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RatingsCorrie wedding unites 8.4m
Becky and Steve’s turbulent wedding on Coronation Street bought bumper ratings to ITV1 on Friday, with a peak of 8.4m viewers (44%) tuning in for the big day.
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RatingsBolt fires BBC2 to the top
BBC2 raced to the top of the ratings pile on Sunday as Usain Bolt’s world record-breaking 100m sprint at the World Athletics Championships was watched by 5m (22.3%).
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RatingsThe Bill stumbles at 9pm
ITV1’s long running cop show The Bill took a wobble last night, with just 3.4m viewers (14.9%) - its lowest since it moved to 9pm and one of its worst performances in the last three years.
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RatingsDesperate Romantics drops to 1.7m
BBC2 period drama Desperate Romantics became increasingly desperate last night, losing another 300,000 viewers on its fourth outing.
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RatingsOn Tour With the Queen waves to 1.7m
Channel 4’s new hour-long documentary series On Tour with the Queen made a solid start last night, with an audience of 1.7m (7.9%) tuning in at 9pm, but that wasn’t enough to stop it being awarded the slot’s wooden spoon.
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RatingsFootball season kicks off with 4m for BBC1
The first game of the new football season made a solid start on an otherwise lacklustre night of repeats on Saturday, with a peak of 4m tuning in to watch Newcastle draw with West Bromwich Albion.
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RatingsHotel Babylon books more visitors
Hotel Babylon had 300,000 more viewers checking in this week, with 3.4m (17.6%) tuning in to BBC1 on Friday (7 August) at 9pm.
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RatingsLouis Theroux deals with 2.7m
The return of documentary-maker Louis Theroux as he explored a city’s addiction to crystal meth delivered 2.7m viewers (11.7% share) to BBC2 at 9pm last night
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RatingsThe Bill loses nearly 1m viewers
ITV1’s reinvention of The Bill continued to lose ground last night, shedding almost a million viewers since its launch in a post-watershed slot.
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RatingsMitchell murdered by ITV1
ITV1’s Midsomer Murders attracted 5.8m (26.3%) viewers between 8pm and 10pm last night, comfortably outperforming Peep Show comedian David Mitchell’s appearance on BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsDesperate Romantics woo 2m
BBC2’s pre-Raphaelite costume drama Desperate Romantics wooed back its 2m audience last night, but was unable to temp any of the 500,000 viewers it lost last week.
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RatingsBang Goes the Theory fizzles
BBC1’s new science series Bang Goes the Theory fizzled last night while Five enjoyed bumper ratings with The Hotel Inspector later in the evening.
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RatingsViewers leave Hotel Babylon
Just 3.1m viewers checked out BBC1’s Hotel Babylon on Friday as it was comfortably beaten at 9pm by a repeat of Doc Martin on ITV1.
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RatingsMan on Wire balances 2.1m for BBC2
BBC2’s airing of Oscar-winning documentary Man On Wire was watched by 2.1m (9.5% share) viewers last night (2 August) at 9pm, following the final episode in the current series of Top Gear.
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RatingsMidsomer Murders kills off the competition
A new whodunit mystery in Midsomer Murders dominated viewing last night at 8pm as the drama arrested a sizeable 6.4m viewers (28.8% share).
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RatingsIs drama holding its own?
The Bill’s shift to a 9pm slot saw its slot average rise, but not all drama managed to pull in the viewers.
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FeaturesThin Ice heats up to hit 3.5m
BBC2’s documentary series, On Thin Ice, was on solid ground with the viewers as the finale picked upa strong average audience of 3.5 million viewers/14.9%.
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Crime pays off
Factual shows on crime dominated the two main terrestrial channels last night at 9pm with the spoils going to ITV1’s Car Crime UK with 3.8m viewers (17.5% share).
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RatingsBBC1 science series starts with a Bang
BBC1’s new Tomorrow’s World-style science show Bang Goes the Theory got off to a decent enough start at 7.30pm last night with 3.2m (16.7%).
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RatingsThe Street pulls in 4.4m
BBC1’s drama series The Street was the viewers’ favourite at 9pm with 4.4m (20.5%) but no one particularly shone in what was generally a lacklustre night all round.