Torchwood BBC3 Success

Monday, 15 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final figures give "Torchwood" nine of the top fifteen ratings for programmes shown on BBC Three in 2006. The programme is by far the most successful ever shown on the channel.

Before "Torchwood" the record for the highest audience for the channel, was held by an episode of "Little Britain", shown on 19th October 2004, with 1.90m viewers.

Torchwood had the second highest ratings on all Multi Channel Television shown during 2006, just being beaten by "Terry Pratchetts Hogfather" which got 2.65 million viewers.

Top BBC3 Programmes for 2006

1 Torchwood 22/10/06 Sunday 21:00 - 2.56m
2 Torchwood 22/10/06 Sunday 21:51 -2.52m
3 Torchwood 29/10/06 Sunday 21:59 -1.77m
4 Torchwood 05/11/06 Sunday 22:00 -1.39m
5 Torchwood 26/11/06 Sunday 22:00 -1.31m
6 World Cup 2006: Post-Match Croatia v Australia 22/06/06 Thursday 21:49 -1.28m
7 Torchwood 12/11/06 Sunday 21:59 -1.26m
8 Spooks 16/10/06 Monday 22:26 -1.23m
9 Torchwood 19/11/06 Sunday 21:59 -1.22m
10 EastEnders 21/09/06 Thursday 21:59 -1.13m
11 Torchwood 03/12/06 Sunday 22:00 -1.12m
12 EastEnders 16/02/06 Thursday 22:00 -1.12m
13 60 Seconds 22/10/06 Sunday 22:39 -1.10m
14 Spooks 17/09/06 Sunday 22:29 -1.09m
15 Torchwood 10/12/06 Sunday 22:00 -1.07m

FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - UK

Runaway Bride - Official Ratings

Thursday, 11 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who was the 10th most watched programme on British Television during Christmas week, with a final official rating of 9.35 million viewers.

The official figures released by BARB are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include viewers who recorded the programme and watched it within seven days.

This gives "The Runaway Bride" the third highest rating since the programme returned in 2005, with only "Rose" and "The Christmas Invasion" scoring higher.

The BBC3 repeat of the programme was watched by 591,000 viewers and was the 19th most watched programme on Multi Channel TV for the week

Top Programmes. Week Ending 31 Dec 2006

1 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY (MON 2134) - 12.39 - BBC1
2 EASTENDERS (MON 2103) - 11.56 - BBC1
3 CORONATION STREET (MON 2003) - 10.20 - ITV1
4 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) - 10.10 - BBC1
5 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 9.90 - BBC1
6 CORONATION STREET (WED 2033) - 9.87 - ITV1
7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 2030) - 9.74 - ITV1
8 FILM: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURS (TUE 1933 - 9.48 - BBC1
9 EASTENDERS (MON 1829) - 9.40 - BBC1
10 DOCTOR WHO (MON 1900) - 9.35 - BBC1
11 EMMERDALE (FRI 1933) - 9.23 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 9.07 - ITV1
13 EASTENDERS (TUE 1901) - 8.95 - BBC1
14 LITTLE BRITAIN ABROAD (MON 2229) - 8.87 - BBC1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1900) - 8.64 - ITV1
16 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 8.57 - ITV1
17 CASUALTY (SAT 2028) - 8.29 - BBC1
18 EASTENDERS (WED 1959) - 7.96 - BBC1
19 STRICTLY COME DANCING SPECIAL (MON 2001) - 7.83 - BBC1
20 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.69 - ITV1

Source BARB

FILTER: - Specials - Ratings - UK

Torchwood- Appreciation Index

Saturday, 6 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC2 showing of the final episodes of "Torchwood" Season one, achieved an Appreciation Index of 84.

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

The score of 84 is the highest the series has scored on BBC2. It was one of the most enjoyed programmes of the day, only "Desperate Housewives" on Channel 4 scored higher with 85.

On BBC3 the Thursday night showing of "Captain Jack Harkness" had an audience of 233,100viewers at 2100 which was a 1.2% share. At 0100 66,900 people watched, a 2.9% share.

Meanwhile the Friday night 2100 showing at of "End of Days" was watched by 277,500 viewers, which was 1.4% of the total audience. At 0030 the show had 140,700 viewers a 3.3% share.

FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - UK

Torchwood BBC2 Overnight ratings

Thursday, 4 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The final episodes of Season One of "Torchwood" were watched on BBC2 by 2.0m viewers according to the unofficial overnights, an 8.3% share of the audience. The audience was steady throughout the programme peaking at 2.1m for the last fifteen minutes. The programme was the 36th most watched on British TV last night.

Final figures will be released by BARB in two weeks time

FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - UK

Tuesday Ratings Update

Wednesday, 3 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The fourth outing of "The Runaway Bride" was watched by 461,000 viewers and was the second most watched programme on BBC3 last night.

It was beaten by the 3rd showing of the "Torchwood" finale which got another 523,000 viewers and was the 6th most watched programme on Multi Channel Television. This was the highest audience Torchwood has received for its Tuesday showing in the entire run.

The final BBC2 showing is tonight at 2100.

Finally, the Appreciation Index or AI for "The Sarah Jane Adventures" was 77. 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.

FILTER: - Specials - Ratings - UK

Torchwood Final Ratings - Week ending 17th December

Wednesday, 3 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

BARB have released the official figures for the week ending 17th December 2006. The official figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include viewers who recorded the programme and watched it within seven days.

The figures show that Episode 9 of Torchwood, "Random Shoes" was watched by 2.26m people. The programme was the 21st most watched on BBC2 for the week and shows an increase on the previous week's figure.

On BBC3 the following week's episode "Out of Time" was watched by 1.03m viewers. The programme was the 6th most watched that week on all multi-channel TV. It was just beaten by "Lost" on Sky One.

The most watched multi-channel programme of the week was "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather" with a massive 2.64m viewers. This programme just beat the record previously held by "Torchwood" as the highest rated non-sport programme ever seen on multi-channel television.

FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - UK

Sarah Jane Overnight Ratings

Tuesday, 2 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

he latest spin off from "Doctor Who" debuted on BBC1 with an unofficial overnight audience of 2.9m viewers. The audience share was 18.7% and the programme was the 21st most watched of the day.

In its time slot the programme was just beaten by the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" on ITV which got 3.1m viewers. The film benefited from a large increase in viewers in its last fifteen minutes. When it was head to head against Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane got slightly more viewers.

The Children's audience was 0.4m which was 14.4% of all children watching.

The programme rated far higher than the average for CBBC Drama which is around 1 million, although comparisons are difficult as the programme was transmitted on a public holiday so all viewing figures were higher than usual.

The most watched programme of the day was "The Vicar of Dibley", where 12.3m viewers watched Geraldine walk down the aisle followed by the Tenth Doctor and two Daleks.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Sarah Jane

Torchwood Finale Ratings

Tuesday, 2 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The finale of Season One of Torchwood was seen by 1.11m viewers which was a 5.5% share of the audience.

This is the highest figure achieved since episode 8 and made the programme the 5th most watched on Multi Channel TV, where it was beaten by four sporting events.

The ratings increased throughout the programme and peaked at 1.26m for the final fifteen minutes.

The repeat at 0105 was watched by another 115,000 viewers and got a 4.1% share.

FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - UK

"Runaway Bride" - More ratings infomation

Monday, 1 January 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Unofficial overnight ratings show that "The Runaway Bride" was the 12th most watched programme on British Television during Christmas week.

Its rating of 8.7m was beaten by four episodes of Eastenders, three episodes of Coronation Street, two episodes of Emmerdale, the film Pirates of the Caribbean and the comedy "The Vicar of Dibley", which was the most watched programme of the week.

Final data will be released by Barb in about 10 days and will include numbers for those who recorded the programme and who watched it within seven days.

Doctor Who was easily the most watched programme by Children during the whole week.
With 1.7m it got 250,000 more 4-16's watching than its nearest rival, the monday edition of EastEnders. It was one of only four programmes to get a share of more than 50% of children watching.

FILTER: - Specials - Ratings - UK

"Runaway Bride" - Signed repeat

Sunday, 31 December 2006 - Reported by Marcus

The third showing of "The Runaway Bride" was watched by 244,000 viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures. The share was 18.4%.

The programme, shown on BBC1 at 2.25am, was part of the BBC's sign zone, so was shown with in vision signing for the deaf. It easily won its time slot.

Part of the programme was covered by a caption pointing viewers to BBC2 where there was breaking news on the execution of Saddam Hussain.

FILTER: - Specials - Ratings - UK

Previous 10 Stories

Torchwood BBC3 Success

Runaway Bride - Official Ratings

Torchwood- Appreciation Index

Torchwood BBC2 Overnight ratings

Tuesday Ratings Update

Torchwood Final Ratings - Week ending 17th December

Sarah Jane Overnight Ratings

Torchwood Finale Ratings

"Runaway Bride" - More ratings infomation

"Runaway Bride" - Signed repeat

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