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RatingsShow Me the Funny has the last laugh
THURSDAY: The live final of Show Me the Funny, ITV’s comedy stand-up competition, bowed out with one of its biggest audiences of the run.
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RatingsArsenal victory draws 6m peak
WEDNESDAY: ITV1 scored a peak audience of nearly 6m viewers as Arsenal scraped through to the Champions League group stage.
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RatingsPrince Harry reigns with 4.4m
TUESDAY: Prince Harry’s mission to the North Pole with four disabled Afghanistan veterans helped BBC1 claim the 9pm slot but slipped below the broadcaster’s usual figures.
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RatingsShow Me the Funny stumbles again
MONDAY: The penultimate instalment of ITV1’s Show Me the Funny dived to a new series low as Celebrity Big Brother recovered slightly.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother ratings tumble
SUNDAY: Celebrity Big Brother’s first weekend on Channel 5 drew to a close with a series low audience of under 2.2m - a 58% drop on its debut.
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RatingsThe Bachelor attracts 1.3m
FRIDAY: The Bachelor, starring Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson, launched with more than 1.3m viewers as Channel 5 pulled out all the stops to attract viewers.
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RatingsX Factor returns with second highest launch
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned for its eighth series with its second biggest launch audience on record.
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RatingsJK Rowling's family history draws 6.1m
WEDNESDAY: Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? helped the show to its biggest audience in a year.
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RatingsSeven Dwarves sizes up 2.5m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s new documentary series following the lives of seven dwarf actors during the Christmas pantomime season attracted a sizeable audience.
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RatingsConcrete Circus outperformed by competition
MONDAY: Channel 4’s documentary following four of the world’s best urban sports stars was beaten by a film on Channel 5 and BBC2’s Horizon.
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RatingsOcean Giants nets 5.5m
SUNDAY: A three-part series shedding light on the earth’s largest marine mammals launched with an audience of nearly 5.5m for BBC1.
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RatingsPremier League return scores with viewers
SATURDAY: The return of Premier League football helped Match of the Day to an audience of more than 4.3m as live games scored for Sky and ESPN.
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RatingsC4 Banksy premiere fails to draw a crowd
SATURDAY: Channel 4’s premiere of Banksy documentary, Exit through the Gift Shop, attracted a below average audience to the Saturday night slot.
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RatingsDavid Starkey controversy draws nearly 1m
FRIDAY: David Starkey’s controversial comments on Newsnight helped the current affairs show to a peak of nearly a million viewers.
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RatingsQuestion Time riots special draws 3.5m
THURSDAY: Question Time drew its second biggest audience of the year with a special debate on the breakout of riots across the UK.
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RatingsITV1's Tonight scores year-high ratings with riots special
WEDNESDAY: A special live edition of Tonight helped the ITV1 current affairs strand to its biggest audience of the year on a night when rioting calmed across the UK.
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RatingsSTV launches online deals service
STV has launched a new digital service that will offer viewers deals in their local areas.
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RatingsC4 beats ITV1 with final Undercover Boss
TUESDAY: The final instalment of Undercover Boss helped Channel 4 beat ITV1, while BBC2 drama The Hour fell to its lowest audience of the series.
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RatingsNews audiences rise as riots spread
TUESDAY: News audiences continued to swell as the riots and unrest spread to cities including Manchester and Nottingham.
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RatingsRiots draw 7.1m to BBC News
MONDAY: The rioting and unrest in London and other cities around the UK helped the 10pm BBC News bulletin to its biggest audience of the year.