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Features
ITV1 gets vote of confidence in authored Clunes doc
Authored documentaries are all the rage with ITV's factual team, and given the performance of the recent Martin Clunes: a Man and his Dogs, it's easy to see why.
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NewsCelebAir takes off with 550,000
ITV2 took flight with the biggest multichannel show last night (2 September) as new reality series CelebAir delivered nearly 550,000 viewers.
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NewsBBC1 loses friends while C4 cashes in
BBC1's new drama series Mutual Friends lost nearly 1m viewers last night at 9pm with an average audience of 3.7m (16.3%), as Channel 4 ruled the evening with Secret Millionaire.
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NewsViewers take Five's bait
Five reeled in viewers last night (1 September) with its show Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, trumping Channel 4.
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NewsRevamped Sky 1 delivers
The new look Sky 1 beat the competition with the biggest multichannel figures yesterday (31 August).
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NewsViewers opt for The Wrong Door
BBC3's new comedy sketch show The Wrong Door attracted 546,000 (3.5%) at 10.30pm last night, the highest ever audience for the launch of a comedy on the channel.
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NewsBBC2 and C4 triumph at 9pm
Mock the Week and Big Brother gave BBC2 and Channel 4 more viewers than either BBC1 or ITV1 at 9pm last night.
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NewsViewers turn down BBC2's Zinc Bed
BBC2's TV adaptation of My Zinc Bed could only bring in an audience of 1m (4.4%) despite Hollywood actress Uma Thurman having a starring role.
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FeaturesEntertainment can tick the public service box
So Peter Fincham isn't a big fan of Ofcom. In his keynote address at the Edinburgh Television Festival, ITV's director of television launched an attack that wasn't so much thinly veiled as completely unveiled and gloves off on Ofcom's Public Service Broadcasting Report.
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FeaturesDigital Focus: Films, X Factor and football
One of the eternal debates we have in the TV industry is whether viewers watch channels or programmes.
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NewsGhost Whisperer upsets BBC3's Bride
BBC3's factual entertainment series Don't Tell the Bride returned yesterday at 9pm with 317,000 (1.58%).
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NewsModest beginnings for Mutual Friends
BBC1's new drama series Mutual Friends got off to a disappointing start last night at 9pm with an average audience of 4.6m (19.6%).
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NewsBest day ever for Fiver
Fiver, the female-skewing digital channel from Five, secured its best ever all hours performance on the August bank holiday with a combined share of 1.15%.
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NewsViewers feel the power of the Gladiators
The final of Sky One's reborn Gladiators rounded off a strong run for the show with 587,000 viewers (3.77%) watching at 7pm.
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NewsWogan makes solid C4 debut
Channel 4's new daytime quiz Wogan's Perfect Recall got off to a decent start yesterday with 1.6m viewers (12.9%) tuning in at 5pm, as the broadcaster refreshed its afternoon line-up.
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NewsOlympics close on a high note
BBC1's coverage of the closing ceremony of the Olympic games ended on a high note with an average audience of 5.5m (42.3%).
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NewsX Factor tops the charts with 9.4m
ITV1's hit entertainment show The X Factor took the top slot yesterday (23 August) at 7.30pm with an average audience of 9.4m (45%).
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NewsOlympics watched by two-thirds of UK
Over two-thirds of the UK's population have watched at least 15-minutes of the coverage of the Beijing Olympics, making it the most popular sporting event on TV so far this year.
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NewsDoctors fail to revive BBC1 or ITV1
Programmes involving doctors, in one guise or another, failed to gain sufficient interest from the viewers at 9pm as both the main channels came under pressure from BBC2, Channel 4 and Five.
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Features
X Factor return points to biggest series yet for ITV1
ITV1's singing contest The X Factor was back with a bang last week with a higher audience than any edition for the past two years, excluding both the previous series' finals.