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RatingsX Factor returns on six-year low
The X Factor returned with its lowest launch audience in six years as ITV1’s other entertainment centrepiece, Red or Black?, was whipped by an Indiana Jones repeat.
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RatingsParalympics drama beaten by Peter Kay
A BBC2 drama about the birth of the Paralympics was beaten by a comedy stand-up show by Peter Kay on Channel 4 – but did edge ahead of BBC1 and ITV1.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother returns with 2.61m
Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 with its lowest launch audience to date, as ITV1’s England football friendly was beaten by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsAccused returns with 5.3m
Sean Bean’s turn as a transvestite helped Jimmy McGovern’s Accused to its biggest audience on record, as The Great British Bake Off returned to BBC2 on a high.
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RatingsSharon's EastEnders return draws 8.3m peak
BBC1’s special week of EastEnders episodes helped it outmuscle ITV1’s Ruth Rendell drama, as the Big Brother final peaked with 1.76m viewers.
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RatingsBahamas surprise relay win tops BBC1 audience
The men’s 4 x 400m relay final attracted BBC1’s biggest audience of the day with close to 10 million watching.
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RatingsLondon 2012 Olympics closes with 26.3m peak
The curtain fell on the London 2012 Olympics in extravagant style with a high of 26.3m viewers – only 700k short of the opening ceremony.
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RatingsUsain Bolt's 200 metre gold draws 15.4m
Usain Bolt’s 200 metre victory celebrations drew a high of nearly 15.4m viewers to BBC1 – one of the biggest audience of the Olympics.
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RatingsMo Farah's second gold scores 11.3m
A peak of nearly 11.3m viewers saw Mo Farah celebrate his second gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics.
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RatingsUsain bolts over 11 million viewers
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt delivered the highest audience on day 12 of the London 2012 Olympics.
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RatingsHoy wins sixth gold with 9m
Sir Chris Hoy became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian in front of a crowd of more than 9m.
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RatingsJason Kenny gold draws 4.5m
Jason Kenny’s gold rush in the men’s sprint cycling drew nearly 4.5m viewers, as Dai Greene’s failed medal bid scored the biggest Olympic audience of the day.
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RatingsPendleton secures gold with 9.4m
Victoria Pendleton’s gold medal-winning performance in the Women’s Keirin cycling race peaked with more than 9 million viewers – while the climax of the women’s 10,000m drew an audience of nearly 12 million.
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RatingsMo Farah races to gold with 17.1m viewers
Mo Farah’s heroics in the 10,000 metres helped BBC1 to one of its biggest ratings of the Olympics on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’.
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RatingsUsain Bolt tops 20m with Olympic gold win
Usain Bolt retained his 100m Olympic title in front of a peak of more than 20 million viewers – the biggest audience of the London 2012 Games to date.
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Bradley Wiggins wins gold with 6.8m viewers
Team GB claimed its first gold medals of the London 2012 Olympics with female rowers and cyclist Bradley Wiggins pulling strong daytime ratings for BBC1.
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History-making Phelps draws 10.2m
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history in front of nearly 10.2m - the second biggest audience of London 2012.
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Adlington makes a splash with 10.7m
Team GB’s first medals in the pool and cycling helped BBC1 to the highest ratings of the Olympics so far.
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RatingsTeam GB football scores 6.5m peak
The first Olympic football match in 52 years to feature men from Great Britain was beaten by ITV1 soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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RatingsBert and Dickie wins gold with 3.17m
BBC1’s Olympic drama Bert and Dickie just shaded the finale of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera talent show Superstar.