The Ratings Thread

[Si Hunt]

It's just one of those things isn't it - caught up in a major TV "event" that culminated that week. I do find it interesting that millions more saw Part 2 than Part 1- which shows that people don't seem to be daunted by tuning in to the second half of a story. This certainly seemed to be the case last Saturday, when everyone I spoke to seemed to have seen (and been intrigued) by "Forest of Fear". None of them seemed to even notice the fact that they hadn't watched the first part.

Si.

[Rob McCow]

Well, I don't think that much actually happened in the first half. It was more about atmosphere.

[Larry]

It's just one of those things isn't it - caught up in a major TV "event" that culminated that week.
Si.

well the viewing figures for Forest of the Dead, certainly seems confirm that and that the previous weeks low figurs were just a blip.

it also pretty much shoots down in flames those few people over on O.G who were coming out with the usual crap blaming RTD and saying it was the comedy slant of Unicorn and the Wasp why people had stopped watcvhing.

[Si Hunt]

Ratings are up again!

Unofficial figures show that episode ten of Series Four, Midnight, was watched by 7.3 million viewers, giving it a 37.8% share of the total television audience.

The programme was once more the most watched of Saturday, beating the second placed Casualty by 1.5 million viewers.

ITV1's highest rated programme of the day was Euro 2008 with 3.8 million.

In a week when ratings were down across the board, Doctor Who actually increased its audience over the previous week.

As a measure of how well the programme has performed, it is currently the 5th most watched of the week, ahead of editions of Coronation Street and EastEnders. Final figures will be released by BARB in ten days time.

[Milky Tears]

RTD must fry!!!

[Larry]

RTD must fry!!!

the powers that bee at the BBC must be in a mad rage at him for daring to get good viewing figures.

[Milky Tears]

AI of 86 for 'Midnight' on Saturday and 910,000 for the BBC Three repeat.

The football bumping the soaps this week has led to lower than usual figures for Coronation Street and EastEnders. Only 5.68million for Corrie last night!! Outpost Weatherfield has melted!

Top 20 (Mon - Sun)
1 .... The Apprentice (Wed - 21:00 - BBC One) - 8.91m (36.5%)
2 .... EastEnders (Tue - 19:30 - BBC One) - 8.05m (42.4%)
3 .... Coronation Street (Wed - 19:30 - ITV 1) - 7.69m (39.4%)
4 .... Coronation Street (Fri - 19:30 - ITV 1) - 7.57m (39.0%)
5 .... Doctor Who (Sat - 19:10 - BBC One) - 7.32m (37.8%)
6 .... EastEnders (Sun - 20:00 - BBC One) - 7.24m (32.9%)
7 .... Coronation Street (Fri - 20:30 - ITV 1) - 6.95m (31.6%)
8 .... EastEnders (Wed - 20:00 - BBC One) - 6.74m (29.8%)
9 .... Emmerdale (Thu - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 6.41m (36.7%)
10 .... EastEnders (Mon - 20:00 - BBC One) - 6.40m (31.4%)
11 .... Emmerdale (Fri - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 6.37m (35.6%)
12 .... BBC News (Sun - 22:00 - BBC One) - 6.12m (28.8%)
13 .... Emmerdale (Wed - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 6.07m (33.1%)
14 .... Emmerdale (Tue - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 5.80m (33.3%)
15 .... Casualty (Sat - 20:45 - BBC One) - 5.78m (27.6%)
16 .... Coronation Street (Sun - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 5.68m (31.3%)
17 .... The National Lottery: 1 v 100 (Sat - 19:55 - BBC One) - 5.63m (28.3%)
18 .... Match Of The Day Live (Fri - 19:30 - BBC One) - 5.58m (26.1%)
19 .... Emmerdale (Mon - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 5.57m (33.6%)
20 .... Euro 2008 (Mon - 19:30 - ITV 1) - 5.55m (27.2%)

All overnight figures from MattJ on the Doctor Who Forum

[Pip Madeley]

That's got to be on a par with The Ark In Space episode in terms of chart position, surely?

[Milky Tears]

Those Top Ten Who episodes in full*

Ep no …. Rating (Pos) …. Ep title …. Date
47 …. 12.4 (10th) …. The Daleks …. 28 Nov 1964
48 …. 11.9 (10th) …. Day of Reckoning …. 5 Dec 1964
53 …. 13.0 (8th) …. Desperate Measures …. 9 Jan 1965
54 …. 13.0 (7th) …. The Slave Traders …. 16 Jan 1965
58 …. 13.5 (7th) …. The Web Planet …. 13 Feb 1965
61 …. 13.0 (9th) …. Crater of Needles …. 6 Mar 1965
75 …. 9.5 (8th) …. Journey into Terror …. 12 Jun 1965
77 …. 9.5 (7th) …. The Planet of Decision …. 26 Jun 1965
344 …. 11.0 (7th) …. Planet of the Daleks Episode One …. 7 Apr 1973
387 …. 13.6 (5th) …. The Ark in Space Part Two …. 1 Feb 1975
697 …. 10.8 (7th) …. Rose …. 26 Mar 2005
710 …. 9.8 (9th) …. The Christmas Invasion …. 25 Dec 2005
711 …. 8.6 (9th) …. New Earth …. 15 Apr 2006
712 …. 9.2 (10th) …. Tooth and Claw …. 22 Apr 2006
715 …. 9.2 (6th) …. Rise of the Cybermen …. 13 May 2006
722 …. 8.2 (7th) …. Army of Ghosts …. 1 Jul 2006
723 …. 8.2 (8th) …. Doomsday …. 8 Jul 2006
724 …. 9.4 (10th) …. The Runaway Bride …. 25 Dec 2006
725 …. 8.7 (9th) …. Smith and Jones …. 31 Mar 2007
727 …. 8.4 (7th) …. Gridlock …. 14 Apr 2007
737 …. 8.6 (7th) …. Last of the Time Lords …. 30 Jun 2007
738 …. 13.3 (2nd) …. Voyage of the Damned …. 25 Dec 2007
739 …. 9.1 (10th) …. Partners in Crime …. 5 Apr 2008
740 …. 9.0 (10th) …. The Fires of Pompeii …. 12 Apr 2008
744 …. 7.3 (10th) …. The Doctor's Daughter …. 10 May 2008
745 …. 8.4 (7th) …. The Unicorn and the Wasp …. 17 May 2008

Shamelessly nabbed from a post by Tom Spilsbury.

'Forest of the Dead' could also sneak it when the final BARB figures are out on Wednesday afternoon.

TENNANT MUST GO!!!


*not including Children In Need/Comic Relief stuff...

[Milky Tears]

'Forest of the Dead' could also sneak it when the final BARB figures are out on Wednesday afternoon.

7.84m and 10th place.

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...esttimeout=500

[Pip Madeley]

Let's throw a party at your place. I'll bring the cheese.

[Dave Tudor]

So, according to that list, Season Two is the most successful in terms of Top Ten-placed episodes, closely followed by Series Two!!

[Milky Tears]

and Series Four is heading for its seventh Top Ten when the 'Midnight' finals are out next Wednesday.

Check out how low the overnights are for this week:

Top 10 Overnights (Mon - Wed)
1 .... EastEnders (Wed - 20:00 - BBC One) - 8.14m (35.1%)
2 .... Coronation Street (Mon - 20:00 - ITV 1) - 8.08m (36.3%)
3 .... Emmerdale (Mon - 19:30 - ITV 1) - 6.51m (34.1%)
4 .... Traffic Cops (Wed - 19:30 - BBC One) - 6.37m (31.9%)
5 .... Match Of The Day Live (Tue - 19:30 - BBC One) - 6.30m (28.3%)
6 .... Emmerdale (Wed 19:00 - ITV 1) - 5.96m (31.5%)
7 .... Emmerdale (Tue - 19:00 - ITV 1) - 5.95m (31.8%)
8 .... BBC News At Ten (Tue - 22:00 - BBC One) - 5.23m (26.2%)
9 .... BBC News At Ten (Wed - 22:00 - BBC One) - 5.07m (26.1%)
10 .... BBC News At Ten (Mon - 22:00 - BBC One) - 4.87m (24.6%)

'Turn Left probably only needs about 6.5-6.8million to bag another Top Ten place.

My pants have exploded!

[Milky Tears]

7.0million/35.1% for 'Turn Left' last night.


Narrowly beaten by Holland v Russia's 7.2m/33.8%. Damn that pre-7pm start and Extra Time.

Should be yet another Top Ten placing... with only The Royal and Italy v Spain likely to make it tonight.

Who fans are really spoilt these days. Some folk are actually disappointed with last night's figures.

[Larry]

another excelent figure..

[Pip Madeley]

Great figure for the time of year, though a tiny shame the football edged us out.

[Milky Tears]

An even bigger shame...

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...esttimeout=500

W/E 15/06/2008
1.THE APPRENTICE (WED 2059) 9.29
2.CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) 8.36
3. EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) 8.25
4. CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 8.06
5. DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1910) 8.05
6. CORONATION STREET (FRI 2030) 7.79
7. EASTENDERS (SUN 2000) 7.47
8. EASTENDERS (WED 2000) 7.06
9. EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 6.78
10.EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) 6.67

Sooooooo close. Only a few hundred thousand away from second place.

[Pip Madeley]

Still, a bloody fantastic result! Doctor Who in the top 5 most watched television shows on British telelvision (4th if you discount the second Corrie).

[Si Hunt]

Unofficial figures show that episode Twelve of Series Four, The Stolen Earth, was watched by 7.4 million viewers, giving it a 38.3% share of the total television audience.

The programme was the highest rated on Saturday, beating Casualty by nearly 2 million viewers. BBC1 had a drop of over 3 million viewers when Doctor Who finished.

ITV!'s highest rated programme of the day was Who Dares Sings with 3.7 million.

Doctor Who is currently the 7th most watched programme of the week. Final figures will be released by BARB in ten days' time.

I was somehow hoping for 20m or something! Oh well, still good.

Si.

[SiHart]

It's funny I thought we were going to get massive figures for last night too, but 7.4 is a good rating and will probably rise a little with the timeshifts and everything. It should eb a good lead in for next week if nothing else... I think with word of mouth about the cliffhanger and stuff we might do very well next week.

Si xx

[Larry]

It's funny I thought we were going to get massive figures for last night too, but 7.4 is a good rating
Si xx

well I think when you consider we are now almost into July, and viewing figures do tend to drop during the summer months 7.4m is a very good figure.

[Milky Tears]

Dalek episodes never get big figures theses days. They're just not popular with Joe Public.

[Pip Madeley]

Dalek episodes never get big figures theses days. They're just not popular with Joe Public.

Which is why they've been one of the most popular toys at Christmas since the show started


7.4m and 38% share is just fine for me.

[Milky Tears]

SHOCKING STUFF!!

I seem to have omitted a from my last post.

That's a first!

[Pip Madeley]

I almost thought you'd posted a serious comment. It's been so long...