All Overnight ratings articles – Page 185
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RatingsMrs Biggs robbed by Who Do You Think You Are?
ITV1’s drama about Ronnie Biggs’ wife attracted a series high, but was robbed at 9pm by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsMan City defeat nets 6m peak
Manchester City’s defeat at the hands of Real Madrid drew more than 6m viewers to ITV1 – but came close to being tackled by the Great British Bake Off on BBC2.
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RatingsPoundland gives Dispatches four-year high
Dispatches pulled in second biggest audience on record with an investigation on cut price retail chain Poundland.
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RatingsBest Strictly launch since 2006
Strictly Come Dancing returned with its biggest launch audience since in six years – but it was still beaten by The X Factor.
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RatingsDownton Abbey returns with 8.6m
ITV1’s hit period drama Downton Abbey returned with more than 8.6m viewers – nearly double BBC1’s audience at the time.
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RatingsBBC Breakfast ratings steady after Salford move
BBC Breakfast’s high-profile move to Salford has done little to damage its audience figures – but the show failed to register any real benefit from the Olympic ratings bonanza.
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RatingsC4’s Audience tops 1m on debut
Channel 4’s quirky new format, in which 50 strangers help someone make a life-changing decision after following them around for a week, debuted with over a million viewers.
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RatingsDallas loses more than 800k
The second instalment of revived US drama Dallas took a hit, losing more than a quarter of its audience in a tightly fought 9pm slot.
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RatingsEngland v Ukraine peaks at 7.5m
England’s late equaliser against Ukraine helped ITV1 to a peak audience of nearly 7.5m viewers.
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RatingsParalympics Closing Ceremony peaks with 7.5m
The curtain fell on the 2012 Paralympics with a peak of nearly 7.5m viewers - forcing The X Factor to a new five-year low.
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RatingsX Factor sinks to five-year low
The X Factor pulled in its lowest audience in five years - while The Thick of It returned with nearly 1.2m viewers.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother final down 1m on previous
Julian Clary was crowned winner of Celebrity Big Brother in front of an audience of 2.5m – a million down on Denise Welch’s win in January.
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RatingsBest night yet for Paralympics as C4 tops 6m viewers
Jonnie Peacock’s victory in the showpiece event of the Paralympics helped Channel 4 to its biggest audience of the Games.
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RatingsDallas returns with 2.8m
Classic US drama Dallas returned to UK screens with nearly 2.8m viewers as ITV1’s new drama about train robber Ronnie Biggs underperformed.
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RatingsBake Off rises to high of 4.33m
The Great British Bake Off rose to another series high for BBC2 - as David Weir’s heroics in the Paralympics drew a peak of more than 3m to Channel 4.
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RatingsDaybreak draws 600k on relaunch
ITV breakfast show Daybreak relaunched with a boost to the audience as new hosts Aled Jones and Lorraine Kelly took to the sofa.
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RatingsCitizen Khan loses 600k viewers
BBC1’s controversial sitcom Citizen Khan lost more than half a million viewers on its debut, as ITV1’s new drama A Mother’s Son launched with 4.5m.
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RatingsParade’s End loses 30% of debut audience
BBC2 drama Parade’s End lost more than 900,000 viewers on its strong opening episode.
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RatingsOscar Pistorius defeat draws nearly 4.2m
Oscar Pistorius’ surprise defeat in the men’s 200m T44 helped Channel 4 to its biggest audience of Paralympic Games so far.
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RatingsDoctor Who hits seven-year low
Doctor Who returned with its lowest series launch audience since the sci-fi franchise was rebooted in 2005 as The X Factor continued to underperform.