All Ratings articles – Page 382
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RatingsYoungers draws 450,000 to E4
E4’s new drama set on a south London housing estate Youngers pulled in an above average audience of 450,000 as the channel tested debuting an original show in the early evening slot.
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RatingsThe Syndicate proves just the ticket for BBC1
Lottery drama The Syndicate returned with the winning formula for BBC1 - topping last year’s opening episode and winning the 9pm slot.
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RatingsPaul Hollywood’s Bread rises to the occasion
Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood’s new series on bread rose to the occasion - as ITV drama Broadcurch rocketed to a series high of 7.6m viewers.
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RatingsOur Queen fails to topple Hitchcock
ITV’s landmark documentary Our Queen, the first feature-length exploration of the royal household in 20 years, struggled against the BBC remake of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.
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RatingsWales Six Nations win peaks with 9.5m
The climax of the 2013 Six Nations rugby tournament was the ratings winner on Saturday as viewers flocked to the BBC.
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RatingsComic Relief draws lowest audience since 2007
Friday’s Comic Relief broke fundraising records but failed to rouse an audience to match - pulling in its lowest ratings since 2007.
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RatingsCrufts is top dog for C4
My childhood companion was a dog called Dougal. On long postschool walks, one of us would always walk through the muddy puddle, and sometimes it was him. We Brits love our dogs, as More 4 finds out with each passing year.
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RatingsThe Brits do for Derek
A wise sage once said to me: “You aren’t going outside dressed like that are you?” Days later, a different sage ventured that a repeat is only a repeat if you haven’t seen it; how true.
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RatingsHeaven beats Hindenburg
As a nipper, I was ambitious for my train set; it would have many miniature people and tiny trees. However, once I found I had to make my people, I lost interest. BBC2, however, retains its fascination with locomotives.
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RatingsSkating on thin ice at ITV
Torvill and Dean and Dancing On Ice help channel overcome the pain of Woeful Wednesday
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RatingsOver 1.5m escape from Prisoners' Wives
Prisoners’ Wives failed to make an impact on its return to BBC1, in what proved to be a tough night for all the terrestrial channels.
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RatingsC4's Mimic picks up 1.3m
Channel 4’s latest sitcom The Mimic, starring emerging comedian Terry Mynott, launched with over 1m - in line with the slot average.
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RatingsMasterchef dishes up 4m
The return of Masterchef dished up 4.2m viewers for BBC1, as the cookery competition’s launch audience fell for the second successive year.
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RatingsOscar Pistorius pulls 1m to BBC3
ITV drama Broadchurch maintained a steady audience while a BBC3 doc about the trial of Oscar Pistorius drew over 1m to the channel.
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RatingsShetland rises with over 6m
BBC1 drama Shetland stole the shine from Mr Selfridge’s concluding episode, as Call the Midwife finished on a low - on a night of mixed fortunes for drama.
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RatingsTorvill and Dean skate towards ratings high
Piers Morgan’s interview with ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean smashed ITV’s slot average as the duo revealed their romantic past.
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RatingsLet's Dance finishes with 4.5m
The finale of BBC1’s Let’s Dance for Comic Relief struggled to hold viewers’ attention, while Ant and Dec continued to lock out the early evening audience for ITV.
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RatingsKing still rules on More 4
I promised I wouldn’t mention Richard III again, but blow me if More 4 hasn’t made that difficult with more on the car park king.
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RatingsExtra shine for Black Mirror
Getting into a lift in busy, cacophonous Tunis, with all its ancient Carthaginian history and recent rebelliousness, it feels rather incongruous to stand in an airtight box listening to classic piano for 20 seconds.
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RatingsBBC blasts C4 in meteor war
This week, there was much toing and froing. Stephen Poliakoff headed out as a long-loved favourite began its final run, while Sue Perkins’ Heading Out was invited in.