Personally, I think Easter on BBC1 will look like this:

GOOD FRIDAY

9.00am Good Friday Documentary
10.00 Homes Under The Hammer
11.00 Saints and Scroungers (rpt)
11.30 Bargain Hunt
12.15 Cash in the Attic
1.00 BBC News
1.30 Keeping Up Appearances
2.00 FILM: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
3.55 The Royal Wedding: One Week To Go (Documentary)
4.55 FILM PREMIERE: Kung Fu Panda
6.20 BBC News
6.45 Regional News
7.00 The One Show
7.30 A Question of Sport
8.00 EastEnders
9.00 Blue: The Road to Eurovision
10.00 BBC News
10.20 The Graham Norton Show
11.05 The National Lottery Draws
11.15 FILM: Sweet Home Alabama

EASTER SATURDAY

10.00am Saturday Kitchen
11.30 Nigel Slaters Simple Suppers
12.00 BBC News
12.10 Football Focus
1.00 Sport
4.30 Final Score
5.10 BBC News
5.25 Total Wipeout
6.25 Doctor Who
7.15 So You Think You Can Dance
8.15 The National Lottery: In It to Win It/Secret Fortune
9.05 Casualty
9.55 BBC News
10.15 Match of the Day

EASTER SUNDAY

9.00am Escape to the Country
10.00 Easter Morning Service
11.00 Urbi et Orbi
11.40 Countrytracks
12.40 BBC News
12.50 Cash in the Celebrity Attic
1.35 EastEnders
4.00 Just William (part 1 of 2-concludes tomorrow)
4.55 Songs of Praise for Easter Sunday
5.35 BBC News, Regional News
6.00 Walk on the Wildside (rpt)
6.30 Doctor Who
7.15 Countryfile
8.15 Antiques Roadshow
9.15 Rock and Chips
10.15 BBC News
10.35 FILM: The Stepford Wives (with Nicole Kidman)

EASTER MONDAY

10.00am As Good Friday
2.00pm FILM PREMIERE: High School Musical 3: Senior Year
3.40 FILM PREMIERE: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
5.00 Just William (rpt) (Part 2 of 2)
6.00 BBC News
6.30 The One Show Easter Special
7.30 Bang Goes The Theory
8.00 EastEnders
8.30 The Cost to the Nation: A Panorama Special
looking at how much the Royal Wedding will cost
9.00 New Tricks
10.00 BBC News
10.20 Match of the Day

If that is anything like the actual schedule, then it will be a big improvement on last year.

Saturday and Sunday in particular look stronger. I wish they'd drop The One Show for holidays like this but I know they won't.

The finale of Marchlands was watched by 6.1 million last night according to reports.

There are no guarantees. Have you read who is involved?

Cool, they're saying 5.9 on twitter!

Thanks for that. Dean Andrews said 6.1m so I'm wondering if the figure included ITV+1 or not.

Apparently so, according to Broadcast:

Marchlands 5.89m (24.33%) (inc HD)
+ 201,000 (1.11%) - ITV1+1.

Thursday 3rd March

BBC1
20:00 Human Planet - 4.3m (17.5%)
21:00 Famous, Rich and in the Slums - 3.63m (15%)

BBC2
21:00 The Spice Trail - 2.25m (9.3%) [+ HD 85K (0.3%)]

ITV1
21:00 Marchlands - 5.89m (24.33%) [+1 201,000 (1.11%)]

C4
21:00 Love Thy Neighbour - 1.15m (4.7%) [+1 159,300 (0.9%)]

C5
21:00 FILM: Pistol Whipped - 1.19m (5.7%)

BBC3
21:00 Working Girls - 457,300 (1.9%)

Sky 1
21:00 Mad Dogs - 938,383 (3.9%)

From Broadcast & Attentional screenwatch blog.



and the following from C4 Sales [inc +1]:

C4
Simpsons - 2.0m
Hollyoaks - 1.26m
Relocation, Relocation - 2.16m
Love Thy Neighbour - 1.31m
10 O'Clock Live - 0.77m

E4
Glory Daze - 0.52m
* 341,200 (1.4%) without +1
Skins - 0.56m




Marchlands finishes on a high note and Mad Dogs on Sky 1 has done very well to hold that high audience throughout its run. Last night's Skins was its lowest ever C4 inc +1 figure so will probably be another series low - not looking good.

Can't see any other ratings about at the moment so probably best if RZT, DMN or someone else does a full update later

C4 have comissioned a fourth series of Hollyoaks Later, which should put an end to the latest axe rumours.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...aks-later.html

That explains it. ITV Press Centre are quoting 6.1m as well.

Relocation, Relocation up due to new episode but them people on this last night were really anoying

E4
Skins - 450K + 109 (+1)

That is less than the episode last week. So yes, another all time low rating for the show. It is getting ridiculous now.

An interesting stat about Marchlands. It was ITV's best rated drama series in the Thursday 9pm slot since 2005 (Doc Martin).

Oh dear!

Does not bode well for the Desert Trek documentary getting the stellar ratings some are expecting of it.

If I was a betting man, I'd expect something similar (4m?) for it, depending on how big a turkey (or not) Murphy's Surgery (aka Monroe) proves to be...

Anyone have an insight as to why MediaGuardian haven't posted overnight updates since the weekend?

Their site has become BSkyBupdates.com!!

Thursday 3rd March Roundup
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.67m (22.7%)
19:00- The One Show: 4.62m (21.4%)
19:30- EastEnders: 8.43m (37.4%)
20:00- Human Planet: 4.27m (17.5%)
21:00- Comic Relief: Famous, Rich And In the Slums: 3.63m (15%)
22:35- Question Time: 2.68m (21.9%)

BBC Two
19:00- The Culture Show: 680k (3.1%)
20:00- The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best: 1.78m (7.3
21:00- The Spice Trail: 2.25m (9.3%)
22:00- Mock The Week: 1.1m (5.4%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.55m (34.9%) , +1: 56k (0.2%)
19:30- Tonight: 3.32m (14.7%) , +1: 37k (0.1%)
20:00- Emmerdale: 7.76m (32.7%) , +1: 177k (0.7%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 8.54m (34.1%) , +1: 175k (0.7%)
21:00- Marchlands: 5.89m (24.3%) , +1: 201k (1.1%)

Channel 4
17:30- Coach Trip: 1.75m (10.9%) , +1: 214k (1%)
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.25m (6%) , +1: 37k (0.2%)
20:00- Relocation, Relocation: 1.85m (7.6%) , +1: 315k (1.3%)
21:00- Love Thy Neighbour: 1.15m (4.7%) , +1: 159k (0.9%)
22:00- 10'Clock Live: 670k (3.8%) , +1: 95k (1%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 724k
14:15- Home & Away: 325k (4.9%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.2m (7.6%)
18:00- Home & Away: 990k (4.2%)
19:30- Monkey Life: 795k (3.5%)
20:00- Jaws: The True Story: 1.03m (4.2%)
21:00- Pistol Whipped: 1.19m (5.7%)

Primetime Shares
ITV1: 24.4% (+1: 0.5%)
BBC One: 20.8%
BBC Two: 6.2%
Channel 4: 4.9% (+1: 0.7%)
Channel 5: 4.4%

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Multichannels
BBC Three
21:00 Working Girls - 457,300 (1.9%)
22:00- EastEnders: 805k (3.9%)
22:30- Lunch Monkeys: 264,400 (1.7%)

Dave (inc. +1)
21:00- Russell Howard’s Good News: 384k
22:00- QI: 355k
22:30- Mock the Week: 400k

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 444k (2.1%) , +1: 80k (0.3%)
21:00- Glory Daze: 341,200 (1.4%), +1: 181,700 (1%)
* above slot average of: 305,100 (1.18%)
22:00- Skins: 450k (2.6%) , +1: 109k (1.2%)

Film4 (inc. +1)
19:00- Angus, Thongs and Perfect: 262k

Fiver
18:30- Home & Away: 590k (2.8%)

ITV2
22:00- Celebrity Juice: 1.13m (5.9%) , +1: 242k (2.3%)

More4 (inc. +1)
21:00- The Good Wife: 315k

Sky1
21:00- Mad Dogs: 938k (3.9%)

Sources: Broadcast, DS, DS (2), C4Sales

Marchlands ended on a solid note. It's pretty much held it's audience for it's entire run (something you don't often see). Anyone know the series average? I wonder how Monroe will fair in that slot next week.

Emmerdale as solid as ever. EE and Corrie look abit low, but I think the Corrie rating will be for the whole slot as it ran 20.31-20.58 last night.

As for Skins - what a total disaster. I watched the first episode of the series and thought it was bloody awful. Looks like the cast change this time round hasn't done the show any favours at all.

Yeah, I think I'll have to revise my prediction for the Desert Trek. I thought yesterday's documentary would get a million more or so. IIRC, the first series got ~5m, last year's fell to about ~4m but I thought there would be renewed interest in it especially as it was tagged with the Comic Relief brand. Difficult competition, mind you, with Marchlands doing really well. Great rating for Mad Dogs too which improved from its last 2 episode figures. Skins' ratings keep dropping every episode - I thought by now the declines would've ended! Also a noteable drop for 10 O'Clock Live which had stabilised the past few weeks at the 750-800k mark.

Well, it depends, doesn't it, the Desert Trek might be more popular because there are current celebrities and it's been plugged non-stop on Radio 1 and been in the papers. This was more an extended version of the films we get on the night with Celebrities X, Y and Z going to Africa. And I dunno if anyone considered "Famous, Rich and..." a brand that they'd watch regardless, it depends what the subject is, watching Larry Lamb being homeless for a week is more of a novelty than Lenny Henry's umpteenth trip to Africa.

5.76m (23.51%)

According to Broadcast.

So Mad Dogs is getting twice what it got on BBC4. So much for the Guardian readers who said they would never watch a Murdoch channel

Great rating for the finale of Marchlands. Pity for ITV that it probably doesn't have any returnable potential, but its got its worth out of 6 episodes for it. Poor for the Famous, Rich And In the Slums documentary, and it bodes well for Monroe next week, which could launch at a similar figure that Marchlands left off at.

Notable (or not...) mention also for C4, last in the 9pm slot and now with some poor ratings again.

Do you have the ratings for the repeat of Bedlam last night on sky living rzt. Also by any chance do you have the break down of the ratings for Mondays episode. Thanks

Eh? Has that show been on BBC4?

K

Mad Men perhaps ? I doubt Mad Dogs has been on BBC4