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RatingsBecky McDonald's Corrie exit draws 11.5m
MONDAY: Becky McDonald’s dramatic departure from Coronation Street helped the soap to its best ratings in nearly a year.
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RatingsCall The Midwife tops Sherlock
CONSOLIDATED: New BBC1 drama Call the Midwife was recorded by nearly 2m viewers on its debut - beating the final instalment of Sherlock.
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RatingsBirdsong calls 6.03m
SUNDAY: Epic drama Birdsong boosted BBC1’s usual audience by more than a million – while new series Call the Midwife delivered a healthy 8.64m.
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RatingsTake Me Out loses admirers
SATURDAY: More controversy around Take Me Out failed to halt the show’s ratings slide on another bad Saturday night for ITV1.
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RatingsRoom 101 returns with 3.7m
FRIDAY: Room 101 returned from the doldrums with one of the biggest audiences in its 18-year history.
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RatingsGypsy Blood draws 2m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s latest gypsy doc, looking at the more visceral side of traveller life, picked up more than 2m viewers.
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RatingsBBC2's Stargazing ends on 3m
WEDNESDAY: Stargazing Live came to out with a series low audience of nearly 3m, as MasterChef went off the boil slightly.
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RatingsMasterChef return serves up 4.8m
TUESDAY: The eighth series of MasterChef failed to cook up a storm on its launch night.
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RatingsSherlock detects further 2m
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s investigation into the Hounds of Baskerville was recorded by more than 2m viewers – taking its audience over the 10m mark.
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles with 3.8m
MONDAY: The second series of Stargazing Live rocketed into the BBC2 schedule with a stellar performance of nearly 4m viewers.
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RatingsCasualty takes Saturday honours
SATURDAY: Casualty was the highest rated show of the day as ITV1 suffered a wretched evening.
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RatingsSherlock arrests 7.9m but Call the Midwife delivers more viewers
SUNDAY: BBC1’s smash hit Sherlock bowed out with its lowest overnight audience of the series, as Call the Midwife made a storming debut on the same channel.
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RatingsHustle returns with 5m
FRIDAY: The final series of Hustle got underway with more than 5m viewers, but it was the lowest debut audience in the drama’s eight-series history.
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RatingsEternal Law debut recorded by 655k
CONSOLIDATED: The debut of ITV1’s high concept drama Eternal Law narrowly beat BBC1’s Public Enemies - with just 46,000 viewers between them.
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RatingsPublic Enemies piles on 800k
CONSOLIDATED: Nearly 800,000 people recorded BBC1 miniseries Public Enemies on its debut - but could not push it ahead of ITV1’s airing of Mamma Mia!.
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RatingsITV1's Eternal Law loses 1m
THURSDAY: ITV1’s angel lawyers drama, Eternal Law, lost more than a million viewers and was thrashed by a repeat of New Tricks on BBC1.
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RatingsLiverpool win nets 7.9m for BBC1
WEDNESDAY: Liverpool’s narrow victory over Manchester City in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final peaked with more than 8m viewers.
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RatingsEdwin Drood debuts with 3m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Mystery of Edwin Drood got off to a strong start - while ITV1’s latest high-concept gameshow The Exit List faltered.
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RatingsSherlock tops 10m viewers
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s return to BBC1 was recorded by nearly 2m viewers, putting it just behind Pam St Clement’s exit from EastEnders as the most watched show of New Year’s Day.
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RatingsAbove Suspicion returns with 6.3m
MONDAY: Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion returned to ITV1 with its biggest audience in two years - while Nick Hewer failed to make a huge impact on his Countdown debut.


















