All Ratings articles – Page 611

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    Five search for lost city makes small splash

    2003-08-20T12:01:20Z

    Search for Atlantis: The True Story - a new Five documentary which received a warm response from the critics - attracted 1.4 million (6.7% share) last night (19 August), but failed to score a win for the channel, writes Jon Rogers

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    Corrie and EastEnders slug it out

    2003-08-19T11:35:46Z

    ITV1's Coronation Street held a slender lead last night (18 August) in the on-going battle of the country's two favourite soaps as strong storylines in both dramas boosted audiences to over 12 million, writes Jon Rogers

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    C4 suffers Sunday night slump

    2003-08-18T11:56:20Z

    Channel 4 had a Sunday night (17 August) to forget this weekend with its peaktime share falling to a paltry 4.5% - an average of just 900,000 viewers throughout the night, writes Jon Rogers

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    Masters and Servants serves up 2.3m

    2003-08-15T11:50:33Z

    Channel 4's new four-part series Masters and Servants, where two families take on upstairs, downstairs roles - managed 2.3 million (11.1 %) last night (14 August) but just lost out to BBC2's Horizon, writes Jon Rogers

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    Chelsea scores for BBC2

    2003-08-14T12:33:50Z

    BBC2 scored with its 11th hour scheduling of new-look Chelsea's first venture into Europe with 2.6 million viewers, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Ratings woe for Don't Drop The Coffin

    2003-08-13T11:55:01Z

    ITV1's Don't Drop the Coffin fell into a critical state last night (12 August) with only 3.4 million (17%) bothering to tune-in at 20.30, writes Jon Rogers

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    BBC1's Spooks ends on a high

    2003-08-12T11:58:05Z

    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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    Pop Idol takes early ratings lead

    2003-08-11T10:41:56Z

    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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    One-off doc shines for BBC2

    2003-08-07T13:03:56Z

    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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    C4 series teaches rivals a lesson

    2003-08-06T12:13:20Z

    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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    Human Senses goes quietly

    2003-08-05T12:05:23Z

    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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    Beckham debut scores for ITV2

    2003-08-04T15:39:10Z

    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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    'Lame Academy' loses nearly one million

    2003-08-04T11:53:24Z

    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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    Desmond fails to inspire viewers

    2003-08-01T12:48:57Z

    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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    Fame Academy beaten by C4

    2003-07-31T11:47:28Z

    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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    Eustace Bros rallies to avoid axe

    2003-07-30T12:19:26Z

    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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    Viewers prefer Home & Away to a Smartass

    2003-07-29T14:02:57Z

    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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    Big figures spell relative failure for fourth Brother

    2003-07-28T12:06:27Z

    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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    Viewers remain indifferent to Fame Academy

    2003-07-28T11:16:52Z

    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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    Hewitt fails to shine for Channel 4

    2003-07-25T12:51:04Z

    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