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RatingsThe Thick of It sticks with 1.3m
The Thick of It made its return to BBC2 on Saturday night, with the premiere of series three drawing 1.3m (6.4%) against a tough line up of Match of the Day and Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
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RatingsStrictly's early start draws 8.4m
Moving Strictly Come Dancing to an earlier time slot paid off for BBC bosses on Saturday night, with the show pulling its highest average viewing audience of the series so far.
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RatingsMasterchef finale whips up 4.7m
Masterchef: The Professionals cooked up an impressive peak audience of 4.7m (19.5%) last night, as Steve Groves was crowned champion for 2009.
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RatingsITV1 scores 5.4m with Chelsea win
ITV scored a peak of 5.4m as Chelsea outgunned Atletico Madrid last night, but it wasn’t quite enough to topple the BBC.
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RatingsRobbie Williams electrifies BBC2
Robbie Williams comeback at the Electric Proms pulled in a strong audience for a difficult slot for BBC2 last night, with a peak of nearly 10% of the viewing audience at midnight.
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RatingsITV1's Murderland kills BBC1's Life
BBC1’s David Attenborough series Life was dead in the water last night as ITV1’s Robbie Coltrane drama Murderland debuted with 6.3m (25.9%) at 9pm.
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RatingsArmstrong and Miller return with 4.2m
The Armstrong & Miller Show made a triumphant return to BBC1 on Friday night, with 4.2m (18.2%) tuning in for the latest series.
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RatingsCasualty slips with Sunday move
Shifting Casualty to Sunday night against The X Factor did not sit well for viewers last night, with just 4.4m (15.6%) tuning in to BBC1, but BBC2’s Last Chance to See fared better, ending its six-week run with a respectable 3m (10.4%).
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RatingsX Factor hits record 14.8m high
A record 14.8m viewers tuned in to last night’s episode of The X Factor - smashing the peak audience from last year’s finale and sealing a huge ratings weekend for Simon Cowell’s juggernaut.
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RatingsBBC1's New Tricks trounces ITV1's Bill
BBC1’s regular trick of deploying ratings bomb New Tricks against The Bill once again unsettled the ITV1 cop drama last night.
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RatingsEngland win scores 8.3m for ITV1
England’s 3-0 victory over Belarus helped ITV1 clean up in the ratings, with a peak audience of 8.3m (36%) as it entered its climax.
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RatingsC4 feels The Force as ITV1 struggles
Channel 4’s feature length, ‘real life CSI’ doc The Force was a surprise hit last night, as ITV1’s Joan Collins makeover show floundered.
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RatingsViewers choose Life over murder
Sir David Attenborough made a triumphant return to TV last night, with his latest BBC1 wildlife series Life enchanting 6.5m (26.4%) at 9pm.
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RatingsBenidorm outshines Criminal Justice finale
Criminal Justice ended its week-long run with a solid 4.4m (18.8% share) tuning in to BBC1 at 9pm on Friday night, but was no match for ITV1’s Benidorm.
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RatingsCriminal Justice dips a further 200,000
Criminal Justice lost another 200,000 viewers last night, but its average of 4.2m (18.4%) was still more than enough for BBC1 to snatch the 9pm crown from long-running ITV1 drama The Bill.
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RatingsCriminal Justice picks up speed
The second episode of BBC1’s stripped five-part Criminal Justice comfortably outperformed ITV1’s The Fixer with 4.7m viewers (19.9%) last night.
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RatingsBBC1 lost in Austen as Doc Martin triumphs
BBC1’s latest adaptation of classic novel Emma struggled to reach much more than half as many viewers as ITV1’s Doc Martin, with 4.4m (17%) tuning in to see Romola Garai take on Austen’s heroine at 9pm.
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RatingsBenidorm back with 6m
Benidorm was back with a bang for ITV1 on Friday night with more than 6m tuning in for the launch of the latest season.
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RatingsKylie helps X Factor fend off Strictly
Kylie Minogue’s special appearance on the X Factor helped ITV1 see off Strictly Come Dancing for the third week in a row on Saturday, with the show peaking with an audience of 12m.
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RatingsBill boosted by New Tricks no-show
ITV1 won the Thursday night 9pm battle for the first time since moving The Bill to a post-watershed slot last night, with 4.2m tuning in.