Series Three Ratings

[Larry]

Nice one Matt - the doomsayers will say we're down almost 1.5m, but it's another great audience share, easily top of the day again, almost 1m up on Casualty (which used to beat Who on various occasions over the last two years), and once again batters ITV into submission!

My prediction was pretty accurate too - and no, I didn't know the figure from anywhere when I posted that!

I think the most telling stat is itv's hyped up show Grease is the Word, did so badly though i suspect that could be more to do with the viewing public becoming fed up with all these reality tv shows.

[Simon R]

Imagine what Doctor Who could do if it was stuck in an 8-9million Strictly Celebrity Come Dancing on Ice Sandwich like Primeval and Robin Hood

Imagine what Doctor Who could do in November or January...

[Jonno]

ITV have better competition then though - X Factor plus that ice dancing thing did quite well in the New Year. I think Who's doing just fine where it is!

[Milky Tears]

Another massive overnight for the BBC Three repeat (info from Marcus on OG).

'The Shakespeare Code' - 998,000
Doctor Who Confidential - 585,000

Fantastic figures since they've moved it to 8pm/away from ITV1's soapy hour. Looking like final figures over 1 millon two weeks in a row. Lost is now down to 580,000.*





*I am aware of the reasons for this, but I needed a cheeky bit for the end.

[Milky Tears]

AI figure of 87 for Saturday night's broadcast.

[Larry]

AI figure of 87 for Saturday night's broadcast.

is that good.

[Pip Madeley]

Yes, very good.

[Milky Tears]

Final BARB figures for 'Smith and Jones':

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

BARB: W/E - 01/04/2007
1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) 11.59
2 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 10.89
3 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) 10.63
4 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) 10.37
5 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) 9.93
6 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) 9.77
7 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) 9.35
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) 8.94
9 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1859) 8.71
10 EASTENDERS (THU 1930) 8.48
11THE ROYAL (SUN 2000) 8.06
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) 7.97
13 EMMERDALE (TUE 1902) 7.94
14 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) 7.91
15 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) 7.90
16 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) 7.78
17 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 1945) 6.85
18 CASUALTY (SAT 2106) 6.69
19 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PEOPLE'S QUIZ (SAT 2045) 6.61
20 LIFE ON MARS (TUE 2100) 6.56

Multichannel:

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...viewingsummary

BBC3 - W/E 01/04/2007 (Programme 000's)
1 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2001) 1003
2 MOST ANNOYING POP SONGS...WE LOVE TO HAT (Sat 2310 834
3 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1945) 812
4 MOST ANNOYING POP SONGS...WE LOVE TO HAT (Sat 2157 672
5 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 661
6 34 STONE TEENAGER: SIX MONTHS ON (Mon 2102) 636
7 F*** OFF, I'M A HAIRY WOMEN (Thu 2101) 629
8 EASTENDERS (Tue 2200) 587
9 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sun 2047) 535
10 THE REAL HUSTLE (Thu 2230) 511

It's none too shabby!

[Pip Madeley]

Where's the cheese fool?

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 Dill Do

Doctor Who Confidential was top of the multichannel charts, with a rating of 0.56m viewers, over 50% more than the second placed Inspector Morse.

Top Ten by Millions:

1 …. 8.0 (39.5%) …. Doctor Who (19:30) BBC1
2 …. 6.2 (30.7%) …. Any Dream Will Do (21:45) BBC1
3 …. 6.1 (39.6%) …. Match of the Day Live (17:15) BBC1
4 …. 6.1 (29.3%) …. Any Dream Will Do (20:15) BBC1
5 …. 5.8 (28.4%) …. The National Lottery: Saturday Draws (21:30) BBC1
6 …. 5.6 (28.5%) …. BBC News; Weather (22:00) BBC1
7 …. 4.8 (42.2%) …. BBC News; Regional News; Weather (17:00) BBC1
8 …. 4.5 (22.1%) …. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (19:30) ITV
9 …. 4.3 (24.5%) …. Grease Is the Word (18:30) ITV
10 … 3.8 (18.4%) …. Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon (20:30) ITV

Top Ten by Audience Share:

1 …. 4.8 (42.2%) …. BBC News; Regional News; Weather (17:00) BBC1
2 …. 3.2 (39.9%) …. The Grand National (13:00) BBC1
3 …. 6.1 (39.6%) …. Match of the Day Live (17:15) BBC1
4 …. 8.0 (39.5%) …. Doctor Who (19:30) BBC1
5 …. 6.2 (30.7%) …. Any Dream Will Do (21:45) BBC1
6 …. 6.1 (29.3%) …. Any Dream Will Do (20:15) BBC1
7 …. 0.9 (29.1%) …. Breakfast (06:00) BBC1
8 …. 5.6 (28.5%) …. BBC News; Weather (22:00) BBC1
9 …. 5.8 (28.4%) …. The National Lottery: Saturday Draws (21:30) BBC1
10 … 1.4 (24.6%) …. BBC News; Weather (12:00) BBC1

19:30 …. 6.6 (35.5%) …. 4.6 (24.7%) …. 1.1 ( 6.1%) …. 1.4 ( 7.6%) …. 0.8 ( 4.1%)
19:45 …. 7.8 (39.7%) …. 4.1 (20.9%) …. 1.1 ( 5.3%) …. 1.4 ( 7.3%) …. 1.0 ( 4.9%)
20:00 …. 8.2 (39.8%) …. 4.6 (22.4%) …. 1.1 ( 5.1%) …. 1.3 ( 6.2%) …. 0.8 ( 3.9%)
20:15 …. 7.7 (36.3%) …. 4.9 (23.1%) …. 1.1 ( 5.0%) …. 1.6 ( 7.3%) …. 0.7 ( 3.4%)
20:30 …. 6.0 (29.0%) …. 4.3 (20.8%) …. 1.7 ( 8.4%) …. 1.6 ( 7.7%) …. 0.9 ( 4.4%)

Bad night for ITV though, a high of 4.5m all evening! Doctor Who did very well indeed.

[Larry]

another fantastic week for the best show on telly.

[Andrew Curnow]

Considering the possibility that Match of the Day might well have caused Doctor Who to be rescheduled last night, I think it's rather ironic that the latter got almost 2 million more than the former. If they'd not shown Extra Time because of Doctor Who, football fans would have been up in arms; if they'd not shown Doctor Who because of Extra Time, any Who fans who were up in arms would probably have been labelled as mad, sad anoraks. There's democracy for you!

Can I just add, I didn't mind the possibility of it being rescheduled because of Extra Time, but it does make you think!

[Jonno]

Once again, it's a tremendous performance! As I said last week, this was a tricky one to predict, and I didn't know then that we'd have temperatures more akin to mid-July than mid-April!

Let's this put in perspective - EE was getting 20m+ viewers in the late 80s, as were other big hitters like Corrie, Neighbours and Bread. It's like Battlefield getting at least 20m viewers!

[Si Hunt]

I was cheering on Man U all through the afternoon - just so Who would be on! I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

Si.

[Milky Tears]

Not much bitching about the football/later timeslot on OG now.


Shame Doctor Who will probably be back down to an overnight of about 7 millionish next week due to the earlier start. Sort it out, Mr Scheduler!

The best thing about last night is the low figures for Grease Is the Word and Gameshow Marathon. I think Vernon Kay is next week's opposition!


Edited to add: The five-minute breakdown is another good thing about last night.

Gridlock - 8.02m (19:40 - 20:24)

5 Minute Breakdown

19:30....6.45m
19:35....6.13m

19:40....7.29m
19:45....7.72m
19:50....7.83m
19:55....7.94m
20:00....8.12m
20:05....8.21m
20:10....8.26m
20:15....8.39m
20:20....8.43m

20:25....6.20m
20:30....5.86m

TotalTV at 19:40 was 17.7m

The Grand National was watched by 8.2m (69.9%) at 16:15

[Jonno]

I'm confident we'll at least retain the 8m mark - don't forget its the Dalek factor with all the attendant publicity, including an RT cover. Plus it'll be cooler by next weekend!

[Larry]

but oh dear itv are taking a right old hammering.

[Jonno]

Shame!

[Dave Tudor]

Excellent ratings once again, and as Jonno points out, putting it in perspective, Doctor Who is regularly getting the highest ratings in its history.

I'm pretty sure next week's episode will do just as well, but does anyone know why it's on earlier?

[Jonno]

There's no obvious reason, other than the fact that at two programmes totalling some 90 minutes, this latest reality nonsense (Joseph) is eating up lots of airtime. Also note that at the moment, episode 5 is even earlier at 6.45.

You'll probably find there's been as many episodes of new Who not on at 7 as there have been at 7, what with Eurovision, footie and so on. Anyway, the original series never really had a fixed slot, did it?

[Dirk Gently]

5:15 - 5:25? Just after the football?

[Milky Tears]

Also note that at the moment, episode 5 is even earlier at 6.45.

I'm sure the BBC1 Scotland announcer said that Episode 4 is at 6.35pm next week. That's earlier than 6:45pm, isn't it?

My EPG has 6:35pm and the Radio Times site was still listing 6:50pm yesterday!?

[Jonno]

Didn't hear any announcement afterwards as I'd already flicked to BBC3 as Gridlock seemed to finish later than 8.20 (unless my clock was wrong!). AFAIK it's 6.50, but there'll be riots in English streets if the Scots see Daleks 15 mins before us!

As for Tim's point above, it would appear that the original series was rarely on directly after football/news - the first season was 5.15 ish, as were S6 & S7 but the ones bwetween were various times up to 5.50. First story after 6pm was Colony, plus Daemons, at 6.10.

S9 onwards varied between 5.30 and 5.55 until S14 when Whitehouse's complaints saw it moved back to 6.10 at the earliest (6.30 latest) right to the end of the 70s.

The first four stories of S18 started between 5.40 and 6ish, but the last three in the new year were 5.10. S22 was 5.20 while Trial was 5.45 (after Roland Rat, wasn't it?).

Certainly in my childhood, we had the likes of Disney or Basil Brush before Who.

[Matthew T]

It was Wogan before Doctor Who in my childhood!

[Si Hunt]

Me too! When I was 10, me, my Dad and my sister all used to pile upstairs to watch McCoy's seasons while Mum watched "Corrie" downstairs!

Si.

[Larry]

I'm sure the BBC1 Scotland announcer said that Episode 4 is at 6.35pm next week. That's earlier than 6:45pm, isn't it?

My EPG has 6:35pm and the Radio Times site was still listing 6:50pm yesterday!?

certainly said it was 6.35pm next week..