Weekend ratings round-up: ‘Downton Abbey’ reaches series high of 10.1m
Downton Abbey continues to dominate the Sunday schedules, with the latest episode attracting a mighty 10.1m viewers.
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Downton Abbey continues to dominate the Sunday schedules, with the latest episode attracting a mighty 10.1m viewers.
As the rain poured down in Warsaw the ratings looked sunnier for The Paradise as a 22% share of the audience and 5.2m people tuned in to Episode 4.
Once again Downton Abbey was the most watched show on a Sunday night as it beat stablemate The X Factor for the second time in three weeks.
The new series of crime drama DCI Banks debuted this week with a strong 4.7m viewers.
Merlin filled the Doctor-shaped hole in BBC One’s Saturday schedules this weekend and did so with style, drawing in an impressive 5.5m (23.5%) viewers.
The crew of Red Dwarf flew back onto our screens this week for their first full series since 1999 and attracted an impressive 1.5m (6.3%) viewers.
Amy and Rory’s departure from the TARDIS was watched by 5.9m (26.9%) on Saturday and became the third most watched episode of the current series.
Recent viewing figures published by the BBC for their iPlayer service prove that the way we are viewing our favourite TV programmes is changing faster than we perhaps realised.
BBC One’s new period drama The Paradise, based on a novel by Emile Zola, debuted with 5.5m viewers and a 23.1% share of the audience this week.
Tom Stoppard’s adaption of Parade’s End ended its five-part run at the weekend with 1.8m (8.4%) viewers for BBC Two.