All Ratings articles – Page 481
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RatingsHowzat for a late night hit?
It’s been so cold that a whole nation’s pipes burst, but across the seven seas in an Antipodean summer an urn was magnificently retained.
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RatingsA trip down memory lane
Apparently, the way to the nation’s hearts is to evoke memories of power cuts and only three TV channels - i.e. the 1970s.
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RatingsSinking of the Laconia draws 2.9m
THURSDAY: BBC2’s wartime submarine drama threatened to sink Martin Clunes’ manta ray mission on ITV1.
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RatingsChristmas line-up deja vu
After a Christmas Day of programmes strikingly similar to last year’s, a battle for the family ensued
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RatingsBritain’s Fattest Man draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: A documentary on Britain’s most obese man helped serve up a total of nearly 3m viewers across Channel 4 and C4+1.
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RatingsEastEnders cot death plot draws 10.7m
TUESDAY: EastEnders’ controversial cot death storyline drew a massive 10.7m viewers to BBC1 on Tuesday - one of the soap’s highest audiences in nearly 12 months.
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 rocketed a million above its usual audience figures for the debut of astronomy show Stargazing Live.
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RatingsEric and Ernie bring sunshine to BBC2
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC2’s drama about the formative years of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise peaked with nearly 6.5m viewers - believed to be the highest rating non-BBC1/ITV1 drama since Our Friends in the North in 1996.
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RatingsUpstairs Downstairs debuts with 7.5m
BOXING DAY: New BBC1 drama Upstairs Downstairs launched with 7.5m viewers – slightly below the debut figures for ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey – while Top Gear scored its biggest ratings of 2010.
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RatingsEastEnders claims Christmas top spot
CHRISTMAS DAY: EastEnders and Doctor Who topped the Christmas Day ratings, as BBC1 claimed eight out of the top 10 most-watched programmes.
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RatingsRecord audiences for Norton and O’Grady
CHRISTMAS EVE: Chat show hosts Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton drew their biggest audiences to date on the night before Christmas while specials of My Family, QI and Have I Got News For You scored their highest ratings in at least 12 months.
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RatingsGot Talent finalist amuses 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling managed to draw more than 3.7m viewers for his one-off show on ITV1.
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RatingsUgly Betty bows out on a high
WEDNESDAY: The final ever episode of Ugly Betty managed to draw its biggest audience of the series on E4 as more than 850,000 said farewell to the US comedy drama.
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RatingsBBC2’s Top Gear returns with 5.8m
TUESDAY: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May performed a drive-by shooting of the Stig in the triumphant return of Top Gear.
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RatingsBBC1's Nativity debuts with 5.21m
MONDAY: Tony Jordan’s reimagining of the birth of Jesus helped raise an audience of more than 5m viewers for BBC1.
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RatingsC4 suffers on Friday night
FRIDAY: Channel 4 struggled with new episodes of The Million Pound Drop and Peep Show.
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RatingsStrictly final breaks record
SATURDAY: The final of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing scored its highest ratings to date, peaking with 14.5m viewers.
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RatingsApprentice final hires 10.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s The Apprentice peaked with nearly 10.5m viewers as Lord Sugar pointed his finger at Stella English and declared “You’re hired”.
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RatingsDirk Gently pilot draws 744,200
THURSDAY: BBC4’s comedy drama Dirk Gently, based on Douglas Adams’ novels, launched with a strong audience of 744,200 (3%), as Misfits bowed out with its highest ratings of the series.
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RatingsRoyal Variety performs to 8.3m
THURSDAY: The Royal Variety Performance, which hit headlines last week after Prince Charles and Camilla’s car to the event was attacked by student protestors, drew an audience of 8.34m (33%) to BBC1.