Ratings – Page 177
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RatingsStrictly and Jonathan Ross score highs
Strictly hit a series high, while The Jonathan Ross Show recorded its second best ever performance on Saturday night.
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RatingsChildren in Need back on song
Children in Need recovered from 2012’s six-year low on Friday as the charity telethon raised a record £31m.
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RatingsDoctor Who special beats Breathless
Professor Brian Cox’s investigation into the science of Doctor Who confounded Breathless, which bowed out on a series low on Thursday.
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RatingsPoirot bows out on series high
Agatha Christie’s Poirot made his last TV appearance in front of a series high audience of 5.2m for ITV on Wednesday - as Crackanory captivated a strong audience for Dave.
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RatingsThe Escape Artist bows out with 4.6m
The Escape Artist rallied for its final episode on Tuesday night - as Hebburn returned with around 700,000 fewer viewers than last year.
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RatingsRipper Street falls to new low
BBC1 drama Ripper Street slipped to another low on Monday – as Novak Djokovic won the ATP World Tour Finals in front a 1.6m peak.
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RatingsBig band week lifts X Factor
Big band week helped lift The X Factor to its best live Saturday performance of the year.
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RatingsCitizen Khan fails to build on first series
BBC1 sitcom Citizen Khan bowed out on Friday with a series average only marginally above its first run, despite being promoted to a primetime Friday night slot.
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RatingsDownton Abbey bows out with series high
The curtain fell on the fourth run of Downton Abbey in front of a series high audience on Sunday – as Yonderland made a strong start for Sky 1.
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RatingsTruckers bows out with 2.4m
Truckers bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series on Thursday – but it was still beaten by the underperforming Breathless on ITV.
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RatingsPanorama fraud doc wins 9pm slot as Poirot slips
Poirot slipped to its lowest outing of the series on Wednesday, losing out to BBC1 for the first time since its return.
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RatingsNearly 1m evacuate The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist plunged by almost 1m viewers on Tuesday to perform in line with ITV’s Champions League coverage of Manchester United.
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RatingsFresh Meat back with 1m as The Choir hits high
The return of Gareth Malone’s The Choir hit new heights for BBC2 on Monday, while C4 sitcom Fresh Meat was unable to outscore its series two opener.
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RatingsHighs for Strictly and Downton
Strictly Come Dancing’s results show peaked with almost 11m for BBC1 on Sunday as Downton Abbey put in a series high performance of almost 10m.
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RatingsOff the Beaten Track locates 3m for ITV
Christine Bleakley set off on her ITV travelogue Off The Beaten Track with just over 3m on Friday, as C4 sitcom Man Down slipped below 1m.
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RatingsStrictly hits high note as X Factor falters
The X Factor dipped to a series low on Saturday night for ITV as BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing twirled to its best performance of 2013.
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RatingsBig Bang Theory explodes with 1.7m
E4’s The Big Bang Theory exploded with 1.7m viewers on Thursday, as Sky Living’s Dracula also took a sizeable chunk of viewers - in a strong night for the multichannels.
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RatingsThe Tunnel sinks to low
The Tunnel sunk to a series low for Sky Atlantic on Wednesday – as James Blake picked up this year’s Mercury Prize in front of an audience of 1.4m on Channel 4.
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RatingsMixed verdict for The Escape Artist
David Tennant drama The Escape Artist conjured up 5m viewers for BBC1 on Tuesday – putting it more than 3m viewers ahead of its rivals in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsRipper Street returns 1m down
Ripper Street returned to BBC1 on Monday with an audience of around 1m viewers fewer than the series one debut.


















