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RatingsDownton Abbey remains imperious
Downton Abbey continued its sterling form on Sunday, adding more than 100k viewers to last week’s record-breaking series debut.
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RatingsS.H.I.E.L.D scores over 3m
Channel 4’s superhero drama Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D set off with an audience of more than 3m on Friday - as the final episode of The IT Crowd drew 1.5m.
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RatingsStrictly outsteps The X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with 1.3m more viewers than The X Factor on Saturday - as Atlantis failed to match the launch of Merlin.
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RatingsTrevor McDonald prison doc locks up 4m
Trevor McDonald’s trip to the Rockville Correctional Facility for ITV locked up an audience of almost 4m on Thursday – around 1m less than his previous Death Row doc.
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RatingsPat & Cabbage outsmarted by BBC2's dogs
The Wonder of Dogs bounded into action for BBC2 on Thursday, as its 2.7m viewers fended off competition from ITV comedy Pat & Cabbage.
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RatingsGogglebox audience doubles for C4
Gogglebox returned for a second run for Channel 4 on Wednesday with an audience almost twice the size of the series one opener.
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RatingsDoc Martin treats over 7.5m
Doc Martin recovered from last week’s series low with 7.6m on Monday, as Channel 4’s Fried Chicken Shop continued to serve up a solid audience.
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RatingsAttenborough’s Rise of Animals draws 2.1m
David Attenborough’s new BBC2 two-parter Rise of the Animals was unable to rouse a big enough audience to beat Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday.
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RatingsThe X Factor's final auditions draw 8.8m
The final closed-doors audition round of The X Factor was watched by the show’s second lowest audience of the series on Saturday.
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RatingsDownton Abbey smashes series launch record
Downton Abbey returned for a fourth series with 9.5m viewers on Sunday – the Julian Fellowes drama’s best overnight series launch to date.
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RatingsFather Figure opens with 1.4m
Jason Byrne comedy Father Figure failed to make a big impression on Wednesday night for BBC1 – as Whitechapel stooped to a new low.
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RatingsBake Off blasts Champions League competition
The Great British Bake Off continued its imperious form on Tuesday night - topping ITV’s first major Champions League match of the season.
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RatingsFried Chicken Shop fails to deliver
The Fried Chicken Shop rustled up an audience of 1.4m on Monday – some 30% down on the documentary’s Cutting Edge debut in February.
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RatingsSurprise Surprise back with a bang
Surprise Surprise pulled in a record high audience for ITV on Sunday – as the finale of Vera murdered BBC1’s What Remains.
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RatingsCBB final falls to C5 low
Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby won Celebrity Big Brother in front of the show’s lowest finale audience ever for Channel 5 on Friday.
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RatingsStepping Out outpoints I Love My Country
ITV’s dancing contest Stepping Out just edged out a series high performance from I Love My Country on Saturday - as The X Factor recovered from last week’s series low.
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RatingsEducating Yorkshire cuts down Peaky Blinders
Educating Yorkshire registered the biggest audience in the Thursday 9pm slot – beating the opening of BBC2’s gangster drama Peaking Blinders.
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RatingsThe Wipers Times enlists 2m
Ian Hislop’s World War I drama The Wipers Times and the launch of Harvest 2013 provided rich pickings for BBC2 on Wednesday night.
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RatingsTop Boy pushes 1m to C4
The second series of Top Boy bowed out with its lowest ever performance on Tuesday - as England’s World Cup qualifying game against Ukraine peaked with more than 8m.
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RatingsC4's Blackout lights up 1.8m homes
Blackout, Channel 4’s high-concept drama about a nationwide power cut, plugged in an audience of 1.8m on Monday night.