All Ratings articles – Page 378
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RatingsBBC has the balls to win
Tennis triumphs for BBC1, while C4’s The Man With The 10-Stone Testicles attracts an eye-watering 3.1m.
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RatingsBBC in tune with Glasto
The subject of Channel 5’s Extraordinary People doc this week was Help! I’m 16 But I Look 60.
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RatingsPick TV breaks for the Border
What was once Sky 3 is now Pick TV, and the Canadian border that you imagine might have a mounted Captain Kirk on the final frontier has delivered nicely.
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RatingsCracking show for egg doc
After declaring himself the egg man, John Lennon sang ‘goo goo g’joob’ – the noise the eggs made when, as a nipper, I spilled the contents of our weekly shopping trolley into the road.
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RatingsFamily affair boosts ITV
Does the god of news have a woe-ometer and is it cranked up to 10? Everything seems full of woe, and now it seems the lights may go out because the donkey peddling the power stations is running out of hay.
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RatingsMurray fight back nets 10.4m peak
Andy Murray’s epic Wimbledon quarter-final fight back against Fernando Verdasco peaked with 10.41m viewers on Wednesday – as The Apprentice enjoyed a strong night.
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RatingsLuther back with 5m
BBC1’s detective brand Luther returned on Tuesday with its lowest series debut audience to date.
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RatingsViewers resign from Undercover Boss
C4’s Undercover Boss suffered against Long Lost Family on Monday – posting its lowest series debut audience on record.
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RatingsWild Shepherdess adds Friday night viewers
The second episode of Kate Humble’s Wild Shepherdess was one of the few positive performers on Friday night as Britain’s Secret Homes and Big Brother lost viewers.
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RatingsThe White Queen dips again as Top Gear fails to fire
The White Queen continued to shed viewers on Sunday as BBC2’s Top Gear got off to a quiet start.
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RatingsBBC gets satisfaction from The Rolling Stones
The BBC’s battle to broadcast The Rolling Stones’ Glastonbury performance paid off after the coverage drew the festival’s biggest Saturday night headline audience in at least seven years.
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RatingsAirport Live off to a flier
BBC2 donned its anorak, flexed its adenoids and went plane and bus spotting – to decent effect.
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RatingsITV finds Long Lost viewers
Series returns with a record-breaking audience, as BBC1’s The Voice UK fails to improve on last year.
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RatingsWhite Queen rules okay
As demonstrated by the Live Aid performance, a Queen has a certain powerful aura.
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RatingsSport is the winner
Someone said to me recently that 2013 was a non-sport year, which I found odd, because I’ve been watching a lot of it.
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RatingsBBC3 hits back of the net
I rang a call centre the other day. I was bamboozled into the wrong department by apparently not having enough choices to select, which, after pressing six on the third menu surprised me a bit.
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RatingsConfederations Cup penalties peak with 6m
A pulsating penalty shootout between Spain and Italy delivered the BBC its biggest Confederations Cup audience of the tournament to date on Thursday.
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RatingsThe Apprentice & Love and Marriage shed viewers
The Apprentice and Love and Marriage both shed viewers on Wednesday as BBC3’s Confederations Cup coverage of Brazil versus Uruguay peaked with almost 2.5m viewers.
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RatingsSecrets of the Workhouse wins the slot for ITV
ITV doc series Secrets of Workhouse won the 9pm slot on Tuesday as Channel 5’s CSI saw off competition from BBC2’s Route Masters doc and Channel 4’s Child Genius.
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RatingsBodyshock testicle doc weighs in with 4m
ITV’s Long Lost Family lost half a million viewers from its debut outing but still won its Monday night slot, as Channel 4 saw success with The Man with the Ten Stone Testicles.