All Ratings articles – Page 541
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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.
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Heartbeat leaves Baftas behind
ITV1's Heartbeat easily outstripped BBC1's coverage of the TV Baftas at 8pm last night, although the awards ceremony came back strongly to overtake Hell's Kitchen at 9pm.