Anyone know what the 10:30 BBC3 repeat got? TIA

1.42m (posted on previous page).

E.Bodies 2.53m, 9.6%
Mentalist; 2.51m 9.6%

Ok - I'm sure EastEnders started 8.00 on the dot and according the iplayer the episode was 32m, 41sec long so its that 2 minutes, between 8.33-8.40 which is bringing the average down. Hopeful DS can take this into account, like they do with Corrie's ratings.

Thanks . So fantastic figures all round for the EE

When you put it like that it does make quite an impact. The whole Christmas to now planning has been one of Eastenders and the BBC's great achievements I reckon, especially as some were calling for the show to be axed a few years back-didnt one episode go sub 5 million at one stage? The show has been done proud for its anniversary.
I suppose the problem now is having backup storylines to maintain the interest, which I suggest will not be easy after all the promotion and hype.

They've got the "Syred" reveal coming up in a few months, so that will develop - don't forget that had over 12m in the officials on New Year's Day.

Stunning rating for EastEnders. I did think people were predicting a bit low but that's even higher than I expected. That BBC3 figure is incredible as well.

I think this proves that the future of soaps is to emulate shows like The X Factor etc by creating 'event TV' which they did perfectly here. Even without it being live they created a massive buzz around this storyline - the fact it was live just added to it.

I think it's great for Corrie that it's lagging behind as well. I don't know how long the EE lead will last but they've been too complacent for too long and it's the kick up the backside they need.

Well done EE and it's great for the exec producer that he's leaving on such a high note. The new guy has a lot to prove now.

DS have put up the soap ratings article here: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2...s-at-166m.html

They say EastEnders had a 5-minute peak of 16.58m (59.4%) between 8.25pm and 8.30pm.

Yeah, it has turned itself around it the last 3/4 years since the slump in 2004/05. Its lowest ever rating is 3.9 million in the summer of 2006, many people thought it would never recover from that but a year on it had 13.9 million on Christmas Day - the most watched show of 2007.


Seond highest ever for BBC3 repeat!! If you only consider the ratings for the full slots - BBC1+BBC3= 17 million plus who watched the live episode.

Yes that was another landmark episode, thanks for the info.

I know EE had the live factor but it also goes to show what can happen when a major story cliffhanger is not leaked in advance. I wonder if the soaps will try this tactic more often now.

Very much so, did the rest of the post not give it away?

Massively hyped soap gets good rating on a cold and for some snowy night with a storyline that has been everywhere since Santa popped down the chimney!

Eastenders now declared best soap ever, Emmy nominations for all the cast for doing so well for remembering their lines and where to walk! Amazing! Well done luvvies and Diedrick Santer to be poached by HBO to make a massive new drama series starring whichever massively successful ex-Eastender hasn't ended up in a police or hospital drama

So it rated higher than 14.91 million!?!

I didn't think that it would rate that highly purely because we don't see ratings that often on the main channels these days. And yet in the last three years we have seen some huge ratings for terrestrial shows. We've had Doctor Who getting 13 million, Wallace and Gromit 16 million and Britain's Got Talent 19 million.

Terrestrial television isn't dead yet, the only people that say that are producers of shows that struggle to get 3 million.

not a fan

Wow! Big well done EE I think most predicted 12m .

Is it true the Aftermath show is the highest rated multi-channel programme of all time?

Edit: Seems so. Wow!

I think so. I think the previous biggest was a CSI type crossover on Five USA or a football game on Sky Sports which both got around 2.5million

I'm in shock!

Never in a million years did I think EE would get 15.6m, a 16.6m peak, probably 16.5m in the BARB officials, and another 1.5m watching it later on BBC3. Significantly over 20m will have watched this "event" once you aggregate the BARB official BBC1 and BBC3 ratings, the omnibus and iPlayer viewings.

And then the BBC3 aftershow getting the biggest multi-channel audience ever.

I bet the Beeb feel like fools for not putting it on BBC1 given the damage it did to both BBC1 and ITV1!

I bet ITV are in a state of shock too - just c8m for the post-EE Corrie!


I'd say that's an absolute nailed-on given now!

With 2 months of build up/promos, and an X Factor tie-in too I should expect...

Didn't the original Torchwood s1e1 get more than that? Or am I misremembering?

K

I think the "The Bill uplift %" theory might need some revision today?

It got 2.51m or 2.4m depending where you read it.

I think Friends on Sky1 was quite high too - 3m?

Edit: Friends got 2.8m.

bloody amazing for EastEnders - and very well deserved too, the cast and crew did a sterling job last night

No, terrestrial TV isn't dead, but multichannel is definitely showing signs of booming.

Just as a note, the 20:30 to 20:35 period it looks like it averaged 10.5m (37.5%)

That in turn means, for the full slot from 20:30 to 21:00, QI averaged 4.94m (17.5%), obviously inflated by EastEnders.

27.2 million were watching in the half hour from 20:00 to 20:30 - this compares to 24.8 million watching in the same half hour last Friday - so it looks like you had 2.4 million tuning in specifically for the live episode.

15.6m - 2.4m = 13.2m. Expect Monday's episode to be back round the normal, if not maybe 11m at most. I don't forsee the anniversary bounce continuing for a long time, really.

I do think BBC will probably be celebrating more about BBC Three's figures than BBC One's figures - for the pure reason that it broke the multichannel record, which is definitely an achievement. It says a lot when Britain's Got Talent final finished, it went from 19m >> 3m from ITV1 to ITV2, whereas with EE it went from 16.6m >> 4m from BBC1 to BBC3.

Going by the number of people who I know that watched the show last night, despite not having seen it for years, that figure isn't completely astounding. I watched, not having a clue what was going on, but still it still had me gripped. It was a very well executed episodes in the traditional "Who dunnit?" vein.

What is more surprising is the BBC Three figure - 4.3 million!!! Will anything ever be able to beat that?!?!