All Ratings articles – Page 482
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RatingsStephen Gately tribute draws 7.5m
BBC2’s Wonders of the Solar System and Channel 4’s Restoration Man were strong factual performers on Sunday night, but ITV1’s Boyzone: a Tribute to Stephen Gately led the way.
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RatingsBumper BBC1 ratings for Fake Britain
Fake Britain helped BBC1 to its highest 9.15am ratings since 2004 last week, when the Dom Littlewood series was stripped across a week.
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RatingsKatie Price beats BBC2 and C4
Katie Price’s ITV2 reality show scooped its highest audience to date last night, beating BBC2 and Channel 4 in the process.
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RatingsBBC1 enjoys Life of Riley with 5.8m
Caroline Quentin sitcom Life of Riley returned with 5.8m (27.5%) on BBC1 last night, its biggest audience to date.
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RatingsSheer joy for BBC2’s lambs
It’s not well known but Bob Marley was once a sheep farmer. Every day he would start his work with a song: ‘we’re lambin’, hope you like lambin’ too’. Lambing Live worked well at 8pm for BBC2, while Channel 4 will be chuffed that four brands cornered most of 9pm. ...
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RatingsPVR pumps up the numbers
Last week, over a plate of fish and chips, myself and a chum were pondering what might be something of a new phenomenon: PVR viewing.
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RatingsHammond wins 9pm with 4.3m
Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds launched with 4.3m (17.6%) on BBC1, delivering the biggest 9pm audience of the night.
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RatingsGlee for E4 as it trumps terrestrials
E4 import Glee continued its impressive performance last night with a huge crowd of 1.6m on E4 – equalling BBC2 and edging out Five.
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RatingsClint makes Five's day
Five’s strategy of showing old Clint Eastwood westerns paid dividends again last night, as ITV1 relationship drama Married Single Other lost out to a repeat of BBC1’s New Tricks.
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RatingsChannels sink below 3m in peak Friday slot
The five main channels struggled to reach 3m viewers at 9pm on Friday night, with C4 and BBC1 out in the lead and Five’s The Mentalist edging ahead of ITV1’s Michael Winner’s Dining Stars.
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RatingsCameron's ITV1 appearance falls short of Brown's
David Cameron’s in-depth interview with Trevor McDonald drew just 1.6m viewers last night - less than half the audience that tuned in for Piers Morgan’s chat with Gordon Brown last month.
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RatingsAnt and Dec fail to push buttons
Ant and Dec failed to push viewers buttons at the weekend, losing 850,000 viewers on Saturday night.
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RatingsPosh School rules for 2.2m
Documentary Too Poor for Posh School earned an A+ crowd for C4 last night, but it was ITV1 stalwart The Bill which was top of the terrestrial class.
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RatingsCorden in League of his Own for Sky1
James Corden-fronted sports panel show A League of their Own scored for Sky1 last night, but was not quite enough to eclipse Katie Price on ITV2.
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RatingsJohn Lewis opens its doors to 3.1m
BBC2’s behind–the–scenes look at John Lewis pulled a huge opening crowd last night, with a peak of nearly 3.1m viewers.
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ITV3 proves crime pays
Drama faces an arduous and expensive battle to get and keep a grip on network TV as viewers try out new stuff before, often, swiftly rejecting it: a sort of TV speed-dating.
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RatingsLambing Live delivers meaty audience
Lambing Live drew its highest share so far last night, with a peak of more than 3m viewers - just a million less than the 4m that tuned into Larry Lamb’s BBC1 show, Famous, Rich and Jobless.
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RatingsMarried Single Other trails New Tricks repeat
Married, Single, Other fell below 4m viewers last night, leaving the ITV1 comedy drama languishing behind a repeat of New Tricks on BBC1.
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RatingsBBC2's Solar System proves ratings wonder.
The Wonders of the Solar System proved a wonder for BBC2 last night, with the new documentary series falling only 1m viewers short of BBC1’s Seven Ages of Britain.
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RatingsThe Mentalist catches lacklustre Winner
ITV1 and Five were neck-and-neck at 9pm on Friday night, with Michael Winner’s Dining Stars and US drama The Mentalist both watched by 2.1m.