The Ratings Thread

[Si Hunt]

From Og:

Unofficial figures show that the first episode of Series Four, Partners in Crime was watched by 8.4 million viewers, giving it a 39.4% share of the total television audience. It was the most watched programme of the day, beating the second placed Casualty by over 1 million viewers.

The overnight figures are slightly up on the last two Season premiers, both of which benefited by being transmitted earlier in the year and in a later time slot.

The programme got almost double the audience of its main ITV1 opposition, You've Been Framed, which got 4.7 million watching.

The audience peaked in the last quarter hour at 8.7 million, with the BBC1 audience dropping by nearly 3 million when the programme finished. Final figures, which will be released by BARB in ten days time, are likely to be higher as the programme was transmitted slightly later than its published time slot.

The programme currently stands as the 10th most watched of the week, behind several episodes of EastEnders and Coronation street.

The Childrens audience was 1.3 million, which was a 51.0% share of all 4-15 year old's watching.

It did fantastically!

Si.

[Paul Clement]

So, all the people decrying the earlier start time have been shown that Doctor Who can, perhaps not always will, get high viewing figures earlier in the evening.

[Si Hunt]

Yes, I hold my hands up! At least for this week, I was wrong.

It's a nice way to be wrong though. If I'm proved wrong as much during the rest of the season, I'll be delighted!

Si.

[Paul Clement]

Actually, I wasn't thinking of you Si, more the people on the Levine forum.

[Andrew Curnow]

I gather that it's on at 6:45 next week. It doesn't particularly bother me, but I do think a fixed timeslot (whether it be 7:00, or 6:20, or whatever) is better than one which changes from week to week.

8.4 though - superb!

[Milky Tears]

Higher than I thought it would be and slightly up on the overnights for 'New Earth'/'Smith and Jones', isn't it?

Fifteen minute breakdown from Marcus on the Doctor Who Forum.

Time ………. BBC1 ……………… ITV ……………… BBC2 ……………… CH4 ……………… CH5
18:15 …. 7.2 (37.0%) …. 3.2 (16.3%) …. 1.2 ( 6.2%) …. 1.4 ( 7.1%) …. 0.9 ( 4.7%)
18:30 …. 8.4 (40.0%) …. 4.1 (19.6%) …. 1.2 ( 5.6%) …. 1.2 ( 5.5%) …. 0.9 ( 4.3%)
18:45 …. 8.7 (40.2%) …. 4.7 (21.7%) …. 1.3 ( 5.9%) …. 1.2 ( 5.4%) …. 0.6 ( 2.9%)
19:00 …. 7.5 (34.1%) …. 5.7 (26.1%) …. 1.7 ( 7.6%) …. 1.0 ( 4.7%) …. 0.7 ( 3.2%)

1.3m/51.0% of children watching is another great result.

As is currently sitting tenth in this week's overnight chart - with only Heartbeat likely to get near it tonight (and that's only been averaging about 7-7.5 million recently).


P.S Lost about 5 million viewers since the last episode. WE'RE DOOOOOOOMED!!

[Larry]

It did fantastically!

Si.

considering the time it was on and what all the profits of doom were saying (RTD included) 8m + is a fantastic figure for an early evening slot.

[Pip Madeley]

8.4m is pretty amazing for a 6.20pm time slot, though I think the fact that it was the first episode was what gave it the upper hand - if it was a mid-season episode, I don't think it would've got that figure so early in the evening.

[Stephen Morgan]

Despite the mixed response the episode has got here and on other forums, I suspected it would do well. 8.4 is a superb figure for its earlier timeslot.

[SiHart]

Well, there we go. Let's have more optimism!

Hooray

Si xx

[Rob McCow]

Of course, the forthcoming episodes in the series which will be shown later in the evening are bound to attract lower ratings.

BBC! SHOW SOME SENSE! KEEP DOCTOR WHO IN AN EARLIER SLOT!

[SiHart]

The AI figures are in...

Episode One of the new series of Doctor Who, Partners in Crime, achieved an Appreciation Index of 88. The figure, which puts the programme in the excellent category, was one of the highest of the weekend. The episode was most enjoyed by English females in the 35-55 age group.

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.

With overnights now available for the whole week, Doctor Who is currently the 10th most watched programme of the week. Final figures will be released by BARB in 9 days time.

It's bizarre to think that women aged 35-55 are enjoying it most!

Si xx

[Larry]

It's bizarre to think that women aged 35-55 are enjoying it most!

Si xx

it's probably down to the sex appeal of David Tennent but i'm just curious to know how they even know these facts..

[Si Hunt]

Well they interview a sample of viewers (and ask their ages) and take that as a representation of the overall audience.

But maybe it's real core audience is women aged 45-70, and they're all lying about their age.

Si.

[Captain Tancredi]

It's bizarre to think that women aged 35-55 are enjoying it most!

Well, that would include my cousin, and if it kept her little ones happy then she'd be happy.

[Lord President]

Well, that would include my cousin, and if it kept her little ones happy then she'd be happy.

Little what?

[Alex Me]

Wow Amazing results , I was doubtful about the new time slot but looks like I was wrong. It meant to be moving to a later slot later in the series though, I wonder if that will mean even higher ratings :

[Dirk Gently]

Well tonights is later, 6:45. But next week it's back to 6:20, apparently.

[Milky Tears]

The BBC Three repeats have been pulling in record numbers.

'Partners in Crime' got an overnight 1.2m/5.3% last Sunday and another 604,000/3% on Friday night.

[Milky Tears]

8.1m/36.7% for 'The Fires of Pompeii' last night.

Sandwiched between Britain's Got Talent (8.8m/37%) and All Star Mr and Mrs (6.3m/28.5%).


Fifteen minute breakdown:

Time ………. BBC1 ……………… ITV ……………… BBC2 ……………… CH4 ……………… CH5
17:00 …. 2.6 (19.2%) …. 2.7 (19.9%) …. 0.6 ( 4.4%) …. 0.8 ( 6.0%) …. 0.5 ( 3.8%)
17:15 …. 2.7 (18.7%) …. 2.8 (19.5%) …. 0.8 ( 5.2%) …. 0.8 ( 5.6%) …. 0.5 ( 3.7%)
17:30 …. 3.0 (20.0%) …. 3.0 (19.9%) …. 0.9 ( 5.9%) …. 0.6 ( 3.9%) …. 0.6 ( 3.9%)
17:45 …. 3.5 (22.7%) …. 2.9 (18.9%) …. 0.9 ( 6.2%) …. 0.8 ( 5.3%) …. 0.6 ( 4.1%)
18:00 …. 3.5 (21.4%) …. 3.6 (22.5%) …. 1.0 ( 6.5%) …. 0.9 ( 5.8%) …. 0.7 ( 4.2%)
18:15 …. 3.6 (21.0%) …. 4.1 (24.0%) …. 1.1 ( 6.6%) …. 1.0 ( 5.8%) …. 0.7 ( 4.3%)
18:30 …. 5.0 (27.2%) …. 4.6 (24.8%) …. 1.2 ( 6.6%) …. 0.8 ( 4.6%) …. 0.5 ( 2.5%)
18:45 …. 7.3 (35.1%) …. 5.5 (26.3%) …. 1.3 ( 6.1%) …. 0.9 ( 4.6%) …. 0.5 ( 2.4%)
19:00 …. 8.2 (36.9%) …. 6.3 (28.3%) …. 1.4 ( 6.4%) …. 0.8 ( 3.5%) …. 0.6 ( 2.9%)
19:15 …. 8.5 (37.1%) …. 6.5 (28.5%) …. 1.9 ( 8.4%) …. 0.9 ( 3.8%) …. 0.7 ( 2.9%)
19:30 …. 6.5 (28.7%) …. 7.0 (30.7%) …. 1.7 ( 7.3%) …. 1.2 ( 5.1%) …. 0.8 ( 3.7%)

Five minute breakdown:

18:35..4.72m
18:40..5.85m
18:45..6.87m
18:50..7.29m
18:55..7.73m
19:00..8.09m
19:05..8.13m
19:10..8.29m
19:15..8.42m
19:20..8.42m
19:25..8.52m
19:30..9.12m
19:35..5.40m

Currently sitting in 11th place for the week.

Under 16's Audience
1.6m/57.5%

Doctor Who Confidential - 0.57m/3%

All figures from Marcus and Andy Parish on the Doctor Who Forum.

That's the smallest drop between episodes 1-2 since the series returned, isn't it? Tate is clearly driving millions away from the dooooooooooomed show!

[Larry]

another excelent result..

[Alex Me]

Wow another great result : 4 years in now and its still comes as a surprise just how many viewers who manages to attract.

[Larry]

Wow another great result : 4 years in now and its still comes as a surprise just how many viewers who manages to attract.

but to be fair you have to put it into perspective and look at the crap that itv has put on over the last 4 years when DoctorWho has been on/..

[Pip Madeley]

Peaked at over 9.1m I see - excellent stuff.

[Rob McCow]

This is also interesting:

19:30..9.12m
19:35..5.40m

The BBC isn't getting a residual Who audience for whatever other rubbish they have on after the show! They need more advertising for 'coming soon'... - the end credits are dooomed!