The final episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, The Blood Line achieved an average audience of 3.9 million viewers on BBC One and BBC One HD, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The episode had 17.1% of the audience share and was the 9th most watched programme of the day.

The programme faced strong opposition from Billy Connolly's Route 66, which had 5.4 million watching and which won the timeslot.

Final ratings, which include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days,will be released next week.

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The broadcast of the episode on Starz on 9th September achieved a total of 950,000 viewers over its premiere evening, with 640,000 watching at 10:00pm and 310,000 for the 11:00pm repeat.

With the figures of the finale in the United States now in, here is a round-up of how Miracle Day has fared over its ten week run thus far:

 

                        Starz Premiere     UK Overnight     UK Final BARB
The New World             1.506m *             4.8m             6.59m
Rendition                 1.4m  **             4.4m             5.75m
Dead of Night             1.018m               4.2m             5.49m
Escape to L.A.            0.935m               4.0m             5.19m
The Categories of Life    1.024m               4.1m             5.17m
The Middle Men            0.804m               3.4m             4.60m
Immortal Sins             0.917m               3.4m             4.48m
End of the Road           1.172m               3.5m             4.64m
The Gathering             1.024m               3.5m          (due 19 Sep)
The Blood Line            0.950m               3.9m          (due 26 Sep)

*  - Starz reported 2.7m viewers for the full week/Live+3 DVR data
** - This is a weekend figure, with 609,000 viewers for the 10:00pm broadcast

The BBC Press Office has confirmed that the first two episodes of Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures, entitled Sky and written by Phil Ford, will broadcast on Monday 3 October and Tuesday 4 October on the CBBC Channel. The exact time is still to be confirmed.


A screening of the first two episodes will be shown at the BFI IMAX on 16th September at 6:30pm, with tickets now available to all. A Q&A with the cast and crew (subject to work commitments) will take place following the screening.

This weekend sees the premiere of The God Complex, the latest episode in the current series of Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD at 7:10pm, 17th September in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, on BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 24th September.


There are also three preview clips available from the episode:


The BBC published an interview with writer Toby Whithouse; plus, Arthur Darvill provides an introduction to the episode and on working with guest star David Walliams:


A number of publicity photographs for the episode have now been released:

Figures released by BARB show Doctor Who: Night Terrors, was the 19th most watched programme of the week.

The episode was the 7th most watched programme on BBC Television.

ITV1's HD ratings helped Red and Black edge slightly ahead of Doctor Who, although Doctor Who outrated the game show for the period the programmes were in direct opposition

The figures do not include those watching on iPlayer.

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Meanwhile episode eight of Torchwood, End of the Road had a final UK rating of 4.64 million viewers. It was the 39th most watched programme of the week.

The AI score for Episode Nine of Torchwood, The Gathering, was 85.

Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 85.

The AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode. The score puts the programme just inside the excellent category.

The score was the second highest on either of the main two channels for Saturday evening, with the Last Night of the Proms scoring highest.

With overnight figures now available for the whole week, Doctor Who finished 21st in the overnight charts. It should finish well within the top twenty when official ratings are issued next week.

Night Terrors had a final consolidated rating of 7.07 million viewers.

Consolidated figures include those who record and watch the programme within seven days. The final rating is much more accurate than the initial overnight figure and is based on the actual broadcast time of the programme rather than its scheduled time.

Up against Doctor Who, Red or Black achieved an average audience of 7.11 million viewers, although during the time the programmes were head to head Doctor Who outrated the game show.

A chart position will be released later this week when final figures from the whole week are available.

6.0 million watched Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited on Saturday according to unofficial overnight figures.

The the programme was up slightly on last week and with an audience share of 26.8% was the third highest rated show of the day.

Against Doctor Who, the Ant and Dec Game show, Red and Black, achieved just 4.6 million viewers, far below the aspirations ITV1 had for the show and 2 million down on the previous week.. Winner on the night was The X Factor which had 10.6 million watching. The launch of Strictly Come Dancing had an audience of 7.6 million viewers.

With one day to come Doctor Who is the eighteenth most watched programme of the week.

Doctor Who Confidential had an audience on BBC Three of 0.47 million viewers.

Official figures will be released next week by BARB with a place in the top ten perfectly possible.

The BBFC have now certified all the episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day, which also confirms the running time for the episodes:

The New World            15   51m 42s  contains strong gore and bloody injury detail
Rendition                15   52m  1s  contains strong gore and violence
Dead of Night            15   53m 44s  contains strong sex and violence
Escape to L.A.           15   54m 50s  contains infrequent strong violence and threat
The Categories of Life   12   51m 50s  contains moderate violence and a gory moment
The Middle Men           12   51m 55s  contains moderate horror, violence, threat and language
Immortal Sins            15   51m 51s  contains strong bloody violence
End of the Road          15   52m 50s  contains strong bloody violence and threat
The Gathering            12   53m 45s  contains moderate violence
The Blood Line           15   53m 46s  contains strong bloody violence and threat

The forthcoming boxed set will have an overall 15 certificate. Special features have yet to be classified.

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Torchwood: Miracle Day is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 14th November 2011.

Torchwood:The Gathering achieved an average audience of 3.5 million viewers on BBC One and BBC One HD, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The penultimate episode in the Torchwood series had 14.7% of the audience share and was the 10th most watched programme of the day, very similar to the previous week

The first half of the programme faced strong opposition from Coronation Street, which had 6.7 million watching. The second half faced the game show Red and Black which managed 3.9 million against Torchwood. Celebrity Big Brother, which out rated Torchwood for its launch show three weeks ago, was down to 3.0 million viewers for its live final.

Final ratings, which include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days,will be released next week.

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The broadcast of the episode on Starz on 2nd September achieved a total of 1.024m over its premiere and repeat showings (10pm/11pm); this was a slight drop over the previous week's End of the Road at 1.172m.

The BBC have released details for Week 39, which includes the synopsis of penultimate episode of the current series of Doctor Who, Closing Time; this is due to be broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD on Saturday 24th September. The episode is written by Gareth Roberts and directed by Steve Hughes.

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Schedules have been confirmed for the previous week, Saturday 17th September, when Doctor Who The God Complex, will be broadcast at 7.10pm.