All Ratings articles – Page 336
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RatingsHard labour benefits ITV
It’s like working in the tropics: blinds on the windows, electric fan wafting warm-ish air from side to side and causing occasional trouser-fluttering surprise when I’d forgotten about it.
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RatingsTennis nets BBC top slot
Wimbledon smashes the opposition, while New Tricks can’t compete with ITV’s Long Lost Family.
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RatingsSkins takes a bow for E4
Without a doubt, the scariest villain of all time is the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. BBC4 visited the location for his nefarious ne’er-do-well’s crimes this week and I hid behind a cushion. Elsewhere, Skins returned for a final fling and the top of the table revealed a ...
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RatingsC4 brings the Boss back
American Independence Day fell on Wednesday and Channel 4 liberated a new show from the schedule, replacing it with a repeat with some improvement. Elsewhere, we gained a fresh perspective on Britain’s war in Burma, while Rick Stein made me crave a curry.
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RatingsC4's Murder Trial attracts 1.89m
Channel 4’s one-off doc The Murder Trial proved compelling viewing performing well for Channel 4 on Tuesday, while Luther continued to drop and Robson Green failed to inspire.
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RatingsAndy Murray doc puts dent in Long Lost Family
A repeat of BBC1’s Andy Murray documentary put a dent in Long Lost Family on Monday – as BBC2 comedy Count Arthur Strong made a spluttering start.
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RatingsThe White Queen continues with 4m
BBC1’s The White Queen sunk to a new low up against the fourth repeat of film Mamma Mia in two years on Sunday.
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RatingsWimbledon semi-finals dominate Friday night
The two men’s semi-finals - including Andy Murray’s defeat of Jerzy Janowicz - dominated the ratings on Friday night, peaking with 13.2m viewers.
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RatingsAndy Murray's Wimbledon triumph nets 17.3m
Andy Murray’s historic Wimbledon triumph served up a peak audience of nearly 17.3m for BBC1 – nearly equalling the tournament’s biggest audience of all time.
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RatingsYour Face Sounds Familiar falls flat
Your Face Sounds Familiar lost nearly 19% of its audience and was dethroned as the highest-rating show on Saturday.
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RatingsSupermarket Secrets uncovers winning audience
BBC1 landed 9pm’s biggest audience audience on Thursday night as MasterChef judge Greg Wallace uncovered the supermarkets’ secrets.
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RatingsBBC in tune with Glasto
The subject of Channel 5’s Extraordinary People doc this week was Help! I’m 16 But I Look 60.
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RatingsBBC has the balls to win
Tennis triumphs for BBC1, while C4’s The Man With The 10-Stone Testicles attracts an eye-watering 3.1m.
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RatingsCracking show for egg doc
After declaring himself the egg man, John Lennon sang ‘goo goo g’joob’ – the noise the eggs made when, as a nipper, I spilled the contents of our weekly shopping trolley into the road.
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RatingsPick TV breaks for the Border
What was once Sky 3 is now Pick TV, and the Canadian border that you imagine might have a mounted Captain Kirk on the final frontier has delivered nicely.
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RatingsFamily affair boosts ITV
Does the god of news have a woe-ometer and is it cranked up to 10? Everything seems full of woe, and now it seems the lights may go out because the donkey peddling the power stations is running out of hay.
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RatingsMurray fight back nets 10.4m peak
Andy Murray’s epic Wimbledon quarter-final fight back against Fernando Verdasco peaked with 10.41m viewers on Wednesday – as The Apprentice enjoyed a strong night.
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RatingsLuther back with 5m
BBC1’s detective brand Luther returned on Tuesday with its lowest series debut audience to date.
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RatingsViewers resign from Undercover Boss
C4’s Undercover Boss suffered against Long Lost Family on Monday – posting its lowest series debut audience on record.
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RatingsWild Shepherdess adds Friday night viewers
The second episode of Kate Humble’s Wild Shepherdess was one of the few positive performers on Friday night as Britain’s Secret Homes and Big Brother lost viewers.