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RatingsThe Voice UK loses 700,000
Nearly 700,000 viewers turned their backs on the second instalment of The Voice UK - but it remained the most-watched show on Saturday night.
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RatingsHidden Kingdoms trampled by Bake Off
BBC1’s natural history show Hidden Kingdoms was squashed by the competition on Thursday night, including the finale of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off.
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RatingsKumars welcome 370k to Sky 1
The Kumars returned to TV screens on Wednesday with an audience of more than 370,000 - three times greater than Sky 1’s average performance.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise tracks down record ratings
Death in Paradise returned for a third series on Tuesday with its best-ever ratings, murdering the second instalment of The Taste, which lost 800,000 viewers.
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RatingsBenefits Street expands to 5.1m
The controversy surrounding Benefits Street translated into ratings, as the Channel 4 show’s audience leapt to 5.1m on Monday.
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RatingsSherlock bows out with 8.8m
The third series of Sherlock made its final bow on Sunday in front of its lowest audience of the run.
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RatingsThe Voice UK back on-song
The Voice received a boost from the Kylie Minogue factor, as the Talpa Media format returned on Saturday with an audience that topped every episode from last year’s series.
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RatingsThe Undateables hits low
The Undateables returned for a third series on Thursday with its lowest audience to date - as Birds of a Feather lost nearly a million viewers.
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RatingsTomorrow People returns with record E4 ratings
The Tomorrow People became E4’s most successful US acquisition launch ever on Wednesday - pulling in almost 1.5m viewers.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for The Taste
Channel 4’s new cookery format The Taste failed to benefit from the media storm surrounding presenter Nigella Lawson after launching on Tuesday with 1.8m viewers.
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RatingsBenefits Street is C4's most watched show since 2012
Channel 4’s doc Benefits Street, broadcast on Monday, has become the channel’s most-watched show since it aired The Snowman and The Snowdog in December 2012.
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RatingsSherlock triumphs as Dancing on Ice stutters
Sherlock continued to bring in record audiences on Sunday, while Dancing on Ice launched with its lowest-ever audience.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother storms to 4m
Celebrity Big Brother returned with a peak of 4.2m viewers for Channel 5, meaning it beat all competition apart from BBC1’s Silent Witness.
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RatingsSplash! fails to create waves
ITV’s celebrity diving contest Splash! took a tumble on Saturday after returning for a second series with its lowest ratings to date.
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RatingsBirds of a Feather soars for ITV
Classic comedy Birds of a Feather returned after a 16-year absence with nearly 8m viewers on Thursday - making it ITV’s biggest sitcom launch in more than a decade.
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RatingsChristmas ratings round-up
Broadcast’s overview of how some of the biggest shows performed over the festive period includes Moonfleet, Death Comes To Pemberley and Caitlin Moran pilot Raised by Wolves.
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RatingsSherlock makes record-breaking return
Sherlock made a triumphant return to BBC1 on New Year’s Day, pulling in its biggest overnight audience to date.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on a high
Him & Her bowed out with its biggest audience in two years on Thursday - as The Great Train Robbery’s audience held reasonably steady on Thursday.
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RatingsGreat Train Robbery makes solid start
BBC1’s The Great Train Robbery got off to a rattling start on Wednesday, grabbing almost twice as many viewers as ITV’s Lucan in the battle of the fact-based dramas.
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RatingsBBC3 benefits from Call Centre and Bad Education
The Call Centre Christmas Special peaked with almost 800,000 viewers as Bad Education ended with a similar series average in a successful Tuesday night for BBC3.