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RatingsEmmerdale live 40th draws 8.8m
Emmerdale celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special live episode, which pulled in the ITV1 soap’s biggest audience in more than a year.
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RatingsGreat British Bake Off finale peaks with 7.2m
The Great British Bake Off final peaked with 7.2m viewers to become the highest rated BBC2 originated show outside of Top Gear in the past six years.
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RatingsMonroe punished by New Tricks
Monroe continued to struggle against New Tricks, as the final part of Paul O’Grady’s series on Battersea Dogs & Cats Home bowed out on a high.
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RatingsHomeland struggles against Downton Abbey
Homeland pulled in its second lowest audience on record against the might of Downton Abbey, as The X Factor reclaimed its entertainment crown.
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RatingsMe and Mrs Jones charms 3m
Yummy mummy sitcom Me and Mrs Jones launched with an audience almost 2m viewers below the slot average.
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RatingsStrictly triumphs over X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing easily came out on top in the battle of the Saturday entertainment shows as The X Factor was down more than a million year-on-year.
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RatingsDCI Banks return wins slot
The return of ITV1’s detective DCI Banks was enough to see off competition from Celia Imrie on Who Do You Think You Are?
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RatingsBake Off cooks up record audience
The Great British Bake Off continued its remarkable run of ratings with a new high of more than 5.5m viewers, as Fresh Meat returned with its lowest audience to date.
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RatingsMonroe suffers second episode dip
Monroe ITV1’s drama about a neurosurgeon shed over 350,000 viewers from last week’s opener, failing to gain ground on BBC1’s New Tricks.
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RatingsHomeland launches on par with series one
C4’s thriller Homeland returned for its second series to a similar audience as its debut, fending off competition from heavyweight ITV1 drama Downton Abbey.
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RatingsStrictly peaks with 10m
BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing launched on a par with rival talent show The X Factor this weekend, as the two aired on the same night for the first time this year.
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RatingsHotel GB checks out on series low
Hotel GB checked out with a series low while Strictly Come Dancing held its audience as it entered its dancing phase.
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RatingsHunted finds 4.5m on debut
Hunted, BBC1’s new drama from the makers of Spooks, hit the ground running with an audience of nearly 4.5m viewers.
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RatingsJimmy Savile doc draws 1.71m
ITV1’s investigative journalism strand Exposure attracted its biggest audience ever with its focus on Jimmy Savile.
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RatingsBake Off whips up record audience
The Great British Bake Off pulled its biggest audience on record - helping to strengthen Ian Hislop’s Stiff Upper Lip.
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RatingsHotel GB checks in with 1.5m
Channel 4’s Hotel GB saw 1.56m checking in on its opening night, while Monroe’s return to ITV1 failed to match the premiere of the first series.
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RatingsX Factor invites 9.5m to judges' houses
The X Factor pulled in its second biggest audience of the series as the show’s judges decided on their finalists.
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RatingsRed or Black? ends on low
Red or Black? bowed out with its lowest audience ever, as the judges’ houses round failed to lift The X Factor to a notable high.
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RatingsHomefront recruits 3m
ITV1’s new military wives drama Homefront struggled on its debut - as the second part of Channel 4’s Drugs Live lost nearly half its audience on its second and final outing.
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RatingsDrugs Live scores 1.6m
Channel 4’s scored a high with the debut of its live two-part study into ecstasy’s effects on the brain.


















