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RatingsBikers break records as footie scores
The Hairy Bikers cooked up a record-breaking peak of 4.5m for BBC2 last night, despite football on BBC1 drawing viewers away with Manchester United and City’s showdown at Eastlands.
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RatingsRamsay's latest Escape serves 2.6m
The opening instalment of Gordon Ramsay’s special on Indian cuisine was more a ratings korma than a vindaloo for C4 last night drawing a total of 2.6m viewers.
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RatingsDancing on Ice bows to Countryfile
Countryfile managed to dint the ratings crown of ITV1’s juggernaut Dancing on Ice last night (17 January), with its episode on grey seals and war tunnels beating the first 15-minutes of the celebrity skating competition into second place.
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RatingsBBC1 Dances with 5.6m
Ratings for BBC1 series So You Think You Think You Can Dance stood still on Saturday, clinging on 5.6m viewers – a share of 23.9%.
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RatingsPopstar to Operastar opens with 4m
ITV1’s new celebrity singing contest Popstar to Operastar debuted with 4m (15.4%) on Friday night, losing out to BBC1’s Silent Witness, while Jonathan Ross returned to his BBC1 chatshow for the first time since announcing plans to quit the corporation.
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RatingsBBC1 unveils fashion drama Material Girl
New fashionista drama Material Girl sashayed onto BBC1 last night at 8pm, where it was trounced by a double bill of ITV1 soaps.
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RatingsRecord 7.4m audience for One Show
A “snow special” helped The One Show to its highest ever audience last night, peaking with 7.4m (30.7% share) at 7.30pm.
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RatingsC4 wins 4.6m with Slumdog
The TV premiere of Slumdog Millionaire brought a massive 4.6m viewers to Channel 4 last night, winning the slot for the broadcaster in its climactic 45 minutes.
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RatingsSurvivors lives on with 4.5m
BBC1 sci-fi drama Survivors returned with 4.5m viewers (17.5%) at 9pm last night, more than 1m down on the average audience for series one.
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RatingsBBC beats ITV in drama battle
Law & Order: UK returned to ITV1 with 5.7m (21%) last night, but it wasn’t quite enough to topple Hustle, which delivered 5.9m (21.9%) to BBC1 at 9pm
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RatingsBeing Human helps BBC3 beat Five
BBC3 inched ahead of Five last night as supernatural drama Being Human returned with an audience of 1.4m (5.9%).
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RatingsHeroes loses pulling power
Heroes’ move to Saturday nights failed to take off with just 1.4m (6.9%) turning to BBC2 at 10.15pm.
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RatingsOne in eight choose 8 Out of 10 Cats
Channel 4 panel show 8 out of 10 Cats enjoyed its best ratings in more than two years on Friday night, with almost 3.5m tuning in.
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RatingsSilent Witness grips 7.3m
Silent Witness stormed back onto BBC1 last night with 7.3m viewers (26.7%), its best ratings in almost four years.
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RatingsViewers flock to BBC2's birds and dogs
BBC2 benefited from the big freeze last night, with above-average audiences for a factual double-whammy of Natural World and Horizon.
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RatingsNews ratings soar past 9m as snow falls
Heavy snow throughout the UK led to a bumper night for BBC News as more than 9m tuned in to regional reports about the weather.
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RatingsHairy Bikers hit new heights
The Hairy Bikers cooked up their biggest ever audience last night, with 3.3m (12%) tuning in to BBC2 at 8pm to watch Mums Know Best.
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RatingsAbove Suspicion outfoxes Hustle
ITV1 won the 9pm drama battle last night, with the return of Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion drawing 6.7m (25.6%).
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RatingsSky 1 gets more than a million dancing
Talent contest Got to Dance delivered more than a million viewers to Sky 1 from 7pm last night – more than twice the slot average.
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RatingsDoctor Who and Gavin & Stacey end on a high
David Tennant’s final turn in Doctor Who and the last episode of Gavin & Stacey delivered big audiences to BBC1 on New Year’s Day.