Last of the Time Lords - Final Ratings

Wednesday, 11 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Official figures released by BARB show that the final episode of Season Three, Last of the Time Lords was watched by 8.61 million viewers, making it the 7th most watched programme on British television for the week.

The programme got higher ratings than three editions of EastEnders, one edition of Coronation Street and all editions of Emmerdale.

The Sunday repeat was the 3rd most watched programme on multi channel Television with 0.87 million viewers.

It was beaten by the Saturday edition of Doctor Who Confidential, which topped the multi channel charts with 1.02 million viewers, the highest rating the programme has ever achieved on this channel, narrowly beating the rating for last years season climax which had 1.01 million.

The Friday repeat of Episode Twelve, The Sound of Drums was 17th in the list with 0.62 million watching.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include those who recorded the programme and watch it within 7 days.

Top Twenty Programmes (we 1st July 2007)

1 CONCERT FOR DIANA (SUN 2010) - 12.22 - BBC1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.97 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) - 9.91 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 9.35 - ITV1
5 EASTENDERS (MON 1959) - 9.31 - BBC1
6 BBC NEWS (SUN 2230) - 9.24 - BBC1
7 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1905) - 8.61 - BBC1
8 EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) - 8.21 - BBC1
9 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 8.08 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 7.97 - BBC1
11 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 7.82 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.53 - ITV1
13 CONCERT FOR DIANA (SUN 1530) - 7.39 - BBC1
14 EMMERDALE (TUE 1902) - 7.12 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 7.05 - ITV1
16 CASUALTY (SAT 2013) - 6.98 - BBC1
17 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1928) - 6.92 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.67 - ITV1
19 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.33 - ITV1
20 THE BILL (WED 1959) - 6.30 - ITV1

Top Twenty Multi Channel

1 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1957) 1,017,000 - BBC3
2 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Fri 2125) 977,000 - ITV2
3 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 1902) 807,000 - BBC3
4 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Thu 2105) 777,000 - ITV2
5 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Thu 2157) 752,000 - ITV2
6 EASTENDERS (Thu 2159) 714,000 - BBC3
7 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 695,000 - Five Life
8 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 680,000 - E4 In
9 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 670,000 - Five Life
10 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE (Thu 2156) 667,000 - ITV2
11 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 648,000 - E4 In
12 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 645,000 - Five Life
13 EASTENDERS (Tue 2159) 644,000 - BBC3
14 LAST MAN STANDING (Tue 2101) 643,000 - BBC3
15 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 642,000 - E4 In
16 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1828) 633,000 - Five Life
17 DOCTOR WHO (Fri 2101) 618,000 - BBC3
18 HOLLYOAKS (Tue 1859) 617,000 - E4 In
19 EASTENDERS (Mon 2200) 585,000 - BBC3
20 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Sat 1833) 567,000 ITV2

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Friday Ratings, Schedule Update

Saturday, 7 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The Friday BBC3 repeat of episode thirteen, Last of the Time Lords, achieved an overnight audience of 0.46 million viewers, making it the 4th most watched programme on multichannel television for the day. It had a share of 2.8%.

The entire Series Three gets another repeat showing on BBC3, starting with a chance to see Catherine Tate's debut in The Runaway Bride, which is being shown at 9pm on Monday 9th July.

Episode one, Smith and Jones, then follows at 7.50pm onFriday 13th July.

Doctor Who Confidential is also being repeated, sometimes the full forty-minute version rather than the cut-down one. The first showing is immediatlly after Smith and Jones.

Those who missed the 45-minute compilation of all the episodes of the Totally Doctor Who animated series, The Infinite Quest, can catch it again when it is repeated on the CBBC channel at 5pm on Sunday 8th July.

Finally fans of the original Doctor may want to catch Togas on TV on BBC Four next Wednesday 11th July at10.30pm. It looks at a variety of TV programmes that have featured togas, from I, Claudius, starring Derek Jacobi, to Doctor Who.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Sound of Drums Final Ratings

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Figures published by BARB show that episode twelve, The Sound of Drums, was watched by 7.51 million viewers, making it the 11th most watched programme of the week.

The programme narrowly missed out on a top ten place by just 50,000 viewers. It was the 4th most watched on BBC One, beating an edition of EastEnders.

On multichannel, the Sunday repeat got 1.09 million watching, making the programme the second highest rated of the week.

Doctor Who Confidential got 0.96 million and was the 4th most watched multichannel programme of the week.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include those who recorded the programme and watch it within 7 days.

Top Twenty Television Programmes (w/e 24th June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.27 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.99 - ITV1
3 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.68 - BBC1
4 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 9.17 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (WED 1931) - 9.11 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 9.04 - ITV1
7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.78 - ITV1
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2001) - 8.54 - BBC1
9 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.84 - ITV1
10 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.56 - ITV1
11 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1915) - 7.51 - BBC1
12 THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (MON 2101) - 7.10 - ITV1
13 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 6.94 - ITV1
14 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) - 6.86 - BBC1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1900) - 6.84 - ITV1
16 EMMERDALE (TUE 1901) - 6.59 - ITV1
17 EMMERDALE (SUN 1900) - 6.56 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.47 - ITV1
19 DALZIEL AND PASCOE (THU 2100) - 6.24 - BBC1
20 BBC NEWS AND WEATHER (SUN 2200) - 6.00 - BBC1

Multichannel Top Twenty

1 FILM: SHREK (Tue 2001) 1,432,000 - BBC3
2 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2000) 1,094,000 - BBC3
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2202) 956,000 - BBC3
4 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 2002) 955,000 - BBC3
5 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Fri 2031) 954,000 - ITV2
6 FILM: SHREK (Wed 2100) 936,000 - BBC3
7 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1831) 850,000 - Sky 1
8 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1700) 829,000 - Sky Sports
9 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 816,000 - BBC3
10 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 807,000 - Five Life
11 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2104) 804,000 - ITV2
12 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 785,000 - E4
13 60 SECONDS (Sun 1958) 772,000 - BBC3
14 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 731,000 - Five Life
15 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON (Thu 2154) 717,000 ITV2
16 HOLLYOAKS (Fri 1859) 715,000 E4
17 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 688,000 Five Life
18 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 663,000 Five Life
19 60 SECONDS (Sun 2201) 647,000 BBC3
20 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 639,000 E4

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

AI Figure, Sunday ratings

Monday, 2 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The final episode of Season Three of Doctor Who was once more one of the most enjoyed programmes on British Television, with Episode Thirteen,Last of the Timelords achieving an Appreciation Index of 88.

For a programme with such a high Audience to achieve such a high Appreciation index is incredibly rare.

The programme scored extremely high on all aspects with 85% making a special effort to watch and 90% watching with a lot of attention. 78% thought it was a high quality programme.

31% thought the programme was inspiring, way above the average score for drama of 16% and 60% said they would recommend it to a friend.

Meanwhile the Sunday BBC3 repeat was once more the most watched programme on Multichannel Television, with 0.76 million viewers, despite its earlier time slot. The share was 4.3% with Doctor Who Confidential being watched by0.46 million viewers.

Final figures are now available for the whole week and puts Doctor Who as the 7th most watched programme of the week, the highest position achieved since Gridlock. Saturday's Doctor Who got 1.7 million more viewers than Sunday's Coronation Street. Final figures will be released by BARB in about nine days time.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Last of the Time Lords - Overnight Rating

Sunday, 1 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who went out on a massive high with unofficial overnight figures showing that Episode Thirteen, Last of the Time Lordswas watched by 8.0 million viewers, a 39.1% share of the total television audience.

The programme was by far the most watched of the day, beating the second placed Casualty by nearly 1.5 million viewers.

The repeat of The Weakest Link: Dr Who Special was fifth with 4.5 million people watching.

ITV1's opposition, the feature film The Mummy averaged just 3 million viewers.

With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the 5th most watched programme of the week, virtually guaranteeing a top ten place when the final figures are compiled. It currently stands ahead of all episodes of Emmerdale, three episodes of EastEnders and one episode of Coronation Street.

The children's audience was 1.5 million which was a 55.6% share of the 4-15 year olds watching television.

On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.93 million making it the most watched programme on multichannel television with a 5.7% shareof the audience. This is the highest rating of the series and the second highest rating the programme has received on the channel.

Earlier in the day the showing of the compilation of the animated story Doctor Who - The Infinite Quest had 0.6 million viewers.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Friday Ratings

Saturday, 30 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who had a strong performance on Friday night with unofficial figures showing that 0.55 million watched the BBC3 repeat of Episode twelve,The Sound of Drums, a 3.3% share of the audience.

This was the highest rating the programme has received in this time slot and was enough to make the programme the second most watched multichannel programme for the day.

The earlier repeat of Episode Eleven, Utopia had 0.32 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.

Doctor Who Confidential also did well with 0.33 million watching at 8.45pm and 0.43 million watching at 9.45pm, enough to make this showing the 8th most watched multichannel programme of the day.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Utopia - Final Ratings

Friday, 29 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final official ratings released by BARB show that Episode Eleven,Utopia was watched by 7.84 million viewers.

It was the 4th most watched programme on BBC1 for the week and the 14th most watched on all UK Television. On Saturday night it was beaten by ITV1's Britain's Got Talent which dominated the top twenty.

On Multichannel Television, the Sunday repeat got 0.82 millionviewers and was the 4th most watched programme of the week.

Saturdays Doctor Who Confidential was eighth in the list with0.74 millionviewers, with the Sunday repeat getting 0.46 million and coming in at 32nd in the list.

Top Twenty Programmes (w/e 17 June 2007)

1 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SUN 2000) - 11.58 - ITV1
2 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SUN 2206) - 11.45 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 10.10 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) - 9.70 - ITV1
5 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.64 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1933) - 9.44 - ITV1
7 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT 1946) - 9.29 - ITV1
8 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (FRI 2100) - 9.28 - ITV1
9 EASTENDERS (THU 1932) - 8.68 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 8.44 - BBC1
11 EASTENDERS (MON 2000) - 8.40 - BBC1
12 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (THU 2102) - 8.36 - ITV1
13 CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) - 8.07 - ITV1
14 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1914) - 7.84 - BBC1
15 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (WED 2103) - 7.51 - ITV1
16 EMMERDALE (WED 1858) - 7.42 - ITV1
17 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (TUE 2105) - 7.39 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 7.34 - ITV1
19 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (MON 2100) - 7.28 - ITV1
20 THE APPRENTICE (WED 2100) - 7.09 - BBC1

Top Twenty Multichannel

1 EASTENDERS (Tue 2200) 952,000 - BBC3
2 F1: QUALIFYING (Sat 1731) 861,000 - ITV4
3 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 828,000 - Five Life
4 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2001) 820,000 - BBC3
5 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Wed 2229) 799,000 - ITV2
6 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 760,000 - Five Life
7 HOME AND AWAY (Fri 1829) 742,000 - Five Life
8 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 2002) 737,000 - BBC3
9 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 693,000 - E4 In
10 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 685,000 - Five Life
11 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 669,000 - Five Life
12 EUROPEAN U21 CHAMPIONSHIP (Thu 1923) 654,000 - Sky Sports
13 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Sun 2235) 652,000 - ITV2
14 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1831) 643,000 - Sky 1
15 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Tue 2229) 612,000 - ITV2
16 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2101) 609,000 ITV2
17 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 598,000 E4 In
18 FILM: RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (Sat 2147) 577,000 BBC3
19 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Thu 2230) 575,000 ITV2
20 60 SECONDS (Sun 1959) 558,000 BBC3

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Sound of Drums - AI Figure and Sunday Repeat

Monday, 25 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Episode 12, The Sound of Drums, achieved an Appreciation Index score of87, way ahead of any other programme on the five main channels on Saturday and the joint highest AI figure of the week.

The second highest placing on BBC1 was Jekyll which got 83 and on ITV1 the highest place went to Parkinson with 79. Of the remaining three channelsCSI:NY scored highest with 85.

The Appreciation Index, or AI, is a measure of how much the audience liked the programme. It is a score out of 100, based on responses from a carefully selected panel. The average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77. A score in excess of 85 is regarded as excellent while a score below 60 is poor.

On BBC3 the Sunday repeat got an audience of 1.01 millionviewers, which was a5.2% share. The programme was once more the most watched multichannel programme of the day, beating The Simpsons on Sky One.

Also on BBC3, last Sundays repeat of Utopia scored an AI of 88 and SaurdaysDoctor Who Confidential scored 85.

With overnight ratings for Sunday now available, Doctor Who is the 11th most watched programme of the week. There is a slim possibility of a top ten place when official final figures are released by BARB in about nine days time.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Sound of Drums - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 24 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Unofficial overnight figures show that episode twelve, The Sound of Drums, was watched by 6.9 million viewers, a38.2% share of the total television audience.

The programme was back on top of the charts as the most watched propgramme of the day, both by audience and share, with over a million viewers more thanCasualty. It beat its direct opposition on ITV1, the premier of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, getting more than double the film's audience.

With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the 9th most watched programme of the week, holding out the possibility of a top ten final place.

The children's audience was 1.2 million which was a 49.7%share of the 4-15 year olds watching television.

On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.88 million making it the by far the most watched programme on multichannel television. The share was 5.7%.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Blink - Official Ratings

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final official figures published by BARB give Episode 10, Blink a rating of6.62 million viewers.

The programme was the 7th most watched on BBC1 and the 16thmost watched programme on British television for the week.

On BBC3 the Sunday repeat had an official rating of 0.75 millionviewers. It was the second most viewed programme on the channel for the week, and the 6th on all multichannel television.

Saturday's Doctor Who Confidential got a rating of 0.69 million and was the 10th most watched programme of the week.

Top Twenty Programmes (W/E 10 June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.09 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.91 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 8.86 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.85 - ITV1
5 EASTENDERS (MON 2000) - 8.77 - BBC1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 2002) - 8.66 - ITV1
7 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 8.55 - BBC1
8 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2202) - 8.28 - BBC1
9 NEW TRICKS (MON 2101) - 7.13 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 6.90 - BBC1
11 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 6.89 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 6.84 - ITV1
13 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2003) - 6.80 - BBC1
14 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SUN 2032) - 6.73 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.64 - ITV1
16 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1909) - 6.62 - BBC1
17 THE APPRENTICE (WED 2101) - 6.60 - BBC1
18 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.43 - ITV1
19 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 6.34 - ITV1
20 CASUALTY (SAT 2112) - 6.32 - BBC1

Multichannel Top Twenty

1 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1911) 1,583,000 - Sky Sports
2 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,218,000 - ITV2
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2201) 1,089,000 - BBC3
4 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Sat 2225) 924,000 - ITV2
5 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1833) 770,000 - Sky 1
6 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2001) 752,000 - BBC3
7 60 SECONDS (Tue 2159) 718,000 - BBC3
8 UGLY BETTY (Wed 2102) 708,000 - E4
9 BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH (Tue 2305) 696,000 - E4
10 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1954) 686,000 - BBC3
11 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 628,000 - Five Life
12 BIG BROTHER'S LITTLE BROTHER (Thu 1932) 625,000 - E4
13 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Sun 2159) 621,000 - ITV2
14 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 617,000 - Five Life
15 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 614,000 - E4
16 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2152) 576,000 ITV2
17 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 569,000 Five Life
18 FILM: RAMBO FIRST BLOOD (Sat 2143) 567,000 BBC3
19 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 561,000 E4
20 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2105) 560,000 ITV2

Source BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Previous 10 Stories

Last of the Time Lords - Final Ratings

Friday Ratings, Schedule Update

Sound of Drums Final Ratings

AI Figure, Sunday ratings

Last of the Time Lords - Overnight Rating

Friday Ratings

Utopia - Final Ratings

Sound of Drums - AI Figure and Sunday Repeat

Sound of Drums - Overnight Ratings

Blink - Official Ratings

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