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RatingsBig band week lifts X Factor
Big band week helped lift The X Factor to its best live Saturday performance of the year.
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RatingsCitizen Khan fails to build on first series
BBC1 sitcom Citizen Khan bowed out on Friday with a series average only marginally above its first run, despite being promoted to a primetime Friday night slot.
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RatingsDownton Abbey bows out with series high
The curtain fell on the fourth run of Downton Abbey in front of a series high audience on Sunday – as Yonderland made a strong start for Sky 1.
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RatingsTruckers bows out with 2.4m
Truckers bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series on Thursday – but it was still beaten by the underperforming Breathless on ITV.
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RatingsPanorama fraud doc wins 9pm slot as Poirot slips
Poirot slipped to its lowest outing of the series on Wednesday, losing out to BBC1 for the first time since its return.
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RatingsNearly 1m evacuate The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist plunged by almost 1m viewers on Tuesday to perform in line with ITV’s Champions League coverage of Manchester United.
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RatingsFresh Meat back with 1m as The Choir hits high
The return of Gareth Malone’s The Choir hit new heights for BBC2 on Monday, while C4 sitcom Fresh Meat was unable to outscore its series two opener.
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RatingsHighs for Strictly and Downton
Strictly Come Dancing’s results show peaked with almost 11m for BBC1 on Sunday as Downton Abbey put in a series high performance of almost 10m.
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RatingsOff the Beaten Track locates 3m for ITV
Christine Bleakley set off on her ITV travelogue Off The Beaten Track with just over 3m on Friday, as C4 sitcom Man Down slipped below 1m.
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RatingsStrictly hits high note as X Factor falters
The X Factor dipped to a series low on Saturday night for ITV as BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing twirled to its best performance of 2013.
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RatingsBig Bang Theory explodes with 1.7m
E4’s The Big Bang Theory exploded with 1.7m viewers on Thursday, as Sky Living’s Dracula also took a sizeable chunk of viewers - in a strong night for the multichannels.
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RatingsThe Tunnel sinks to low
The Tunnel sunk to a series low for Sky Atlantic on Wednesday – as James Blake picked up this year’s Mercury Prize in front of an audience of 1.4m on Channel 4.
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RatingsMixed verdict for The Escape Artist
David Tennant drama The Escape Artist conjured up 5m viewers for BBC1 on Tuesday – putting it more than 3m viewers ahead of its rivals in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsRipper Street returns 1m down
Ripper Street returned to BBC1 on Monday with an audience of around 1m viewers fewer than the series one debut.
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RatingsStrictly waltzes off with Sunday honours
Strictly Come Dancing danced off with its best Sunday night performance of the year, as a racy Lady Gaga performance was unable to lift The X Factor to a notable high.
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RatingsMan Down drops to 1.2m
Greg Davies comedy Man Down slipped by around 300,000 viewers for its second outing on Friday.
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RatingsAtlantis sinks to series low
BBC1 fantasy drama Atlantis dropped to a series low – while Strictly Come Dancing continued to outperform The X Factor on Saturday.
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RatingsBreathless slumps to new low
ITV period drama Breathless lost another 600,000 viewers on Thursday – as Educating Yorkshire bowed out with 3m.
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RatingsPoirot finale begins with 4.8m
The first of four final episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot made a steady start, easily winning the 9pm slot on Wednesday.
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RatingsBake Off saves best for last for BBC2 with 9m peak
The Great British Bake Off became BBC2’s biggest show in modern ratings history on its final outing for the channel on Tuesday.