All Overnight ratings articles – Page 199
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Celebrity Big Brother ratings tumble
SUNDAY: Celebrity Big Brother’s first weekend on Channel 5 drew to a close with a series low audience of under 2.2m - a 58% drop on its debut.
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The Bachelor attracts 1.3m
FRIDAY: The Bachelor, starring Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson, launched with more than 1.3m viewers as Channel 5 pulled out all the stops to attract viewers.
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X Factor returns with second highest launch
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned for its eighth series with its second biggest launch audience on record.
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JK Rowling's family history draws 6.1m
WEDNESDAY: Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? helped the show to its biggest audience in a year.
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Seven Dwarves sizes up 2.5m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s new documentary series following the lives of seven dwarf actors during the Christmas pantomime season attracted a sizeable audience.
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Concrete Circus outperformed by competition
MONDAY: Channel 4’s documentary following four of the world’s best urban sports stars was beaten by a film on Channel 5 and BBC2’s Horizon.
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Ocean Giants nets 5.5m
SUNDAY: A three-part series shedding light on the earth’s largest marine mammals launched with an audience of nearly 5.5m for BBC1.
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Premier League return scores with viewers
SATURDAY: The return of Premier League football helped Match of the Day to an audience of more than 4.3m as live games scored for Sky and ESPN.
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C4 Banksy premiere fails to draw a crowd
SATURDAY: Channel 4’s premiere of Banksy documentary, Exit through the Gift Shop, attracted a below average audience to the Saturday night slot.
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David Starkey controversy draws nearly 1m
FRIDAY: David Starkey’s controversial comments on Newsnight helped the current affairs show to a peak of nearly a million viewers.
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Question Time riots special draws 3.5m
THURSDAY: Question Time drew its second biggest audience of the year with a special debate on the breakout of riots across the UK.
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ITV1's Tonight scores year-high ratings with riots special
WEDNESDAY: A special live edition of Tonight helped the ITV1 current affairs strand to its biggest audience of the year on a night when rioting calmed across the UK.
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STV launches online deals service
STV has launched a new digital service that will offer viewers deals in their local areas.
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C4 beats ITV1 with final Undercover Boss
TUESDAY: The final instalment of Undercover Boss helped Channel 4 beat ITV1, while BBC2 drama The Hour fell to its lowest audience of the series.
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News audiences rise as riots spread
TUESDAY: News audiences continued to swell as the riots and unrest spread to cities including Manchester and Nottingham.
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Riots draw 7.1m to BBC News
MONDAY: The rioting and unrest in London and other cities around the UK helped the 10pm BBC News bulletin to its biggest audience of the year.
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ITV1 murder series draws 2.4m
FRIDAY: The launch of ITV1 factual series Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son drew a below average audience on its debut.
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Nature’s Giants spouts 1.5m
SUNDAY: A special focus on the sperm whale helped Inside Nature’s Giants spout its best ratings in more than a year, as Dragons’ Den continued to breath fire into BBC2’s schedule.
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West Ham v Cardiff peaks with 2.7m
SUNDAY: West Ham’s first clash on the road back to the Premier League scored the biggest crowd for a sporting event at the weekend.
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Bishop takes Corbett in comedy face-off
SATURDAY: John Bishop’s sideways glance at Britain for BBC1 outgunned Ronnie Corbett’s comedy tour of the country for ITV1.