All articles by Stephen Price – Page 57
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Death loses to Downton
BBC1’s repeat of Death In Paradise fails to trouble ITV’s period drama but Strictly tops the lot.
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BBC2: seasons to be cheerful
BBC2’s stripped Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two was Monday’s 2.2 million/11%.
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Spooky Juice refreshes ITV2
ITV2’s Celebrity Juice: Halloween Special achieved 1.4 million/9% at 10pm on Thursday.
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Dave finds joy in UK storage
Storage Hunters UK kicked off on Tuesday at 8pm with 1.1 million/5%, beating the US show’s record 1 million/5% on 2 July 2013.
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Apprentice does the job
BBC1’s The Apprentice returned with a double bill at 9pm on Tuesday 14 October (8.2 million/ 31%), followed by Wednesday’s 7.5 million/28%.
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CHARTS: Birth of a natural wonder
BBC1’s latest David Attenborough series Life Story reduces ITV’s The Great Fire to dying embers
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CHARTS: Comic heroes fail to conquer
On Monday, the second episode of C5’s Gotham achieved 1.4 million/5% (125,000 +1) - that’s 500,000 short of last week’s launch
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CHARTS: BBC4 finds its Super Trouper
The best of the channel’s ABBA night on Friday was Agnetha: Abba And After at 11pm with 600,000/6%
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CHARTS: Red Bull gives Dave wings
On Sunday at 6pm, Dave’s Red Bull Cliff Diving 2014 achieved 364,000/2%
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Staying in for Not Going Out
After a live rating of 3.6 million/16% on Friday 17 October, BBC1’s sitcom Not Going Out ended on 4.4 million/17%.
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CHARTS: Bake Off batters the rest
Final of BBC1 show cooks up a whopping 12 million, putting Strictly and X Factor in the shade
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CHARTS: A purr-fect run for BBC2
On Tuesday at 8pm, BBC2’s Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment began its stripped run with the best audience of the three days: 2.7 million/13%.
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CHARTS: Solid start for newbie ITV Be
The Only Way Is Ibiza achieved 674,000/3% at 9pm; episode two on Sunday at 10.15pm drew 582,000/4%.
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CHARTS: Disney doc is just the tonic
It was a good week for Disney Junior, whose best show was Sofia The First at 5.25pm on Wednesday with 279,000/2%.
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CHARTS: Doctor stable at later time
The seventh episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who achieved a live rating of 4.9 million/22%, in line with the previous week
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Ratings analysis: Answering the call of the wild
Natural history can still attract big audiences but the high cost is becoming a deterrent to broadcasters
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Strictly glides to victory
The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing went head-to-head on Friday 26 September
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CHARTS: Modern Life is good for Dave
Dave’s best, and the best non-sport UK show of the week, was Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish on Tuesday at 10pm with 388,000/3%
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CHARTS: BBC4 finds comedy gold
BBC4 comedy Detectorists launched on Thursday at 10pm to 650,000/4%, comparing well with the 2012 series of Jo Brand comedy Getting On (460,000/2.5% live average)
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CHARTS: Arresting start for C4 ob-doc
C4’s 24 Hours In Police Custody launched on Monday at 9pm for 90 minutes to 1.6 million/7% (349,000 +1)