Gridlock AI, Sunday Ratings

Monday, 16 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who got an audience of 780,000 viewers for the Sunday-night repeat of Gridlock. This made it the third highest programme on Multichannel TV for the day, and the highest-rated programme on BBC3. Doctor Who Confidential got 480,000viewers.

With overnight figures now available for the whole week, Gridlock is currently the eighth most watched programme. Final consolidated figures will be released by BARB in about nine days time.

Doctor Who was once again one of the most appreciated programmes of the week with an Appreciation Index or AI figure of 85, once more pushing the programme into the excellent category.

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Gridlock - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 15 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who was once more top of the charts with unofficial overnight figures showing that episode three, Gridlock, was watched by 8.0 million viewers, a 39.5% share of the total audience.

The programme was the most watched of the day by nearly two million viewers, beating Any Dream Will Do, which gained 6.2 million.

The programme had almost double the viewers of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on ITV1.

In terms of share it was fourth, just being beaten by the sporting events of the afternoon.

With one day to go, this makes the programme the seventh most watched of the week, beating three episodes of EastEnders, and gives Gridlock a high probability of bringing Doctor Who once more into the week's top ten.

Doctor Who was again top of the children's top ten, with 1.4 million under 16s watching, double the second placed Any Dream Will Do.

Doctor Who Confidential was top of the multichannel charts, with a rating of 0.56 million viewers, over 50% more than the second placedInspector Morse

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Friday Ratings

Saturday, 14 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The Friday repeat of The Shakespeare Code was watched by510,000 viewers, a 2.9% share, making it the 5th most watched programme of the day on multi Channel TV and the highest rated programme on BBC3 for the evening.

Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 282,000 viewers, a 1.6% share.

On BBC1, Totally Doctor Who got 700,000 viewers, the same as week one and roughly equal to other CBBC programmes in the same slot.

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Smith and Jones - Final Figures

Wednesday, 11 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Figures released by BARB make episode one of the new series the ninth most watched programme of the week with an official rating of8.71 Millionviewers. This makes it the fourth episode in a row to achive a top ten place, a new record for the series.

As in the overnight figures, the programme was only beaten by the soap giants Coronation Street and EastEnders.

On BBC1, the programme was the 4th most watched, beating an episode of EastEnders.

On Multi channel TV, Doctor Who was the most watched programme on BBC3 for the week, and the second most watched on all Multi Channel TV, with a rating of 1.00 Million. Doctor Who Confidential was 8th in the chart with 0.81 Million viewers.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include figures for those who taped the programme and watched it within seven days.

BARB Top Twenty (w/e 1st April 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) - 11.59 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 10.89 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 10.63 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 10.37 - ITV1
5 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 9.93 - ITV1
6 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) - 9.77 - BBC1
7 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.35 - BBC1
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 8.94 - BBC1
9 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1859) - 8.71 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (THU 1930) - 8.48 - BBC1
11 THE ROYAL (SUN 2000) - 8.06 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.97 - ITV1
13 EMMERDALE (TUE 1902) - 7.94 - ITV1
14 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 7.91 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 7.90 - ITV1
16 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 7.78 - ITV1
17 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 1945) - 6.85 - BBC1
18 CASUALTY (SAT 2106) - 6.69 - BBC1
19 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PEOPLE'S QUIZ (SAT 2045) - 6.61 - BBC1
20 LIFE ON MARS (TUE 2100) - 6.56 - BBC1

Multi Channel Top Twenty

1 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1900) 1,515,000 - Sky Sports 1
2 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2001) 1,003,000 - BBC3
3 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL-MATCH (Sat 1200) 988,000 - Sky Sports 1
4 LOST (Sun 2200) 961,000 - Sky 1
5 FORD SUPER SUNDAY (Sun 1549) 955,000 - Sky Sports 1
6 MOST ANNOYING POP SONGS...WE LOVE TO HAT (Sat 2310 834,000 - BBC3
7 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2101) 822,000 - ITV2
8 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1945) 812,000 - BBC3
9 BONES (Thu 2101) 760,000 - Sky 1
10 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2105) 705,000 - ITV2
11 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE (Sun 2255) 692,000 - ITV2
12 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2152) 691,000 - ITV2
13 MOST ANNOYING POP SONGS...WE LOVE TO HAT (Sat 2157 672,000 - BBC3
14 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 661,000 - BBC3
15 FILM: THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002) (Sun 2159) 658,000 - ITV2
16 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE (Mon 2151) 644,000 - ITV2
17 34 STONE TEENAGER: SIX MONTHS ON (Mon 2102) 636,000 - BBC3
18 F*** OFF, I'M A HAIRY WOMEN (Thu 2101) 629,000 - BBC3
19 AMERICAN IDOL (Fri 2030) 624,000 - ITV2
20 AMERICAN IDOL (Fri 2131) 606,000 - ITV2

source BARB

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Shakespeare Code AI Figure

Tuesday, 10 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Saturday's showing of episode two achieved an Appreciation Index score of 87.

This once more places the programme in the excellent category, the average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77.

Doctor Who was the most appreciated programme of the weekend and got the second highest figure for the week, only being beaten by Life on Marswith 88.

In the Multi channel figures, where programmes tend to get higher appreciation figures, the April Fool's day repeat of Smith and Jonesscored an exceptional 90 and the Friday repeat 89

Saturday's Doctor Who Confidential scored 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.

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Sunday Ratings

Monday, 9 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who brought 1.0 million viewers to BBC Three on Sunday night, once more the highest rating the series has achieved on this channel. The audience share was 5.9%.

This figure made The Shakespeare Code the most watched programme on multi-channel television for the day, beating World Cup Cricket on Sky Sports 1

Over half stayed for Doctor Who Confidential, which got 0.59 millionviewers. This was a 3.3% share, making it number 4 in the Top Ten list.

Overnight figures for the week now put Saturday's Doctor Who at number 15 in the week's top twenty. Final figures will be released by BARB in about ten days time. When those who recorded the programme and watched it later are included, Doctor Who is likely to move up the chart.

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Shakespeare Code ratings

Sunday, 8 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Unofficial overnight figures show that episode two, The Shakespeare Code, was watched by 6.8 million viewers.

Although the figure was down on last week the programme was still the most-watched programme of the day, both in terms of audience and share. The Easter Holiday and good weather in the UK saw audiences drop across the day.

Doctor Who comfortably beat its main rivals on ITV1, with Grease is the Word getting just 4 million viewers and Harry Hill 3.9m.

BBC One took all of the top five positions in the day's ratings chart, withCasualty getting 6 million and Any Dream Will Do5.9m.

During transmission, Doctor Who's audience rose to peak at 8.1m during the last five minutes. It also was top of the children's chart with over double the audience of under 16s of its nearest rival.

In the Multi Channel charts, Doctor Who Confidential was once again the second most watched programme of the day with 617,000 viewers.

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Ratings update

Saturday, 7 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The third showing of episode one, Smith and Jones, was watched by381,000 viewers on BBC Three on Friday night, making it the 6th most watched programme on multi-channel television for the day. It had a 2.1% share of the audience.

Earlier in the week, Totally Doctor Who on BBC One had an audience of750,000, which was a 7.8% share. This is similar to the ratings achieved last year and roughly equivalent to other CBBC programmes in this slot.

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Smith and Jones AI Figure

Monday, 2 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Not only was the launch of the new series one of the most watched programmes of the week, it was also one of the most loved, with an Appreciation Index of 88.

This is the highest figure for a Doctor Who series debut, and has only been beaten by previous season finales "The Parting of the Ways" and "Doomsday", both of which which scored 89.

The programme was 4 clear index points higher than anything else shown on Saturday night.

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.

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Sunday Ratings Update

Monday, 2 April 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who was top of the multi channel ratings on Sunday with970,000viewers watching the BBC3 repeat of Smith and Jones. The five minute breakdowns show the audience for the last twenty minutes shot over 1 million peaking at 1.06m. The share was 5.1% and beat one of the terrestrial channels, Channel 5.

This is by far the highest rating the programme has ever achieved on BBC Three. The previous high was 790,000 for the Sunday repeat of The Empty Child on the 22nd of May 2005.

Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 550,000 viewers, while another repeat of The Runaway Bride achieved 390,000 viewers.

Overnight figures for the entire week are now available and show that Saturdays BBC1 showing was the 9th most watched programme on British Television this week, only being beaten by the soap giants Coronation Street and EastEnders.

This virtually guarantees a top ten place in the chart when the final figures are released by BARB in 10 days time, one of the very few time in its history the programme will have achieved this. Final figures are much more accurate than overnights and include figures for those who recorded the programme and watched it within seven days. Doctor Who's final figure is usually half a million more than the overnight figure, which could see the programme rise to 7th place.

The Weakest Link Doctor Who Special was 23rd on the list.

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Gridlock AI, Sunday Ratings

Gridlock - Overnight Ratings

Friday Ratings

Smith and Jones - Final Figures

Shakespeare Code AI Figure

Sunday Ratings

Shakespeare Code ratings

Ratings update

Smith and Jones AI Figure

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