All Overnight ratings articles – Page 228
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RatingsDowning St drama draws 10m to BBC1
BBC1’s live coverage of the handover at number 10 was watched by a peak of almost 10m last night as the channel dropped EastEnders and Holby City to follow events as they unfolded.
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RatingsMore than 9m mourn Corrie's Blanche
The funeral of one of Coronation Street’s best loved characters delivered more than 9m viewers to ITV1 last night.
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RatingsMoyles' Radio 1 doc stutters
Chris Moyles proved he should stick to radio after his documentary on Radio 1 DJ’s performed poorly for BBC2 last night.
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RatingsHIGNFY election show amuses 4.7m
An election special of Have I Got News For You pulled in 4.7m (20.2% share) on Friday night.
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RatingsGot Talent spin-off beats Prisoner... again
Britain’s Got Talent continued to dominate the Saturday night schedule, with ITV2 sister show Britain’s Got More Talent winning a bigger audience than ITV1’s The Prisoner for the second week in a row.
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RatingsC4 beats ITV on election night
Channel 4’s sideways glance at election night proved a winning formula, with early figures suggesting it beat ITV1’s coverage of polling last night.
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RatingsOddie fails to take flight for BBC2
BBC2’s new Bill Oddie series failed to make much of an impact last night, but the channel performed better than usual opposite the election coverage from 10pm.
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RatingsElection coverage draws 6.7m
As the UK woke up this morning to a hung Parliament, early figures indicate that around 6.7m viewers followed last night’s election coverage - with BBC1 winning the biggest audience.
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RatingsMidsomer's ghostly tale spooks the opposition
Spooky goings-on in Midsomer Murders lured 5.4m (23%) to ITV1 last night, once again helping the dependable Tom Barnaby to arrest the opposition.
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RatingsLuther debut arrests 5.76m
BBC1’s gritty new drama Luther, starring The Wire’s Idris Elba, captured more than 5.7m viewers last night.
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RatingsSnooker final peaks at 3.6m
The final of the World Snooker championships netted a peak audience of 3.6m on BBC2 last night.
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RatingsLewis returns with 7m
The new series of Lewis delivered more than 7m viewers to ITV1 on Sunday night.
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RatingsITV2 beats ITV1 with Got Talent
Britain’s Got Talent continued to steamroll the opposition on Saturday night, with an ITV2 spin-off of the talent show even beating The Prisoner on ITV1.
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RatingsChiles bows out with 5m
Adrian Chiles’ final edition of The One Show drew more than 5m viewers to BBC1 on Friday night – its highest ratings of the month.
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RatingsBBC election debate pulls 8.4m
The final leaders’ debate was watched by 8.4m (32.4%) across BBC1, BBC News, BBC HD and Sky News last night.
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RatingsRegional debates draw over 1m
More than a million viewers across the country tuned in to the BBC1’s regional election debates last night.
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RatingsIron Chef cooks up 1m
New Channel 4 cookery series Iron Chef UK served up more than million viewers on its debut yesterday evening.
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RatingsFive Daughters delivers 5.2m
BBC1’s real-life drama about the murder of five women in Ipswich was watched by 5.2m (20%) at 9pm on Sunday night.
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RatingsBGT wins 48% share
Britain’s Got Talent peaked with 11.6m on Saturday night, a 48% share of viewers, as it entered its second week.
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RatingsAnimated Gervais draws fewer viewers
The new animated series based on the Ricky Gervais podcasts struggled on its Channel 4 debut on Friday night, down more than 800,000 on the slot average.