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RatingsGot Talent records series high
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent recorded its biggest audience of the current series but was still more than 500,000 viewers down on last year.
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RatingsShadow Line debuts with 3m
THURSDAY: Hugo Blick’s new crime thriller The Shadow Line made an impressive start for BBC2, gripping more than 3m viewers.
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RatingsManchester United victory nets 8m peak
WEDNESDAY: ITV scored nearly 8m viewers as Manchester United put Schalke 04 to the sword in the Champions League semi final.
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RatingsExile bows out with 4.26m
TUESDAY: The final Exile won the primetime slot for the first time in its three-part run, just edging out competition from the last instalment of Case Sensitive.
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RatingsCase Sensitive debuts with 5.13m
MONDAY: ITV’s new detective double header Case Sensitive put BBC1’s Exile in the shade, as the World Snooker Championship peaked with more than 6.4m.
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RatingsDoctor Who loses more than 1m
SATURDAY: Doctor Who lost more than a million viewers following its worst launch since the franchise was rebooted.
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RatingsVera murders Exile
SUNDAY: ITV’s latest detective drama Vera out-sleuthed BBC1’s star studded psychological thriller Exile.
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RatingsRoyal wedding ties knot with 26m
FRIDAY: One of the biggest audiences in UK television history watched Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows during the royal wedding.
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RatingsMasterChef bows out with record ratings
WEDNESDAY: The MasterChef final served up a record performance, but was still edged out by ITV’s Champions League coverage of Real Madrid v Barcelona.
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RatingsRoyal doc falters on Secret Millionaire return
TUESDAY: A far from regal performance for an ITV documentary on Prince William and Kate Middleton helped a new series of The Secret Millionaire profit.
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RatingsMillion Pound Drop appeal falters
FRIDAY: Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop Live returned to its lowest ever audience for the start of its longest run to date.
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RatingsLong Lost Family finds 4.5m
THURSDAY: A new series reuniting fractured families found a below par audience of just over 4.5m on ITV1.
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RatingsSuspicions of Mr Whicher arrests 6m
MONDAY: Period murder mystery The Suspicions of Mr Whicher arrested nearly 6m viewers for ITV, locking out competition from Derren Brown and MasterChef.
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RatingsBBC2 unites 2.9m for Busby Babes drama
SUNDAY: BBC2’s drama based on the story of the Manchester United “Busby Babes” and the tragic air crash united 2.89 million viewers (12.8% share) from 9pm to 10.35pm.
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RatingsDoctor Who returns with 6.5m
SATURDAY: Doctor Who returned with its lowest overnight launch audience since the series was resurrected in 2005, as Britain’s Got Talent also lost viewers.
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RatingsThe Crimson Petal and the White continues decline
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s critically acclaimed period drama, The Crimson Petal and the White, continued to shed viewers with only half its debut audience tuning in for the penultimate episode.
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RatingsCandy Cabs and Reckoning end on lows
TUESDAY: Rival dramas Candy Cabs and The Reckoning bowed out with disappointing audiences on an underwhelming night for the terrestrial channels.
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RatingsMeet the Middletons draws 1.98m
MONDAY: A documentary charting the family history of future Queen Kate Middleton failed to put in a regal performance for Channel 4.
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RatingsLondon Marathon peaks with 3.3m
SUNDAY: The BBC’s coverage of the London Marathon peaked with more than 3.3m viewers.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent returns with 9.9m
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent returned with its third biggest launch audience to date.