All Ratings articles – Page 501
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RatingsFive volcano doc peaks with 1.9m
Five’s quick decision to schedule a doc about flying through volcanic ash delivered more than 600,000 extra viewers to the broadcaster last night.
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RatingsDebate sparks ITV week
Top two spots go to the commercial channel, with the first debate winning strong ABC1 support.
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RatingsTraffic Cops beats The Bill
BBC1’s Traffic Cops led the way at 9pm last night with 4.2m (17.3%), ousting their fictional Sun Hill counterparts in a night that saw rival channels struggle to reach 3m in the key peaktime slot.
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RatingsBlitz Street blasts off with 1.8m
Channel 4’s new factual series Blitz Street landed with a total audience of 1.8m last night, but was eclipsed by the unstoppable rise of US high school musical drama Glee on sister channel E4.
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RatingsCountryfile trumps Survival's return
Iconic wildlife strand Survival returned to ITV1 after 14 years last night with just 2.3m (10.8%) – with BBC1 picking up almost three times as many viewers.
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RatingsGot Talent peaks with 12.2m
Britain’s Got Talent was welcomed back to ITV1’s Saturday night schedule with a peak audience of 12.2m (49%), but less than a quarter of these viewers stuck around for the end of blockbuster drama The Prisoner.
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RatingsElection debate peaks with 10.3m
The UK’s first television election debate peaked with 10.3m viewers last night (40% share) – with ITV1 holding on to an audience of more than 9m for almost all of its 90-minute running time.
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RatingsMidsomer wins again with 4.9m
ITV1 scored another midweek victory last night, with the latest Midsomer Murders investigation striding ahead of Waterloo Road to reach 4.9m (21%).
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RatingsThe Pacific on target for Sky
Sky Movie Premiere’s launch of the big-budget series The Pacific fought off all multichannel rivals on its launch.
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RatingsWar wins out over passion
BBC’s two-part adaptation with Billie Piper fails to dent popularity of ITV’s Foyle.
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RatingsTiger pulls in Masters’ fans
Mark Twain once described golf as a good walk spoiled. Clearly viewers of The Masters would disagree, as the final day’s play on BBC2 attracted more than 3 million.
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RatingsV helps Syfy inch ahead of ITV2 and E4
Rebooted sci-fi drama V made its UK debut with 325,000 viewers last night on NBCU’s rebranded Syfy.
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RatingsThe Bill slumps in new slot
The Bill’s audience sunk to a new low last night, attracting just 2.8m (11.8%) in its new Tuesday home at 9pm.
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RatingsLumley takes 4.8m down the Nile
Joanna Lumley enticed 4.8m viewers (19.8%) to take a journey down the Nile on ITV1 last night, fending off competition from New Tricks, FlashForward and new shows on BBC2 and Channel 4.
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RatingsSky 3D football attracts 200,000
Sky has revealed that 200,000 viewers watched its 3D broadcast of Sunday’s FA Premier League match between Manchester Utd and Blackburn Rovers.
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RatingsFoyle's War trumps Billie Piper drama
Billie Piper-starring 1950s drama A Passionate Woman delivered 4.7m (18.6%) viewers to BBC1 last night, but more viewers opted to stay in the 1940s with Foyle’s War on ITV1.
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RatingsGrand National delivers 57% share
The Grand National was a runaway success for BBC1 on Saturday afternoon, building to a peak of 7.6m (57.2%) as the horses got their starting orders.
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RatingsOutnumbered returns with 5.4m
BBC1 sitcom Outnumbered returned with 5.4m (22.1%) in its new Thursday night home last night, its second best performance to date.
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RatingsMan U tackles MasterChef final
MasterChef ended its current run with 5.6m (21.8%), but was dwarfed by the action at Old Trafford, with ITV1’s live Champions League coverage peaking with 8.5m (32.3%).
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RatingsHeston's Feast ties with hospital doc
BBC2 and Channel 4 were neck and neck at 9pm last night, with the return of Heston’s Feasts and a look inside Great Ormond Street tied with 2.4m (9.8%).