All articles by Stephen Price
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RatingsThe Reluctant Vampire bites off a chunky audience
Lenny Rush comedy wins slot with more than 2 million viewers
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RatingsLudwig delivers solid series two despite iPlayer split
Mark Brotherhood’s cosy BBC1 puzzler averaged 5.7 million across its second series
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RatingsLatest Michael Palin travelogue makes strong debut
Michael Palin in the Philippines opened with 800k
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RatingsDivorce drama makes decent start
Sky Atlantic’s War launches to 200,000 cumulative viewers across repeats
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RatingsStrictly and Bake Off new line-ups pass big tests
Strictly Come Dancing’s presenting trio faced football competition on their first live outing, while Nigella Lawson’s tent debut beat 2025 launch
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RatingsAll Creatures and Simon Reeve shine
Yorkshire vets drama grew its audience by 148,000 on its season opener, while Simon Reeve’s wilderness adventure added more than 200,000 viewers
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RatingsSandi’s Great Riviera Rail Trip stays on track
The second episode of the More4 travelogue picked up 43k
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RatingsThe Chelsea Detective and Saturday Night Live UK demonstrate strong audience loyalty
U&Drama series maintained solid numbers, while SNL UK’s second series continued to build steadily
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RatingsStrictly’s new presenting trio delivers solid launch ratings
The first episode drew 6.5 million viewers after seven days, coming within 80,000 of last year’s opener
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RatingsCelebrity Pottery Throw Down debuts to 1.1m
Launch episode of celeb version of ceramic competiton was down 500k on last civilian series opener
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RatingsLudwig holds steady at halfway
BBC1 sleuth series averages 6 million across its first three episodes of series two
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RatingsPopmaster hits series high
More4 quiz delivers its best and near-worst performances in the same week
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RatingsSNL UK returns behind series one
Saturday Night Live UK kicks off its second run with Jeff Goldblum at the helm, while Alibi’s cosy noir Bookish closes out a quieter second series
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RatingsVigil leads the pack as crime drama season launches
Arctic thriller tops the ratings with 4.4m as ITV1’s Trigger Point, U&Alibi’s Bookish and BBC1 sitcom Ann Droid all make their mark
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RatingsLong-running BBC1 drama beats ITV1 gameshow
A 40th anniversary double bill of Casualty proved too much for The Box
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RatingsC4’s new pub opens its doors to 530k
Joe Lycett’s Live From the Lycett Arms pulls in a respectable late-night crowd
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RatingsSandi Toksvig leads More4 into Ireland
Sandi’s Ireland: A Literary Journey debuts with a strikingly ABC1-heavy 82,000 on its first outing.
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RatingsBookish holds steady as Bangers & Cash repeats race ahead
U&Alibi’s cosy noir Bookish slips slightly in overnights but retains its upmarket audience