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RatingsOne in eight choose 8 Out of 10 Cats
Channel 4 panel show 8 out of 10 Cats enjoyed its best ratings in more than two years on Friday night, with almost 3.5m tuning in.
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RatingsSilent Witness grips 7.3m
Silent Witness stormed back onto BBC1 last night with 7.3m viewers (26.7%), its best ratings in almost four years.
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RatingsViewers flock to BBC2's birds and dogs
BBC2 benefited from the big freeze last night, with above-average audiences for a factual double-whammy of Natural World and Horizon.
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RatingsNews ratings soar past 9m as snow falls
Heavy snow throughout the UK led to a bumper night for BBC News as more than 9m tuned in to regional reports about the weather.
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RatingsHairy Bikers hit new heights
The Hairy Bikers cooked up their biggest ever audience last night, with 3.3m (12%) tuning in to BBC2 at 8pm to watch Mums Know Best.
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RatingsAbove Suspicion outfoxes Hustle
ITV1 won the 9pm drama battle last night, with the return of Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion drawing 6.7m (25.6%).
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RatingsSky 1 gets more than a million dancing
Talent contest Got to Dance delivered more than a million viewers to Sky 1 from 7pm last night – more than twice the slot average.
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RatingsDoctor Who and Gavin & Stacey end on a high
David Tennant’s final turn in Doctor Who and the last episode of Gavin & Stacey delivered big audiences to BBC1 on New Year’s Day.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother opens with 6.1m
The launch of the final Celebrity Big Brother was all-conquering last night, peaking with 6.1m (23.3%) for Channel 4 as viewers tuned in to meet the new housemates.
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RatingsBBC1 floors ITV1 in Saturday night battle
BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for 2010 began with a bang, with So You Think You Can Dance? and a celebrity special of Total Wipeout flooring ITV’s gameshow offerings.
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RatingsCranford beats Fattest Man
BBC1 comfortably won the heavyweight drama battle on Sunday night, with the first in a two-part Cranford Christmas special beating ITV1’s The Fattest Man in Britain at 9pm.
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RatingsStrictly ends on a high with 11.9m peak
Strictly Come Dancing climaxed with a series-best 5-minute peak of 11.9m viewers on Saturday night, grabbing a 45.4% share against ITV1’s repeat of the movie Love Actually.
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RatingsBBC2 outguns ITV1 with Victorian Farm
The second festive special of sleeper hit Victorian Farm brought 2.8m viewers to BBC2 on Friday night, outgunning ITV1’s romantic comedy drama Mr Eleven.
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RatingsRoyal Variety outshines Jamie and Waterloo Road
The Queen, Lady Gaga and Britain’s Got Talent dance troupe Diversity helped steer ITV1 to ratings victory last night, with The Royal Variety Performance crushing Waterloo Road.
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RatingsJamie's Family Christmas cosies up to 4.1m
Jamie Oliver whipped up a huge crowd for C4 at 8pm last night, with his new Christmas cooking show attracting more than 4m viewers.
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RatingsLife ends with 5m
David Attenborough’s Life bowed out with 5m viewers (21.9%) last night, beating ITV1’s Amanda Holden vehicle Out of My Depth.
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RatingsMister Eleven jilted for BBC1 stalwarts
Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan failed to save ITV1 on Friday night, with her comedy Mister Eleven falling flat against the BBC1’s double act of Have I Got News for You and Live at the Apollo.
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RatingsStrictly slips against X Factor's 14.5m
Strictly Come Dancing’s semi final took a tumble in the face of The X Factor on Saturday night, with 800,000 fewer viewers tuning in.
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RatingsJoe's X Factor win watched by 19.1m
An incredible peak audience of 19.1m viewers tuned in last night to see Joe McElderry win this year’s The X Factor.
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RatingsGavin & Stacey nicks The Bill
BBC1’s comedy combination of Gavin & Stacey and QI nicked The Bill’s audience last night, as the Sun Hill police drama returned to ITV1 after a four-week hiatus.