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RatingsWinter Olympics curtain raiser draws over 3m
The Winter Olympics opening ceremony skated off with a 3.4m peak on Friday - as Sky 1 launched Lee Mack’s Duck Quacks Don’t Echo to almost 360k viewers.
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RatingsPound Shop Wars fights off competition
BBC1’s return to Pound Shop Wars proved profitable on Thursday, as the documentary pulled in nearly 5.5m viewers.
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RatingsInside No. 9 debuts with 1.1m
BBC2’s new comedy series Inside No. 9 launched to a solid 1.1m viewers last night but the channel found greater success with documentary Royal Cousins At War.
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RatingsThe Taste drops to fresh low
Channel 5 out-foxed Channel 4 for a second consecutive night on Tuesday at 9pm, as its Age-Gap Love doc helped force The Taste to a new low.
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RatingsThe Jump vaulted by C5's Big Benefits Row
The finale of Channel 4’s The Jump lost out in the race with Channel 5’s Benefits Street-inspired debate on the welfare system on Monday.
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RatingsThe Last Leg back above 1m
Silent Witness bowed out with a series average of 5.5m viewers on Friday, as The Last Leg returned with a strong performance.
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RatingsBest Top Gear debut in three years
Top Gear drove off with its biggest series debut audience in three years on Sunday, as The Jump dropped to a series low.
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RatingsThe Voice UK hits high note
The Voice UK turned up the volume with its best performance of the series on Saturday, as England’s Six Nations debut tackled nearly 6m viewers.
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RatingsHidden Kingdoms bows out on low
BBC1’s nature series Hidden Kingdoms bowed out on a low on Thursday, as it was again flattened by the competition on ITV.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother final pulls in record peak
Jim Davidson won Celebrity Big Brother on Wednesday in front of the show’s highest peak audience since it moved to Channel 5.
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RatingsSeries lows for The Taste, The Jump and Death In Paradise
Death In Paradise, Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans, The Jump and The Taste all put in series low performances on Tuesday.
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RatingsRoom 101 drops to 3.4m
Room 101 returned to BBC1 with an audience 300,000 smaller last year’s series opener on Friday.
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RatingsC4 leaps ahead of the competition
Channel 4 enjoyed a good night on Monday as The Jump held up well and Benefits Street outgunned Jeremy Paxman’s World War I doc for BBC1.
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RatingsSplash! drowned out by The Voice
Splash! bellyflopped to a new low on Saturday, faltering under pressure from The Voice UK.
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RatingsThe Jump launches with 2.6m
Channel 4’s celebrity winter sports format The Jump leapt into action on Sunday with 2.6m viewers – putting it marginally ahead of the 2011 launch of Famous and Fearless.
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RatingsBenidorm takes the honours for ITV
ITV’s Benidorm pipped BBC1’s Silent Witness to the post on Thursday evening - as Birds of a Feather continued to soar.
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RatingsNational Television Awards back to 6m
ITV’s National Television Awards recovered from last year’s low to pull in an audience of more than 6m viewers on Wednesday.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise murders the competition
Ben Miller’s exit doesn’t appear to have dampened enthusiasm for Death in Paradise, as the BBC1 drama continued with nearly 7m viewers on Tuesday.
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RatingsCoronation Street hits nine-month high
The climax of Coronation Street’s euthanasia storyline helped the soap to its best ratings in nine months on Monday, while the return of Girls on Sky Atlantic failed to cut through.
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RatingsCall The Midwife returns with record high
BBC1 celebrated a strong night on Sunday with the highest-ever rated Call The Midwife and a convincing launch of The Musketeers, while ITV’s Mr Selfridge stuttered on its return.