Liam Hamilton
@LiamHamilton16
Writing here regularly on British TV ratings, and related obscure topics! All views my own, obviously,
‘The Great Plague’ fronted by @RobbieRinder & Ruth Goodman attracts average 800k viewers across its 90’ slot from 9pm on Channel 5, the channels biggest audience of the day and helping a lot to nudge 4 ahead of C4 across the entire day.
#EngSpa women’s euros final is on Sunday, not Saturday! Apologies. (Still 5pm kick off and live on both ITV1 & BBC1)
BBC1’s turn to transmit a #WEURO2025 semi-final & 3.7m viewers, the biggest audience of the night - 5.4m peak in extra time - see Spain qualify for their 1st Euro final with 1-0 win against Germany. Both ITV1 & BBC1 will broadcast Saturdays final against the #Lionesses, 5pm K.O.
Almost nine & a half million viewers see #Lionesses secure their place in #WomensEuros Final with rebound penalty from Chloe Kelly near the end of extra time. Entire ITV1 coverage averaged an impressive 5.9million.
Detective drama #KarenPirie (@worldprods), adapted from the novels of Val McDermid, returns to the screen with 2.2million viewers watching 2 hour opener between 8 & 10pm last night on ITV1. Lauren Lyle in the titular role.
HUGE amount of sport on TV Saturday including #Lions rugby, 700k viewers on 2 Sky Sports channels, all day @TheOpen coverage, 600k, #TourDeFrance cycling on ITV4, 200k AND darts, cricket plus heavyweight boxing on #DAZN. Biggest audience?…Germany win in Women’s Euros, 2m on ITV1
Regional news on BBC1 the most watched programme of the day on Friday with 2.8million tuning in at regular 6.30pm slot, equivalent on ITV1 starting 30’ earlier watched by a not too shabby 2.2m…only the soaps - Emmerdale 2.5m, Coronation Street 2.6m - attracted bigger audiences.
Entirety of BBC1 coverage of #SWEENG in Women’s European Championship - 1 hour build up, match, extra-time, penalties, nearly 3 hours in total - averaged 4.4m viewers with peak of over 7m as final penalty (& there were lots of them!) put @Lionesses thru to semi-final. @WEURO2025
Launch of new murder mystery drama #Bookish (@eagleeyedrama) starring Mark Gatiss as crime solving bookseller on ‘U & Alibi’ channel - part of UKTV stable of channels - well received by viewers with 320k tuning in for debut at 8pm. @alibi_channel
Better news for BBC, admittedly not the highest bar to clear currently, with slot winning 2.9m viewers greeting return of #GreatBritishSewingBee (@LoveProductions) at 9pm on BBC1, biggest non-news audience of the day👏 Biggest audience overall also on BBC1, 3.4m to regional news.
American trade magazine ‘Hollywood Reporter’ reports that broadcast tv fell to less than 20% of total viewing in USA for the 1st time last month with YouTube & Netflix advancing most. In the UK, (still) generally half, 56% yesterday for instance. hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin… via @thr
This series of #LoveIslandUK has attracted very consistent audiences since its launch in early June, in or around 1 million viewers, but has started the 6th week of its run on ITV2 with a new high of 1.2m, an 11% share of all individuals & an extraordinary 58% of 16-34 year olds
New series of @LoveIsland, the 12th, debuts on ITV2 with an average of just over 1 million viewers across its 90’ opening episode between 9pm & 10.30pm, biggest multi-channel audience of the night by a distance. Coverage of island events continued shortly afterwards on ITV1, 200k
1.1million viewers - average audience across 5 hours of event coverage on Channel 5 - see #Chelsea crowned winners of revamped #ClubWorldCup with a peak of 2.3m at end of match itself, v big numbers for C5 👏… new signing in red tie seemed very keen to get his hands on trophy?!
THE TROPHY IS OURS!!! 🔵
Coverage of @janniksin triumph in @Wimbledon Men’s Final v reigning champion #CarlosAlcaraz, the 1st ever win at the event by an Italian player, averaged 6.1m viewers - 8.3m peak - more than half of all tv viewing across its 4 hour duration from 4pm on BBC1 #Wimbledon #Sinner 👏
On its 40th anniversary BBC2 devotes Saturday night to a rerun of the epic Bob Geldof inspired Live Aid charity concert; part 1 from 6pm averaged 1.5m viewers, part 2 from 9.30pm to 1am was the most watched programme throughout almost all its slot & averaged 1.1m. #LiveAid40 👏👏
On the eve of publication of the 1st part of #PostOffice enquiry, appearance by the indomitable Betty Brown - the oldest victim of the scandal - is watched by 450k viewers on BBC2 current affairs flagship @BBCNewsnight 👏
A spontaneous round of applause in @BBCNewsnight studio after Betty Brown, 92, the oldest victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal, told @vicderbyshire she won’t stop fighting until she wins back every penny that she says was stolen from her
Launch of 3 part documentary series looking back at Live Aid famine fundraising event, #LiveAidAt40, watched by slot winning 2.1m viewers on BBC2 at 9pm, 2nd ep immediately after attracted 1.6m (& slightly higher share). Could anyone but the incredible #BobGeldof got in done?..👏
