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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.
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RatingsWatchdog hits new low of 3.2m
BBC1 consumer strand Watchdog returned to its lowest ratings in at least four years last night, with 3.2m (13.2%) tuning in from 8pm.
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RatingsFive volcano doc peaks with 1.9m
Five’s quick decision to schedule a doc about flying through volcanic ash delivered more than 600,000 extra viewers to the broadcaster last night.
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RatingsTraffic Cops beats The Bill
BBC1’s Traffic Cops led the way at 9pm last night with 4.2m (17.3%), ousting their fictional Sun Hill counterparts in a night that saw rival channels struggle to reach 3m in the key peaktime slot.
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RatingsBlitz Street blasts off with 1.8m
Channel 4’s new factual series Blitz Street landed with a total audience of 1.8m last night, but was eclipsed by the unstoppable rise of US high school musical drama Glee on sister channel E4.
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RatingsCountryfile trumps Survival's return
Iconic wildlife strand Survival returned to ITV1 after 14 years last night with just 2.3m (10.8%) – with BBC1 picking up almost three times as many viewers.
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RatingsGot Talent peaks with 12.2m
Britain’s Got Talent was welcomed back to ITV1’s Saturday night schedule with a peak audience of 12.2m (49%), but less than a quarter of these viewers stuck around for the end of blockbuster drama The Prisoner.
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RatingsElection debate peaks with 10.3m
The UK’s first television election debate peaked with 10.3m viewers last night (40% share) – with ITV1 holding on to an audience of more than 9m for almost all of its 90-minute running time.
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RatingsMidsomer wins again with 4.9m
ITV1 scored another midweek victory last night, with the latest Midsomer Murders investigation striding ahead of Waterloo Road to reach 4.9m (21%).
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RatingsThe Bill slumps in new slot
The Bill’s audience sunk to a new low last night, attracting just 2.8m (11.8%) in its new Tuesday home at 9pm.
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RatingsLumley takes 4.8m down the Nile
Joanna Lumley enticed 4.8m viewers (19.8%) to take a journey down the Nile on ITV1 last night, fending off competition from New Tricks, FlashForward and new shows on BBC2 and Channel 4.
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RatingsFoyle's War trumps Billie Piper drama
Billie Piper-starring 1950s drama A Passionate Woman delivered 4.7m (18.6%) viewers to BBC1 last night, but more viewers opted to stay in the 1940s with Foyle’s War on ITV1.
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RatingsGrand National delivers 57% share
The Grand National was a runaway success for BBC1 on Saturday afternoon, building to a peak of 7.6m (57.2%) as the horses got their starting orders.