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RatingsFrom There to Here makes solid debut
Pete Bowker’s BBC1 drama about the fallout from the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing debuted with more than 4.5m viewers on Thursday.
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RatingsDel Boys and Dealers takes in 4m
BBC1 ob-doc Del Boys and Dealers pulled in almost 4m viewers on Wednesday, while Episodes’ audience shrunk by around 100,000.
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RatingsPenny Dreadful debuts with 354,000
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful sunk its teeth into an audience of 350,000 on Tuesday – making it the channel’s most popular show of the year after Game of Thrones.
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RatingsThe Island grows audience to 2.5m
The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.
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RatingsMasterchef final peaks with 6.4m
The final of Masterchef peaked with 6.4m viewers for BBC1 on Friday, narrowly beating climax of last year’s competition.
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RatingsTV Baftas draw 5.1m
The Bafta Television Awards walked away with 5.1m viewers on Sunday – almost 1m below 2013’s seven-year high.
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RatingsArsenal’s FA Cup win hits 10m peak
Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph peaked with more than 10m viewers for ITV on Saturday evening, as Britain’s Got Talent took the honours on the day.
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RatingsA Family of My Own locates 2.2m
Nicky Campbell’s series for ITV on adoption Wanted: A Family of My Own failed to grow its audience across its three parts – bowing out on Thursday with 1m fewer viewers than the channel’s slot average.
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RatingsEpisodes returns with 940k
Episodes returned for a third run on Wednesday with its lowest series debut audience to date, but it still managed to hold off competition from Channel 4’s Derek.
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Ratings24 Hours To Go Broke banks 200k
Dave’s latest format 24 Hours To Go Broke got off to a relatively slow start on Tuesday – banking just over 200,000 viewers.
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RatingsPrey hunts down 5.5m
ITV’s John Simm-fronted crime drama Prey ended on a positive note on Monday, while Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening with Bear Grylls and Simon Farnaby.
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RatingsMan City triumph peaks with 1.3m
Manchester City’s title-clinching performance during Sunday’s final round of Premier League fixtures peaked with 1.3m viewers – well below the season climax in 2012.
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RatingsEurovision hits high note
Conchita Wurst helped Eurovision score its second best ratings in eight years on Saturday.
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RatingsNewsnight hits 14-month low
BBC2’s Newsnight hit a 14-month low on Thursday, while Posh Pawn reached a series high.
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RatingsHappy Valley slips by 800k
The absence of Champions League football on ITV boosted the fortunes of BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 on Tuesday, but could not prevent Happy Valley shedding 12% of its audience.
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RatingsBloody Tales of The Tower locks up 600k
Channel 5’s Nat Geo acquisition Bloody Tales Of The Tower got off to a solid start on Friday - regaling an audience of more than 600,000.
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RatingsCrimson Field falls to series low
The Crimson Field fell to a series low on Sunday night, as In the Flesh struggled to rouse a big audience.
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Ratings24 simulcast draws 11,000
The return of Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day tracked down 11,000 viewers for its 1am simulcast on Tuesday, as the snooker World Championship final peaked with 5.6m on Monday.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent draws 9.6m
Britain’s Got Talent slipped below the 10m viewer mark for the second time on Saturday, as Amazing Greys continued to lose viewers.
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RatingsBBC4 beats BBC2, C4 & C5 with The First Georgians
BBC4 documentary The First Georgians was the channel’s highest-performing programme of the year, pulling in 1.2m viewers on Thursday to beat BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5.


















