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RatingsLambing Live returns with 2.4m
MONDAY: Lambing Live delivered an audience of more than 2.4m on its return to BBC2.
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RatingsBelow par return for Lewis
SUNDAY: ITV1 crime drama Lewis returned for a fifth series with more than 6.3m viewers – significantly down on its performance last year.
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RatingsPush the Button ends on low
SATURDAY: The final part of Ant & Dec’s Push the Button crashed out on a low, as So You Think You Can Dance lost more than a million viewers.
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RatingsFriday Night Dinner cooks up 1.3m
FRIDAY: The penultimate instalment of Friday Night Dinner served up an extra 100,000 viewers, but was still cooked by Frank Skinner’s Opinionated on BBC2.
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RatingsThree in a Bed tucks in 1.1m
THURSDAY: Three in a Bed tucked in more than 1m viewers on its return, as the Great British Food Revival bowed out with a series low.
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RatingsC4's Superscrimpers debut banks 1.9m
WEDNESDAY: A new series on saving cash during tough economic times provided a decent pay off for Channel 4.
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RatingsEngland's score draw nets 7.6m
TUESDAY: England’s first ever clash with Ghana scored a peak audience of more than 7.6m viewers for ITV.
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RatingsFern debuts with 1m
MONDAY: Fern Britton’s new Channel 4 teatime chat show had a sluggish start amid tough competition.
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RatingsDancing on Ice finale draws 8.8m
SUNDAY: ITV1’s Dancing on Ice concluded with the lowest-rated finale in the show’s history - as a new Formula One season raced away with a staggering 51% share earlier in the day.
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RatingsSkinner gets opinionated with 1.8m
FRIDAY: Frank Skinner’s Opinionated returned with nearly 1.8m viewers, beating Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner.
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RatingsSo You Think You Can Dance stumbles on return
SATURDAY: So You Think You Can Dance returned to BBC1 with nearly 1.6m fewer viewers than its previous series launch.
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RatingsJapan disaster doc draws 2.25m
THURSDAY: A fast turnaround documentary on the Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami delivered an above average audience for Channel 4.
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RatingsMidsomer ratings untouched by racism row
WEDNESDAY: ITV viewers were undeterred by the racism row surrounding Midsomer Murders as the drama locked out all competition.
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RatingsKatie's Beautiful Friends attract 1.7m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s new series on disfigurement fronted by acid burns victim Katie Piper attracted an audience of more than 1.7m.
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RatingsDispatches rail investigation draws 1.6m
MONDAY: Richard Wilson’s investigation into commuter chaos helped Channel 4’s Dispatches to its biggest audience in more than a year.
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RatingsAntiques beats Duran Duran
SUNDAY: BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow beat ITV1’s antiques rock show, as a Duran Duran special underperformed for the commercial broadcaster.
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RatingsIsherwood drama draws 1.2m
SATURDAY: The story of writer Christopher Isherwood’s life in Berlin, starring Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, failed to match BBC2’s usual audience figures.
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RatingsComic Relief peaks with 12.4m
FRIDAY: BBC1 telethon Comic Relief once again proved a huge draw for viewers raising a peak audience of 12.4m (48.9%) for the charity appeal.
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RatingsComic Relief trek raises 5m
THURSDAY: The latest celebrity-led effort to raise money for Comic Relief drew nearly an audience of nearly 5m to BBC1.
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RatingsMasterChef outplays football
WEDNESDAY: A vegetarian special of BBC1’s MasterChef outplayed Chelsea’s goalless Champions League draw with FC Copenhagen on ITV1.