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RatingsHarry Potter and the deathly ratings
WEDNESDAY: ITV drew nearly half its usual audience with a countdown of Harry Potter highlights – almost beaten by Channel 4.
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RatingsThe Hour loses a million
TUESDAY: BBC2 newsroom drama The Hour has lost nearly a million viewers following last week’s debut.
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RatingsC4 pulls 1.3m with Murdoch investigation
MONDAY: A Dispatches investigation into the world of Rupert Murdoch drew more than a million viewers to Channel 4.
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RatingsAmy Winehouse sparks news audience surge
SATURDAY: The tragic death of Amy Winehouse saw audiences to BBC News and Sky News rise to five times the usual figures.
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RatingsSugartown stumbles on debut
SUNDAY: BBC1’s new comedy drama Sugartown got off to a rocky start – beaten by Channel 4 film The Lovely Bones.
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RatingsBoxing gives C5 knockout result
SATURDAY: A rare bout of boxing on terrestrial television helped Channel 5 knock out its rivals.
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RatingsRob Brydon returns with 1.6m
FRIDAY: The Rob Brydon Show returned for a second series on BBC2 but failed to reach the highs of its first run.
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RatingsGypsy eviction tops 3m
THURSDAY: Gypsies and cowboy’s managed to outgun their rivals as high profile dramas on BBC1 and ITV1 took a tumble.
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RatingsC4's A&E scores series high
WEDNESDAY: Drama repeats on the BBC and ITV helped Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E to its biggest audience of the series.
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RatingsThe Hour debuts with 2.9m
TUESDAY: New BBC2 drama The Hour managed to beat all other terrestrials on its debut – including ITV1.
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RatingsMurdoch attack draws 1.2m
TUESDAY: The attack on Rupert Murdoch during his select committee hearing drew a peak of 1.2m viewers to BBC2, as more than 3m flocked online to watch the action.
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RatingsMurdoch Panorama draws 3.6m
MONDAY: A Panorama investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the wake of the phone hacking debacle attracted more than 3.6m viewers to BBC1.
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RatingsITV1 struggles despite Harry Potter magic
SATURDAY: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone conjured up ITV1’s biggest audience of the day as its trio of Saturday night entertainment vehicles continued to underperform.
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RatingsApprentice final hires 10.7m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice bowed out with the biggest audience for a final in the show’s six-year history.
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RatingsMillionaire special draws 4.6m
FRIDAY: ITV’s first new episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in nearly four months proved that the format still has legs.
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RatingsTorchwood returns with 4.8m
THURSDAY: The return of sci-fi thriller Torchwood trounced the new series of ITV drama Single-Handed but failed to match its previous best.
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RatingsApprentice fires competition
WEDNESDAY: The penultimate instalment of The Apprentice continued its march for BBC1, recording another series high as the candidates were whittled to four finalists.
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RatingsBBC2 dominates ITV1 with Night Watch
TUESDAY: ITV1 took a beating from BBC2 throughout the evening with a line-up that included wartime drama The Night Watch and an appearance by Hugh Grant on Newsnight.
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RatingsStrictly Kosher draws 3.26m
MONDAY: ITV1’s documentary about a Jewish community in Manchester took some of the shine off BBC1 drama New Tricks.
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RatingsLaw & Order returns with 5.9m
SUNDAY: Law & Order: UK returned to ITV1 with its biggest overnight audience since March 2009.