Top Twenty TV programmes w/e 29 Apr 2007

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) - 10.87 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.69 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 9.41 - ITV1
4 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.09 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.97 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 8.95 - ITV1
7 NEW TRICKS (MON 2100) - 8.37 - BBC1
8 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 8.25 - ITV1
9 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 7.83 - ITV1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 7.76 - BBC1
11 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (TUE 1930) - 7.67 - ITV1
12 EASTENDERS (TUE 1930) - 7.45 - BBC1
13 EASTENDERS (THU 1930) - 7.44 - BBC1
14 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 7.23 - ITV1
15 CASUALTY (SAT 2037) - 7.14 - BBC1
16 KINGDOM (SUN 2102) - 7.05 - ITV1
17 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1844) - 6.97 - BBC1
18 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 6.82 - ITV1
19 THE ROYAL (SUN 2000) - 6.78 - ITV1
20 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.74 - ITV1

Multi Channel Top Twenty

1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (Wed 1900) 1,814,000 - Sky Sports
2 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,154,000 - ITV2
3 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2000) 1,042,000 - BBC3
4 LOST (Sun 2200) 1,018,000 - Sky 1
5 FORD SUPER SUNDAY (Sun 1533) 834,000 - Sky Sports
6 FILM: BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (Mon 2149) 752,000 - ITV2
7 BONES (Thu 2101) 729,000 - Sky 1
8 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1828) 706,000 - Five Life
9 AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL (Mon 2100) 684,000 - Living TV
10 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL-MATCH (Sat 1200) 684,000 - Sky Sports
11 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 666,000 - Five Life
12 EASTENDERS (Tue 2159) 660,000 - BBC3
13 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 660,000 - Five Life
14 UGLY BETTY (Wed 2101) 646,000 - E4 In
15 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1900) 645,000 - E4 In
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (Wed 2300) 638,000 - E4 In
17 HOLLYOAKS (Tue 1859) 632,000 - E4 In
18 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1900) 623,000 - E4 In
19 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1832) 608,000 - Sky 1
20 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1828) 599,000 - Five Life

Source BARB

The long-running BBC science fiction program Doctor Who has garnered an intense and extremely loyal fan base since its 1963 debut. This work examines the influences of psychology, literature, pop culture, and the social sciences on Doctor Who storylines and characters. Topics explored include how such issues as class, gender, and sexual attraction factor into the relationships between the Doctor and his companions; whether the Doctor suffered from multiple personality disorder or other psychological afflictions; and the role of the Doctor’s native culture in shaping his sense of identity.

Nick Griffiths watched his first Doctor Who aged four and a bit. He would have hidden behind the sofa but it was back against the wall and his parents didn't let him move furniture so he hid behind a cushion instead. He's since been told by his mum and dad that they didn't have a sofa only armchairs. So this book should really be called Behind the Armchair, but that didn't sound right.

And so began a life long obsession. When Doctor Who started getting rubbish (after Tom Baker basically) he nearly escaped into the world of music and girls until he discovered someone selling tapes of old episodes in the small ads and that was that again.

Dalek I Loved You is an irresistible memoir of a childhood lived through the 1970s and 1980s. Writing with wit and humour, Griffiths takes us on a poignant and often hilarious journey through his childhood, where he first encountered Dr Who, into his teens where he is packed off to boarding school and discovers girls and David Bowie, onto his first formative years of employment at some hip but now defunct music magazines and into life as a father and husband who is now writing about his childhood passion for a living.

For anyone who hid behind the sofa, dreamed of far away planets, or remembers those long lazy carefree summers of your childhood, Dalek I Loved You will be a wonderful journey. He may not have a TARDIS to whisk you off to far flung galaxies, but in Dalek I Loved You Nick Griffiths reminds us that growing up is the greatest adventure of them all.