All Ratings articles – Page 409
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RatingsKay takes the cake-makers
The buns are back in town, as Thin Lizzy never said (but I bet they wish they had). BBC2 had more fun with baking and enjoyed the origins of the Paralympics.
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RatingsOlympics take the honours
It all feels like a faraway dream: the wild cheering, the tears of joy/despair and the super-human feats amid the general balmy madness of the Olympics.
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RatingsYesterday’s Secret is out
I once worked at the Museum Of London and was party to some pretty interesting secrets, not least a need to obscure the mushroom vol au vents from the then arts minister at a museum do. However, Yesterday’s museum secrets no longer seem all hushed up.
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RatingsC4 scores 3.5m ratings high with Royal film
Channel 4 provided the surprise hit of the night with a documentary about the Queen’s mother-in-law - as BBC2’s Great British Bake Off rose to its second highest audience ever.
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RatingsJack Whitehall’s Bad Education rises to 1m
New BBC3 sitcom Bad Education drew nearly a million viewers on its second outing.
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RatingsIan Brady doc draws nearly 1.7m
Channel 4’s high profile documentary on child-murderer Ian Brady could only manage a below-par audience of 1.67m.
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RatingsOur War returns with 730k
A new series of frontline documentary Our War boosted BBC3’s usual audience figures by more than 60% – but could not match the pull of the first run.
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RatingsBBC3’s Batman Shootings doc draws 460k
A documentary about the massacre at a screening of the Dark Knight Rises drew nearly half a million viewers to BBC3.
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RatingsBBC1 and C4 comedy struggle to raise a smile
A new series of BBC1 comedy In with the Flynns and Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight both failed to make an impact, falling short of their short averages.
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RatingsSilent Witness beats Last Weekend
Silent Witness thrashed ITV1’s three-part thriller The Last Weekend in the battle of the Sunday night dramas.
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RatingsX Factor returns on six-year low
The X Factor returned with its lowest launch audience in six years as ITV1’s other entertainment centrepiece, Red or Black?, was whipped by an Indiana Jones repeat.
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RatingsRussell Brand addiction doc draws 500k to BBC3
Comedian Russell Brand pulled more than half a million viewers with a documentary recounting his battle with heroin.
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RatingsParalympics drama beaten by Peter Kay
A BBC2 drama about the birth of the Paralympics was beaten by a comedy stand-up show by Peter Kay on Channel 4 – but did edge ahead of BBC1 and ITV1.
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 6-12 August and browse the top 100.
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RatingsTop 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 6-12 August as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 31.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 6-12 August as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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RatingsTop consolidated programmes
Find out which programmes gained the biggest audience through recording from 6-12 August and browse the top titles.
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RatingsDemographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters from 6-12 August.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy, music and arts programmes from 6-12 August.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother returns with 2.61m
Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 with its lowest launch audience to date, as ITV1’s England football friendly was beaten by Who Do You Think You Are?.