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RatingsPoldark makes strong start
SUNDAY: Poldark got underway with almost 7m viewers to become BBC1’s best performing Sunday drama launch since The Muskeeters.
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RatingsFirst Dates pulls best ever audience
FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening as First Dates pulled in its best ever audience and Gogglebox continued to dominate the 9pm slot.
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RatingsBanished locks up slot with 3.4m
THURSDAY: BBC2 period drama Banished won the 9pm slot but just fell short of Wolf Hall’s debut audience in January.
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RatingsDCI Banks returns with 4m
WEDNESDAY: DCI Banks kicked off a new series 2m short of its previous opener, while BBC1’s Comic Relief Bake Off series bowed out with a peak of 7.2m.
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RatingsDrugs Live pipes up with 1.4m
TUESDAY: Jon Snow and Jennie Bond’s drug-taking exploits lit up Channel 4, while ITV’s Bargain Fever Britain opened up slowly.
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RatingsArthur & George pulls in 5.5m
MONDAY: ITV period drama Arthur & George comfortably won the 9pm slot while Channel 4’s NHS documentary series failed to hit the 1m mark for a second week.
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RatingsCasual Vacancy bows out with 5.3m
SUNDAY: The Casual Vacancy and The Auction House bowed out with series lows as Indian Summers dipped below 2m viewers.
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RatingsThe Voice recovers from series low
SATURDAY: The Voice picked up from last week’s series low while ITV’s first live boxing match in five years drew a peak of 1.9m.
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RatingsBear Grylls builds audience for ITV
FRIDAY: Bear Grylls: Mission Survive grew its audience for ITV, but could still not hold off competition from Gogglebox.
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RatingsDeath in Paradise ends with 6.8m
THURSDAY: Death in Paradise concluded its fourth run slightly down on its series average, while ITV2’s Keith Lemon Sketch Show fell to a series low.
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RatingsMadonna tumble boosts The Brits
WEDNESDAY: Madonna helped The Brit Awards to recover from last year’s stumble but the annual event was unable to beat The Great Comic Relief Bake Off.
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RatingsImmigration Street brings in 1.4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s controversial documentary Immigration Street failed to make the same waves as its Benefits Street predecessor – pulling in 1.4m viewers.
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RatingsBroadchurch concludes on a high
MONDAY: Broadchurch bowed out on a high although the second run gripped an average audience almost 1m down on the first series.
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RatingsAnt & Dec take a bite out of The Voice
SATURDAY: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway returned to take a chunk out of The Voice but was unable to outperform the BBC1 format.
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RatingsThe Casual Vacancy and Indian Summers lose viewers
SUNDAY: BBC1’s The Casual Vacancy and Channel 4’s Indian Summers shipped viewers as last week’s highs failed to be repeated.
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RatingsGogglebox beats Bear Grylls to win slot
FRIDAY: Gogglebox returned for a fifth series with its largest audience to date, beating ITV’s new Bear Grylls celebrity format to win the slot.
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RatingsEastEnders peaks with 12m
THURSDAY: EastEnders recorded its biggest audience in four years as a peak of almost 12m viewers tuned in to discover who killed Lucy Beale.
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RatingsComic Relief Bake Off rises to 7m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off added 500,000 viewers to soar to 7m on BBC1.
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RatingsEastEnders hits four-year high with live episode
TUESDAY: The first live episode of EastEnders was a massive hit enthralling over 9m viewers to pull in the soap’s biggest audience in four years.
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RatingsUkip docu-drama elects 1m
MONDAY: C4’s Ukip: The First 100 Days mustered just over 1m viewers, while Manchester United’s win over Preston North End peaked with almost 7m on BBC1.