All Ratings articles – Page 530
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A bit of a drama on May Day
The bank holiday saw the terrestrial channels battle it out with an array of hard-hitting shows.
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Manchester Utd victory triumphs for ITV1
Manchester United's victory over Arsenal in the semi-final of the Champions League brought a bumper match average of 8.4m viewers (35%) to ITV1 from 7.45pm.
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Reggie Perrin falls by 800,000
After rising again on BBC1, Reggie Perrin has taken a fall as 800,000 viewers abandoned the revived sitcom.
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Martin Clunes' islands doc trounced by George Gently
ITV1 factual series Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain made a fine start on Sunday night with a steady 4.2m (18.1%) over an hour at 9pm - but proved no match for the return of Inspector George Gently on BBC1.
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Ashes to Ashes scorches Compulsion
Ashes to Ashes won the big bank holiday drama clash at 9pm with 5.6m viewers (22.8%) for BBC1 as ITV1's Compulsion drew 4.7m (21.9%).
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Britain's Got Talent audience drops 1.7m
ITV1's ratings banker Britain's Got Talent took a bit of a dive on Saturday losing 1.7m viewers but still comprehensively dominated with 10.5m (47%) at 8.20pm.
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C4 not up the viewers' Street
Channel 4 tripped up in peaktime last night as its documentary My Wall Street attracted just 795,000 viewers (3.6% share) at 9pm, its worst performing show in that slot since 13 December 2008.
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Playhouse Disney overtakes Nick Jr
Pre-school channel Playhouse Disney overtook its commercial rival Nick Jr for the first week ever with a share of 1.8% in the middle of April.
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Sky Sports 2 scores with Champions League
Sky Sports 2's live coverage of the Champions League semi-final clash between Manchester United and Arsenal was a big hit as the match averaged 2.6m viewers (12.8% share), more viewers than either BBC2 or Five at the time.
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Apprentice Noorul fired in front of 8m
A peak audience of 8m viewers (32.9% share) at 9.45pm saw Noorul Choudhury become the latest contestant fired by Alan Sugar in BBC1's The Apprentice.
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Baftas' popular appeal
How many of this year's winners were also a popular success with the viewing public?
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Fiver rebrand boosts figures
Fiver, the general entertainment channel from Five, has grown its audience share by 24% since it rebranded.
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BBC2 drama does its Best
While the two main terrestrial channels liberally pepper their schedules with dramas, BBC2, like C4, has had to use its resources more sparingly.
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Jim Davidson back on TV at Virgin 1
Jim Davidson, who was booted off 2007's Hell's Kitchen for alleged homophobia, is to make a shock return to TV in a one-off for Virgin 1.
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ITV1 peaks with 8m for Barcelona v Chelsea match
ITV1's live coverage of Barcelona's Champions League match against Chelsea delivered a peak of 8m viewers and a 32.9% audience share for the commercial broadcaster last night.
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Horne and Corden most popular debut for BBC3
BBC3's sketch show Horne & Corden was the channel's most popular first series of a comedy ever, despite it being savaged by the critics.
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Henry VIII rules over BBC2/Five
Channel 4's historical documentary Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant ended its run with 1.7m viewers (7% share), comfortably more then either of its closest rivals.
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Ashes to Ashes burns Hell's Kitchen finale
The final of ITV1's culinary reality show Hell's Kitchen ended strongly with 5.2m viewers (21.2%) at 9pm as Linda Evans became queen of the kitchen - but it was still outperformed by Ashes to Ashes.
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Britain's Got Talent on the rise
ITV1's talent show Britain's Got Talent went from strength-to-strength on Saturday with an enormous 12.2m viewers (52.3% share) at 8pm.