All Ratings articles – Page 385
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RatingsThe Fall slays them all
I thought the most dangerous Tudor was the twerp who suggested Henry VIII write a song about sleeves, but it’s really bible translator William Tyndale, according to BBC2’s Tudor season, which continued in an anniversary-heavy week.
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RatingsA good call for BBC3
We’re on a new digital journey, with a new table breaking out those digital shows unconnected to PSB operators. But where they have breakout hits, they’ll still appear here; think of this as the definitive digital mirror to our top 100.
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RatingsBBC’s slot swap fails
When Swap Shop burst onto our screens all those years ago, it was like a TV programme beamed from Mars.
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RatingsCats claw in 5m for Horizon
Horizon’s focus on the secret life of cats helped claw in the BBC2 science strand’s biggest audience since 2000 and overshadowed the return of Big Brother on Thursday.
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RatingsThe Apprentice reaches 6.5m high
BBC1’s The Apprentice climbed to a series high on Wednesday as Alison Steadman’s ITV drama Love and Marriage lost nearly 1m viewers.
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RatingsChild Genius impresses 2.1m
C4’s Child Genius enlightened an audience of 2.1m on its first outing on Tuesday as the second instalment of Dates lost half a million viewers.
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RatingsThe Fall bows out on high
BBC2’s serial killer drama The Fall murdered the competition on Monday after concluding on a series high.
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RatingsThe Voice out of tune with Friday viewers
The first live round of The Voice failed to strike a chord with the Friday night audience as it was beaten by Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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RatingsC4's French zombie thriller haunts 1.5m
Channel 4’s French zombie thriller The Returned became the highest rated subtitled drama since 2002 after it scored more than 1.5m viewers on its Sunday night launch.
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RatingsBritain's Got Talent final slumps to six-year low
An on-stage protest against Simon Cowell could not prevent the Britain’s Got Talent final slipping to its worst performance in six years on Saturday.
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RatingsBBC1 drops to fourth spot with Panorama doc
BBC1’s Panorama doc exposing corruption in the House Of Lords failed to attract viewers, coming fourth in the 9pm slot in a depressed Thursday night for all channels.
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RatingsDave clears up with Storage
We all have one. A cupboard stuffed with everything that has no home anywhere else.
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RatingsEquality adds up for BBC4
A century after the most dramatic moment in the campaign for women’s suffrage at the 1913 Derby, BBC4 launched its own comedic tribute to the movement.
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RatingsSkint poorer for BGT move
At school, I was scarred by the Tudors. Not from learning of their gangster-style rule but because my shoe-box model of a Tudor house was rubbish. Even now, anyone who mentions Tudor architecture to me is liable to get a rant about Clarks’ footware.
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RatingsBBC fails the test of time
All the talk last week revolved around time travel. Gary Lineker accused England of going back to the Dark Ages, while the latest Time Lord announced he was hanging up his screwdriver.
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RatingsITV's Love and Marriage rings in 5m
ITV’s Alison Steadman-fronted comedy drama Love and Marriage started strongly on Wednesday with just under 5m viewers, while The Apprentice rebounded for BBC1 following a return to its regular slot.
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RatingsThe Call Centre rings up 1m viewers
The Call Centre became BBC3’s best factual series launch in nearly two years on Tuesday, helping it demolish an underwhelming return for Mad Dogs.
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RatingsThe Fall arrests the competition
BBC2’s detective drama The Fall reclaimed the top spot at 9pm on Monday – as ITV’s comedy double Vicious and The Job Lot endured another disappointing night.
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RatingsITV forces BBC1 comedies to lows
The dominance of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent and Coronation Street forced the final episodes of BBC1’s Have I Got News for You and Not Going Out to series lows on Friday.
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RatingsEngland draw trounces final Case Histories
England’s score draw with Brazil in Rio de Janeiro was too strong for the final part of BBC1’s crime drama Case Histories on Sunday.