All Ratings articles – Page 397
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RatingsSitcom double trouble for ITV
The phrase ‘double bill’ still resonates in my mind with memories of unruly behaviour in the cinema at Saturday morning kids’ club, which usually left the tearful boss, tended by an usherette, lying prone and covered in popcorn.
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RatingsC4 and C5 snooker BBC2
There are hoarders, high streets, hospitals and regency balls in Pride And Prejudice’s bicentennial year to chew over.
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RatingsA winner on two channels
This week’s TV offered not only noisy battles in a boxing ring but also a much-loved Coleman as a National Treasure-in-Waiting, locked her own ratings battle.
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RatingsBBC2’s tube doc picks up over 2m
BBC2’s latest documentary on the London Underground picked up a sizeable audience on Thursday evening – as Murder on the Home Front lost nearly 900k viewers.
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RatingsChelsea triumph fired by The Apprentice
Chelsea’s Europa League triumph peaked with more than 7m viewers on Wednesday but the coverage was outgunned by The Apprentice.
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RatingsHoney Boo Boo charms TLC viewers
The launch of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo performed well for fledgling UK channel TLC, as Hannibal held its audience for Sky Living in a strong night for multi-channel.
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RatingsFrankie debut treats 4.6m
Frankie, BBC1’s new drama about a district nurse, failed to make the healthiest of debuts on Tuesday - as BBC2’s Keeping Britain Alive bowed out on a low.
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RatingsBBC2 lands biggest drama since 2008 with The Fall
The Fall became BBC2’s biggest drama series launch in five years - helping it to beat ITV’s Monday night comedy double.
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RatingsTV Baftas draw seven-year high
The Bafta Television Awards walked away with its biggest audience in at least seven years on BBC1 on Sunday, seeing off competition from ITV’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
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RatingsBattle rounds ratings dip for The Voice
The end of The Voice UK’s blind audition rounds signalled a dip in the show’s ratings on Saturday - as Britain’s Got Talent climbed to a series high.
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RatingsLife Of Crime arrests 4m for ITV
ITV’s Life Of Crime broke out with over 4m viewers as the commercial broadcaster continued with its Friday drama strategy .
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RatingsBig total for Small Stuff
One website offering puns of the day goes back to 1999, when apparently April’s best one-liner was about a chicken being poultry in motion.
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RatingsSky’s mighty Following
When, 150 years ago, Ebenezer Morley sat around a pub table to establish the Football League by saying “right then lads, get the pints in and let’s codify footie”, I don’t imagine a voice piped up at the back: “Don’t forget the Dow Jones Index.”
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RatingsKay Live packs ‘em in for C4
Dave Allen was such an iconoclast that as he spun his barbed yarns I wouldn’t be surprised if his missing digit was due to literally giving the finger to some authority figure.
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RatingsComedy does the job for ITV
The sun’s shining, shorts are out, sandals unearthed, socks discarded and tin foil jammed firmly under the chin.
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RatingsPaul O’Grady's dogs series paws in record crowd
Paul O’Grady’s Battersea Dogs & Cats Home series returned with a record audience on Thursday – beating ITV’s new drama Murder on the Homefront.
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RatingsSir Alex Ferguson tribute fails to score
BBC1’s Sir Alex Ferguson tribute failed to net a sizeable crowd on a day when the Manchester United manager dominated the headlines.
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RatingsThe Apprentice returns with six year low
The Apprentice opened its doors to a fresh crop of aspiring entrepreneurs in front of its worst series debut audience in six years on Tuesday.
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RatingsEndeavour and The Village bow out on lows
Flagship dramas Endeavour and The Village both ended with the lowest audiences of their runs on Sunday night.
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RatingsITV comedies take a 2m viewer hit
ITV comedies Vicious and The Job Lot each lost around 2m viewers on Monday, with the job centre sitcom being beaten by a Pirates of the Caribbean repeat on BBC1.