All Ratings articles – Page 386
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RatingsDave’s Dave is a good watch
It was inevitable that a Dave would have his own show on Dave, and so it proved as Dave Gorman launched his new show to decent numbers.
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RatingsNo mystery to ITV3 success
“It’s a mystery,” Toyah Wilcox once squeaked, leaping about the stage. Some years on from that postpunk anthem, she remains correct in her observation; except it’s a murder mystery, and they love it.
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RatingsBack to school for C4 viewers
The People’s Republic of Yorkshire has produced its fair share of famous people: Guy Fawkes, the inventor of the cat’s eyes Percy Shaw, Emile Bronte and Geoffrey Boycott.
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RatingsDownton back with a bang
More than 9 million tune in for period drama’s return as BBC’s alternative, By Any Means, falters
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RatingsKids and dogs work wonders
Spas are meant to administer balmy treatments to soothe away the stresses of daily living.
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RatingsTrevor McDonald prison doc locks up 4m
Trevor McDonald’s trip to the Rockville Correctional Facility for ITV locked up an audience of almost 4m on Thursday – around 1m less than his previous Death Row doc.
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RatingsPat & Cabbage outsmarted by BBC2's dogs
The Wonder of Dogs bounded into action for BBC2 on Thursday, as its 2.7m viewers fended off competition from ITV comedy Pat & Cabbage.
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RatingsGogglebox audience doubles for C4
Gogglebox returned for a second run for Channel 4 on Wednesday with an audience almost twice the size of the series one opener.
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RatingsThe Wrong Mans right for BBC2
James Corden comedy The Wrong Mans had the right ingredients for BBC2 - launching with more than 3m viewers on Tuesday night.
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RatingsDoc Martin treats over 7.5m
Doc Martin recovered from last week’s series low with 7.6m on Monday, as Channel 4’s Fried Chicken Shop continued to serve up a solid audience.
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RatingsAttenborough’s Rise of Animals draws 2.1m
David Attenborough’s new BBC2 two-parter Rise of the Animals was unable to rouse a big enough audience to beat Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday.
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RatingsThe X Factor's final auditions draw 8.8m
The final closed-doors audition round of The X Factor was watched by the show’s second lowest audience of the series on Saturday.
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RatingsDownton Abbey smashes series launch record
Downton Abbey returned for a fourth series with 9.5m viewers on Sunday – the Julian Fellowes drama’s best overnight series launch to date.
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RatingsSlow start for ITV dramas
The early autumn has revealed a difference in schedule strategy between BBC1 and ITV. BBC1 launched much of its current line-up in late summer, whereas ITV waited… waited… then sprang into action like a coiled cat with loads of new stuff as soon as August tipped into September.
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RatingsThe calm before the storm
With the BBC yet to bring out its Autumn big guns, ITV completes a clean sweep of the top 10
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RatingsBBC4 living la dolce vita
BBC4’s championing of the subtitled drama has been famously led by the dourly compelling ‘Scandi Noir’.
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RatingsAlibi cracks it with Rizzoli
This week saw a veritable smorgasboard of goings-on as young couples fell in love despite having never met, the staff of North Carolina’s Lizard Lick Towing & Recovery Company fended off bullets and fists, while in fiction, a detective and a doc chased down the baddies.
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RatingsBBC2 plays a Blinder
The Midlands might not necessarily be at the cutting edge of fashion, but as BBC2’s new drama showed this week, you wouldn’t want to be making too many flat cap and whippet gags back in 1920s Brum.
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RatingsFather Figure opens with 1.4m
Jason Byrne comedy Father Figure failed to make a big impression on Wednesday night for BBC1 – as Whitechapel stooped to a new low.
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RatingsBake Off blasts Champions League competition
The Great British Bake Off continued its imperious form on Tuesday night - topping ITV’s first major Champions League match of the season.


















