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RatingsDamages dips below 1m in new slot
US legal drama Damages returned with just under 1m viewers on BBC1 last night, with a strong showing for Newsnight eating into its audience.
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RatingsFive CSI Trilogy peaks with 3.6m
Five drew its biggest audience of the year so far with just under 3.3m viewers to its CSI: Trilogy beating all but BBC1’s finale of Survivors.
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RatingsMarried Single Other debuts with 6.2m
ITV1’s new romantic comedy Married, Single, Other debuted with a solid 6.2m last night, more than six times the audience for the finale of C4’s Tower Block of Commons.
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RatingsBaftas watched by 4.1m
An emotional Vanessa Redgrave collected her Bafta fellowship award in front of a TV audience of 4.1m, but the A-list event on BBC1 slipped to the glitz of ITV1’s Dancing on Ice.
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RatingsBBC3 beats ITV1's Operastar finale
The finale of Popstar to Operastar failed to hit ratings high notes on Friday night, with just 4m tuning in to see Darius Campbell scoop the top prize – 300,000 less than the audience that were watching EastEnders cast interviews on BBC3.
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RatingsSport Relief dance-off wins 7.9m
BBC1 fundraiser Let’s Dance for Sport Relief waltzed past ITV1’s offerings on Saturday night, peaking with 7.9m (33.2%) during its climactic moments.
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RatingsGypsy Wedding gives Cutting Edge 14-year high
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding pulled a combined audience of 5.2m to Channel 4 last night, making it the most watched Cutting Edge documentary since 1996.
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RatingsEastEnders wedding draws 11.4m
Bianca and Ricky’s wedding on an extended EastEnders was attended by a huge 11.4m last night, with viewers jilting soap rival Emmerdale.
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RatingsHolby hits the high note over Brits
Liam Gallagher hurling his trophy into the crowd and a live performance from Cheryl Cole helped The Brit Awards hit a high note of 6.7m on ITV1 last night, but even that wasn’t enough to topple BBC1’s Holby City.
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RatingsLaw & Order: UK ends with 22.6% share
Law & Order: UK bowed out on a high note last night, enjoying a 22.6% audience share – the biggest of its current run.
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RatingsDance duo bow out on a high
BBC1 entertainment series So You Think You Can Dance wrapped up with 5.3m (22.1%) on a weekend that also saw Sky 1 enjoy an audience of more than 1m for the final of its own contest, Got to Dance.
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RatingsGordon Brown interview peaks at 5.2m
More than 5m tuned in to watch Gordon Brown open up to Piers Morgan on ITV1 last night - almost twice the audience who tuned in to watch Michael Portillo on BBC1.
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RatingsMonty Don's Mastercrafts whittles 2.7m
Monty Don inspired 2.7m (11.1%) to watch beginners learn the techniques of woodworking in new BBC2 series Mastercrafts, the biggest new show in an otherwise lacklustre Friday night.
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RatingsNew Midsomer star draws 6.5m
The new star of Midsomer Murders, John Barnaby, introduced himself to 6.5m viewers last night, killing off competition from Rogue Traders and Embarrasing Bodies.
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RatingsAmanda Holden ends Fantasy with 2.1m
Amanda Holden’s Fantasy Lives ended its nightmare run on ITV1 last night behind every other terrestrial channel.
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RatingsHustle ends on 6m
Hustle rustled up a solid audience of 6m for the final outing of its sixth series on BBC1 last night, narrowly escaping Law & Order: UK.
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RatingsSuper Bowl scores 22% share for BBC1
The Super Bowl drummed up a huge share of nearly 22% for BBC1 in the early hours of this morning, as bleary eyed American football fans tuned in for the showdown between Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints.
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RatingsTake Me Out tops 5m
ITV1 dating show Take Me Out topped 5 million viewers for the first time on Saturday night, while BBC1’s dance show So You Think You Can Dance inched forward from its performance last week.
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RatingsRamsay's US Cookalong dips on C4
Channel 4 had the post-Celebrity Big Brother blues on Friday night, with Gordon Ramsay’s latest attempts to get his audience cooking along attracting just 822,300 in a peak-time slot.
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RatingsBBC2's Persuasionists nosedives in late slot
Critically-panned BBC2 sitcom The Persuasionists lost half of its already small audience last night after an eleventh-hour switch to a late night slot half way through its run.