All Ratings articles – Page 598
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RatingsBBC1's Spooks ends on a high
BBC1's spy drama series Spooks finished its run with 7 million (32.2%) last night (11 August), taking the sparkle out of ITV1's film Diamonds Are Forever, writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsPop Idol takes early ratings lead
ITV1's Pop Idoldrew the first blood in the battle of the talent shows drawing 5 million (35.4%) at 19.15 but didn't have everything its own way, writes Jon Rogers.
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RatingsOne-off doc shines for BBC2
BBC2 documentary What Are You Staring At?, which looked at the opposing views held by two people with facial deformities over whether or not they should undergo surgery, was a runaway success for the channel last night (6 August) with an audience of 4 million (19.1% share) ...
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RatingsC4 series teaches rivals a lesson
New Channel 4 documentary series That'll Teach Them - which sees a class of thirty sixteen year olds packed off to a fifties-style boarding school - made an impressive start last night with 3.4 million viewers (16.4% share), according to unofficial overnights.
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RatingsHuman Senses goes quietly
BBC1 documentary series Human Senses, which has seen Nigel Marven put himself in an array of uncompromising positions to prove his scientific points over recent weeks, finished its run last night (4 July) with 3.4 million (20.3% share) - its lowest audience of the series, ...
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RatingsBeckham debut scores for ITV2
ITV2's exclusive coverage of England captain David Beckham's debut for new club Real Madrid was a big hit with viewers at the weekend, at one point making ITV2 the second most popular channel in multi-channel homes, writes Luke Sacthell
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Ratings'Lame Academy' loses nearly one million
BBC1's ratings for Fame Academy went from bad to worse on Saturday (2 August) as the show's audience fell to a paltry 3.3 million (22.9%), writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsDesmond fails to inspire viewers
A Channel 4 profile of pornographer and newspaper baron Richard Desmond last night (31 July) failed to rouse much interest among the viewing public with just 891,000 (8%) bothering to tune in, writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsFame Academy beaten by C4
BBC1's Fame Academy slipped further into the mire last night, with the latest heat attracting just 3.2 million (15.6%), writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsEustace Bros rallies to avoid axe
Struggling and re-badged BBC1 drama The Eustace Brothers, formerly known as Paradise Heights, last night (29 July) upped its audience by around 900,000 viewers week-on-week to break the 4 million mark for the frst time in its run, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsViewers prefer Home & Away to a Smartass
New BBC2 game show Nobody Likes A Smartass- paradoxically presented by roly-poly comic Jo Brand - started its run yesterday evening (28 July) with 1.7 million viewers (10.1% share), according to unofficial overnights, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsBig figures spell relative failure for fourth Brother
The Big Brother 4 final became the channel's second most watched programme of the year so far on Friday night (25 July) but viewers were significantly down on last year's final, writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsViewers remain indifferent to Fame Academy
The second series of BBC1's Fame Academy started on Saturday night (26 July) with just 4.2 million viewers (25.6% share), 500,00 viewers down on its opening night last time and 800,000 viewers down on the slot average for the last 12 months, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsHewitt fails to shine for Channel 4
A profile of the country's most famous ?love-rat' - James Hewitt, the former lover of Diana Princess of Wales - last night attracted 2 million viewers (9.4%) to Channel 4, but lost out to a repeat of Horizon on BBC2, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsBBC1 scrapes to 15% in peaktime
BBC1's Asylum Night of programming, which was attacked today by home secretary David Blunkett for promoting a 'Powellite anti-immigration agenda', produced BBC1's second lowest weekday peaktime share since records began last night (23 July), writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsCutting Edge gives BBC1 major headache
A channel 4 documentary on unruly children - Cutting Edge: Bad Behaviour - last night (22 July) pulled in an impressive 4.3 million viewers (20.6%) at 21.00, dishing out an embarrasing and comprehensive defeat over BBC1's The Eustace Brothers in the process, writes Luke ...
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Ratings7.7 million see Ground Force cross the pond
The return of Ground Force to BBC1 proved a resounding success last night (21 July), with Charlie Dimmock and the team digging up 7.7 million (34.9%) on their first outing in the US, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsBBC1 fails to halt ITV1's Sunday dominance
BBC1's use of new camera technology for its Wildlife Special Elephants: Spy in the Heard helped the show gain a healthy 5.7 million (24.8%) last night (20 July), but it still wasn't enough to upset ITV1's Sunday night ratings bankers, writes Jon Rogers
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RatingsBBC1 doc pilot bombs
A pilot for a new BBC1 documentary series - Your Life In Their Vans - last night got the thumbs down from viewers with just 3.3 million bothering to tune in at 20.00, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsEustace Bros fail to break 4 million
BBC1 comedy drama series The Eustace Bros went straight onto the critical list on its return last night, with less than 4 million viewers bothering to tune in, writes Luke Satchell