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RatingsDavina McCall challenge draws 3.7m
Davina McCall’s Sport Relief challenge won the 9pm race on Thursday, but it was Channel 4’s access film on Rolls-Royce that was the surprise package.
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RatingsLine of Duty bows out on high
BBC2 enjoyed a good night on Wednesday as Line of Duty ended with a series high audience and Twenty Twelve successor W1A got underway with 1.6m.
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RatingsBBC3’s Hair hits high
BBC3’s Steve Jones-fronted hairdressing competition Hair reached its quarter final stage with a series high on Tuesday, as Shetland shed nearly 300,000 viewers.
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RatingsThe Widower murders Silk
Jeff Pope’s latest ITV drama The Widower got off to solid start, murdering competition from BBC1’s Silk on Monday evening.
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RatingsTop Gear drives off with 6m
Top Gear drove off with over 6m viewers on Sunday, while Channel 4’s Live From Space peaked with 2.4m viewers.
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RatingsGogglebox settles into Friday home
Gogglebox settled into its Friday night home with a near identical audience to last week’s series debut, as Jonathan Creek ended on a low.
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RatingsThe Americans returns with 1.3m
The Americans returned on Saturday with nearly a million fewer viewers than last year’s debut, while Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway again outperformed The Voice UK.
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RatingsC4 space series retains trajectory
C4’s second space documentary kept the channel’s ratings in orbit with 1.6m viewers.
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RatingsC4 space season blasts off with 1.6m
Channel 4 beamed aboard 1.6m viewers on Wednesday for the first leg of its intergalactic season, Astronauts: Living In Space.
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RatingsShetland outguns Arsenal’s European exit
BBC1’s Shetland returned with a million fewer viewers than last year’s pilot, but still outplayed ITV’s Champions League football on Tuesday.
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RatingsMichael McIntyre ties with Graham Norton
Michael McIntyre’s talk show launched in line with Graham Norton’s 2005 chat show The Bigger Picture on Monday.
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RatingsCall The Midwife delivers 8m
Call The Midwife bowed out with a series low but still easily won the 8pm slot on Sunday night.
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RatingsAnt & Dec overtake The Voice
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway overtook The Voice UK for the first time this year on Saturday.
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RatingsGogglebox turns on record audience
Broadcast Award-winning Gogglebox returned for a third series on Friday with its biggest audience to date.
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Ratings37 Days dawns with 2.2m
BBC2’s 37 Days launched with more than 2m viewers on Thursday, while Birds of a Feather has secured a recommission after smashing the slot average.
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RatingsFamily Guy on top for BBC3
Family Guy was the only show to top 500,000 viewers for BBC3 on Wednesday as Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents and Ja’mie Private School Girl were below slot average.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise ends happily
The third series of Death in Paradise bowed out on Tuesday with an average audience around 400,000 viewers larger than the previous run.
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RatingsMary Berry Cooks serves 3.2m
Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry served up another treat for BBC2 viewers on Monday as her solo series drew more than 3m viewers.
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RatingsDragons' Den investment pays off
Dragons’ Den ended its latest run with a strong performance on Sunday, while The Musketeers continued to struggle against Mr Selfridge.
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RatingsJonathan Creek murders the competition
BBC1’s Jonathan Creek returned for its first full series in a decade with 6.3m viewers on Friday – more than three times the audience of ITV’s new comedy drama Edge of Heaven.


















