All Overnight ratings articles – Page 217
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RatingsMarple beats Donovan
Jason Donovan’s trawl through his family history and the latest Miss Marple mystery put BBC1 and ITV1 neck-and-neck last night, securing audiences of around 5m to each channel.
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RatingsX Factor draws 10m
Revelations of auto-tuning and duty of care for X Factor participants did nothing to deter the loyal audience of the Saturday night ITV talent show.
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RatingsSummer Wine ends on 5.4m
The Last of the Summer Wine ended 37 years on BBC1 on Sunday night with 5.4 million viewers.
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RatingsGreat British Waste Menu cooks up 5m
BBC1’s Great British Waste Menu disposed of the competition last night, beating ITV1’s coverage of Tottenham Hotspur’s triumphant march into the Champions League proper.
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RatingsBig Brother final draws 4m
The final episode of the regular Big Brother format fell short of former glories last night, with an average audience of 4m – but had the lion’s share of viewers from 9pm.
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RatingsWhen Cousins Marry draws 1.6m
A Dispatches documentary exposing the consequences of first cousin marriages in the UK drew a total audience of more than 1.6m to Channel 4 last night.
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RatingsCelebrity Masterchef ends with 5.8m
Celebrity Masterchef got its just desserts on Friday, with the final serving up its second highest audience of the series.
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RatingsSecret Britain gallops ahead of Clunes
ITV1 lacked the horsepower to derail BBC1 in last night’s 9pm battle, with Secret Britain holding on to 5.3m viewers (21.5%).
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RatingsX Factor breaks record with 11m
Ratings juggernaut The X Factor launched its seventh series on Saturday evening with a record breaking audience of more than 11m viewers.
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RatingsCelebrity Masterchef whips up 6m
ITV1’s last-minute scheduling of Liverpool’s low-key tie against Turkey’s Trabzonspor helped Celebrity Masterchef to pull in its biggest ever audience of 6.2m last night.
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RatingsThe Normans conquer 2.5m
The final instalment of BBC2’s The Normans triumphed last night, conquering Channel 4’s Cutting Edge documentary on killer Raoul Moat.
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RatingsThe Deep sinks another 840,000
Ratings for BBC1 drama The Deep have plunged by more than a million viewers since launch while comedy panel show Shooting Stars came close to ending on a high last night.
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RatingsManford and Jones boost One Show ratings
Jason Manford and Alex Jones’ debut as hosts of The One Show attracted its highest audience since the departure of Christine Bleakley in June.
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RatingsMotD returns with 4.5m
The return of Match of The Day scored BBC1 a peak audience of nearly 4.5m viewers on Saturday night.
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RatingsVexed debuts with 2.26m
BBC2’s new comedy drama Vexed started strongly last night and came close to beating ITV1’s tribute to the late Jeremy Beadle.
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RatingsPete v Roger – Pete wins
BBC2’s Friday night comedy Roger and Val Have Just Got In lost nearly half a million viewers, opening the way for rival sitcom Pete Versus Life to clinch victory.
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RatingsMistresses loses followers
BBC1 drama Mistresses lost nearly a quarter of a million viewers last night, as Undercover Boss and The Hotel Inspector battled to a score draw.
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RatingsEngland win draws 8m peak
England’s first game since their disastrous World Cup campaign drew a peak audience of nearly 8m to ITV last night, as BBC2’s The Normans recorded another strong performance.
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RatingsThe Deep sinks 500,000
The Deep’s audience plunged by nearly half a million viewers last night, as a shocking BBC1 doc about Swedish sisters who ran into motorway traffic delivered strong ratings later in the evening.
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RatingsGrandma’s House opens doors to 1.5m
New BBC2 comedy Grandma’s House let in more than 1.5m viewers last night – as ITV lost its Identity with the lowest figures for the final instalment of the drama.