve Jones-fronted hairdressing competition Hair reached its quarter final stage with a series high on Tuesday, as Shetland shed nearly 300,000 viewers.
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RatingsThe Widower murders Silk
Jeff Pope’s latest ITV drama The Widower got off to solid start, murdering competition from BBC1’s Silk on Monday evening.
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RatingsTop Gear drives off with 6m
Top Gear drove off with over 6m viewers on Sunday, while Channel 4’s Live From Space peaked with 2.4m viewers.

















