The 23.02m average does not include BBC HD.

EDIT - Including BBC HD, it had 23.11m (83.08%).

Source: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rating...044800.article

If only that was possible.

Not sure about BBC HD but it's possible it could have been 23.78m benchmark to be highest rated show since '98 - when consolidated BARB figures come out, it's likely to beat that.

Thanks, I'm sure when consolidated it will beat England-Argentina then.

When was the last time we saw a 60%+ share on primetime BBC1? We've seen 40%+ shares primetime in recent times and notably on Christmas Sunday 1993.

I don't think you quite understand the meaning of highest since, it's the highest since the last rating this high, which was Diana's funeral, not the 1966 world cup 46 years ago.

There was a 0.64m timeshift for the Diamond Jubilee Concert. I assuming timeshift will be higher for the Olympic Ceremony so it should be close with England v Argentina on 23.78m.

Given the figures last night, I would be extremely surprised if BBC One doesn't find itself with ~35/40% shares everyday.

BBC Three should be doing very well as well, almost certainly beating a few terrestrials.

Does anyone know how BBC3 performed in daytime yesterday? Just curious...

Top 10 rated UK TV broadcasts

1 1966 World Cup Final, BBC/ITV 32.30m
2 Funeral of Princess Diana, 1997, BBC1/ITV 32.10m
3 Royal family documentary, 1969, BBC1/ITV 30.69m
4 EastEnders: Den divorces Angie, 1986, BBC1 30.15m
5 Apollo 13 splashdown, 1970, BBC1/ITV 28.6m
6 FA Cup replay: Chelsea v Leeds, 1970, BBC1/ITV 28.49m
7 Royal wedding: Charles and Diana, 1981, BBC/ITV 28.40m
8 Royal wedding: Anne and Mark Phillips, 1973, BBC1 27.60m
9 Coronation Street: Alan Bradley killed by tram, 1989, ITV 26.93m
10 Only Fools And Horses: Batman and Robin (below), 1996, BBC1 24.35m

Source Broadcast


Top 11-20 UK broadcasts

11 EastEnders: Pat Butcher runs down little girl
1992 BBC1 24.30m
12 Royal Variety Performance: Shirley Bassey, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore 1965 ITV 24.20m
13 JFK assassination news 1963 BBC/ITV 24.15m
14= Winter Olympics: Torvill and Dean 1994 BBC1 23.95m
14= To The Manor Born: Penelope Keith holds hands with Peter Bowles 1979 BBC1 23.95m
16 World Cup: England v Argentina 1998 ITV 23.78m
17= Miss World: Miss Grenada, Jennifer Hoste 1970 BBC1 23.76m
17= Miss World: Miss Peru, Madeline Hartog Bel Houghton 1967 BBC1 23.76m
19 Royal Variety Performance: Michael Crawford 1975 BBC1 22.66m
20 Apollo 8 and 11 splashdowns 1968 BBC/ITV 22.54m

Source daily mail


England vs West Germany in 1990 match average accross the game not full broadcast had 26.2m (ITV/BBC).

We were two of 6 million or so who were watching at 10pm, but didn't stay up for the torch lighting. We recorded it for viewing later today, I expect many others did too.

bloody hell at MPD...

I have no interest in the Olympics and didn't watch any of it last night. So don't call people foolish.

I was surprised that it beat BB the last 3 weeks, but it was beaten by almost triple last night by it which is odd. But yeah, as always, everything was low.

In fairness, as horrific a figure as that is, MPD is something people only watch if next to nothing else is on. It was never going to hold up well.

The Big Brother audience was very loyal which bodes well for the fortnight. Channel 5 would have fared much worse last night without it.

Excellent average and share, there was little reason for viewers to switch off for the parade and subsequently return, aside from comfort breaks. I expect some viewers need their beds and missed team GBR.

I watched on a big tv in my local Brewer's Fayre from 858pm, the average was 7 viewers, the staff however were not watching The place was deserted though....I did record it at home in HD and will no doubt watch parts of it again.....

Why no Vera rating in DS article?

Bearing in mind the audience research system was different in 1966 - people were stopped in the street and asked what programmes they had watched the night before. So actually that figure was more likely to include people watching in pubs than BARB which has no way of measuring that.

Their not disappointing figures by any stretch but in he context of the games being the crescendo the whole country has been building to for nearly ten years I am surprised that over half the country had no contact whatsoever with the opening ceremony.

Yeah, but you can say that for any event nowadays, the last few Royal Events have had people given Bank Holidays to watch it, and still most didn't bother.

Obviously we have no idea of the total reach, people who watched 10 minutes of it or so, and of course the people watching it away from their TV sets.

1.18m, doing a full Anti-Olympic roundup now

If you include big screen/pub viewings it would have been 30m+, and there's still the officials to come

Massive ratings last night, as expected the shares were huge.


Many of those people aren't able to view, there will be at least a million babies, plus many more really young kids, millions working, people in hospital, prison, people on holiday abroad etc, once you exclude all those you get to a more realistic available audience.

Absolutely - love that way of looking at it. I think the rest might be considerably more expensive per head though.

The build up show was also very encouraging - 10m over two hours is brilliant, especially when you look at the figures for things like the build up to the Wimbledon final and some Euro 2012 matches. Could the BBC manage 10m a night throughout the games?


Kind of sad this slips in behind two Miss World pageants.


You foolish fool. I just don't understand how anyone can not get swept up in it all.

Friday 27th July 2012 - Anti-Olympic Ratings
BBC Two
19:00 - Coast: 750k (4.1%)
19:30 - The Great British Story: 775k (3.45%)
20:30 - Gardeners' World: 1.26m (4.9%)
21:00 - Snowdonia: a Year in the Wild: 484k (1.51%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 500k (1.45%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 350k (1.2%)
23:00 - EuroMillions Lottery: 800k (2.8%)
23:10 - FILM: The Shipping News: 157k (0.7%)

ITV1
20:30 - Vera: 1.18m (3.85%), +1: 41k (0.13%)
22:30 - ITV News & Weather: 550k (2.0%)
23:05 - The Big Sports Quiz: 225k (0.8%)
24:05 - Grimefighters: 200k (0.75%)

Channel 4
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 425k (2.15%)
20:00 - Phil Specer's Secret Agent: 575k (2.3%)
21:00 - The Million Pound Drop: 272k (0.85%), +1: 63.5k (0.22%)
22:35 - The Angelos Epithemiou Show: 167k (0.6%)
23:10 - Friday Night Dinner: 100k (0.4%)
23:40 - New Girl: 100k (0.3%)

Channel 5
19:00 - Cowboy Builders: 325k (1.5%)
20:00 - Ice Road Truckers: 475k (2.0%)
21:00 - Big Brother: 614k (1.92%), +1: 43k (0.15%)
22:30 - The Bachelor: 242k (0.9%)
23:30 - Big Brother's Bit on the Side: 233k (1.1%)

BBC.co.uk
21:00 - Olympics 2012: 1.0m+

Total Viewing Audience
20:30 - 24.9m
20:45 - 27.0m
21:00 - 30.5m
21:15 - 31.9m
21:30 - 32.5m
21:45 - 32.9m
22:00 - 32.4m
22:15 - 31.4m
22:30 - 29.8m
22:45 - 28.9m
23:00 - 27.7m
23:15 - 25.9m
23:30 - 24.9m
23:45 - 24.5m
24:00 - 23.3m
24:15 - 22.9m
24:30 - 21.6m
24:45 - 12.8m

All-Day Shares inc +1's
BBC One - 52.7%
ITV1 - 10.4%
Channel 4 - 3.2%
BBC Two - 2.8%
Channel 5 - 2.5%

Source: Broadcast, DS