Weekend ratings round-up: ‘Being Human’ returns with 731k viewers
The fifth series of Being Human debuted on BBC Three with an audience of 731k (4%) on Sunday and topped the multi-channel ratings.
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The fifth series of Being Human debuted on BBC Three with an audience of 731k (4%) on Sunday and topped the multi-channel ratings.
The first full series of Derek started on Channel 4 week with 1.4m viewers and a 7.7% share of the audience.
The second series of BBC One’s Call the Midwife launched on Sunday with 9.3m viewers and a 32.5% share of the audience.
Ratings for the BBC’s Monday night comedies dipped after a successful festive period due to competition from a certain Oxford detective over on ITV1.
The festive period was a mixture of new beginnings and fond farewells for our favourite TV shows.
BBC One’s new six-part drama Last Tango in Halifax made an excellent start on Tuesday with 6.2m viewers and a 25.6% share of the audience.
Merlin continued to consistently pull in a strong audience last weekend as 5.5m (21.9%) viewers watched ‘The Dark Tower’.
Russell T. Davies’ new childrens’ show Wizards and Aliens launched this week on CBBC with 474k (3%) viewers.
Downton Abbey attracted 9.5m viewers at the weekend, despite losing out as Sunday’s most watched show to Strictly Come Dancing.
The BBC once again thrashed ITV in the 9pm Monday night drama slot as New Tricks showed no sign of slacking with 7.4m (30.4%) viewers.