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RatingsMasterChef final peaks at 6.2m
THURSDAY: The MasterChef final scorched the competition with series high of 5.6m, beating the debut of ITV1’s new drama Love Life.
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RatingsChelsea lifts ITV1's Champions League coverage
WEDNESDAY: ITV1 secured its biggest Champions League audience of the season as Chelsea progressed to the quarter final of the tournament.
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RatingsBiggest Loser down 2m on last year's finale
TUESDAY: ITV1 slimming show The Biggest Loser ended more than 2m viewers down on last year’s finale.
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RatingsScott & Bailey returns with 6.8m
MONDAY: ITV1 crime drama Scott & Bailey returned with its second biggest audience on record - more than double the crowd of BBC1’s Empire.
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RatingsIreland victory peaks with 4.5m
SATURDAY: BBC1’s coverage of Six Nation’s Rugby peaked with 4.59m (23%) viewers at 6.30pm as a late try from Fergus McFadden sealed an Irish victory over Scotland.
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RatingsEngland’s Six Nations victory tops 6m
SUNDAY: England’s narrow win over France in the penultimate match of the Six Nations Rugby tournament was seen by more than 40% of the viewing population.
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RatingsSecret Policeman's Ball drops to audience low
FRIDAY: The Secret Policeman’s Ball entertained its lowest TV audience in at least six years as it was staged outside of the UK for the first time.
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RatingsMan Utd defeat nets 5m for C5
THURSDAY: Manchester United’s shock defeat to Athletic Bilbao helped Channel 5 triumph over David Walliam’s Sport Relief swim and BBC2’s new drama White Heat.
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RatingsMasterChef heats up with 4.5m
WEDNESDAY: The competition heated up in the MasterChef kitchen as the cookery show clinched the honours at 9pm.
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RatingsPrisoners’ Wives ends sentence with 4.3m
TUESDAY: BBC1’s ensemble drama Prisoners’ Wives bowed out with its third biggest audience of the series, as Big Fat Gypsy Weddings won the 9pm slot.
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RatingsFrank Foster's death lifts ITV1
MONDAY: Coronation Street’s second best performance of the year and a strong finale for Whitechapel helped ITV1 bulldozer the competition.
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RatingsBank Job locks in series high
SATURDAY: The Bank Job locked in its biggest audience of the series, as Let’s Dance for Sport Relief held its ratings.
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RatingsUpstairs Downstairs falls to 5m
SUNDAY: Period drama Upstairs Downstairs has lost 1.5m viewers since its return last month.
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RatingsBenidorm continues with 6.1m
FRIDAY: Benidorm continued to prove a scorcher for ITV1 with 2m more viewers than BBC1 at the time.
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RatingsEngland friendly peaks with 8.2m
WEDNESDAY: England’s defeat to the Netherlands, their first international clash since manager Fabio Capello quit last month, peaked with more than 8m.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings back over 4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings soared back over the 4m mark, following a dip in viewers last week at the hands of the Brit Awards.
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RatingsBBC1's Empire conquered by Whitechapel
MONDAY: Jeremy Paxman’s new series about the British Empire failed to conquer primetime for BBC1, losing out to ITV1 crime drama Whitechapel.
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RatingsLet’s Dance loses 1m
SATURDAY: BBC1’s Let’s Dance for Sport Relief lost nearly a million viewers, as ITV1’s Take Me Out posted its second biggest audience of the series.
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RatingsLiverpool triumph nets 10.5m
SUNDAY: Liverpool and Cardiff’s tense League Cup final penalty shoot-out peaked with an impressive 10.45m, as Top Gear and Wild at Heart benefited from the absence of Call the Midwife.
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RatingsBenidorm returns with 6.24m
FRIDAY: Benidorm returned with a slot winning audience of 6.24m viewers, but was more than a million below last year’s series debut.