BBC Two
07:30 - Great British Menu (r): 120k (2.8%)
08:00 - Great British Menu (r): 222k (3.8%)
08:30 - Great British Menu (r): 292k (4.2%)
09:00 - Great British Menu (r): 378k (5.0%)
09:30 - Great British Menu (r): 448k (5.8%)
10:00 - A History of Britain with Simon Schama (r): 229k (3.0%)
11:00 - Meet the Ancestors (r): 232k (3.2%)
11:30 - Map Man (r): 169k (2.3%)
12:00 - Indian Food Made Easy (r): 283k (3.8%)
12:30 - Mastermind (r): 239k (3.1%)
13:00 - University Challenge (r): 266k (3.3%)
13:30 - Talking Pictures - Dirk Bogarde: 221k (2.7%)
14:15 - FILM: Doctor in the House (1954): 318k (3.5%)
15:45 - Coast (r): 402k (3.8%)
16:30 - LIVE Athletics - European Indoor Championships: 1.06m (7.5%) inc 78k (0.55%) on BBC HD
18:00 - Flog It! Trade Secrets: 1.43m (7.45%) inc 77k (0.4%) on BBC HD
19:00 - Top Gear (r): 1.27m (5.7%)
20:00 - Dad's Army (r): 2.02m (8.8%)
20:30 - Natural World - Queen of Tigers (r): 1.52m (6.8%) inc 112k (0.5%) on BBC HD
21:30 - Howard Goodall's Story of Music: 879k (4.2%) inc 50.5k (0.2%) on BBC HD
22:30 - FILM: The First Grader (2010): 245k (1.8%) inc 3k (0.02%) on BBC HD
24:05-25:40 - FILM: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009): 217k (4.2%) inc 4k (0.07%) on BBC HD

Oh I can think of one mega stinker from the BBC in recent years on a Saturday that was so bad it was suspended, Don't Scare The Hare. Also I could add that weird people show with Ian Wright from about 13 years ago that came and went in a hurry.
For ITV, how about The Premiership, a really poor version of MOTD that had almost no action and was full of adverts, which struggled in its 7.00 slot. Also this shared its slot with the dog days of Blind Date, which had gone on ten years too long.

Don't Scare The Hare, Celebrity Wrestling, Red or Black, The Marriage Ref and Who Dares Sings( awful talent show with Denise van Outen) are well known disasters from the last ten years. Actually a show that seems to feature Denise van Outen is usually doomed to fail.

That was when the 6 nations or 5 nations as it was sold the TV rights differently. Country's governing body (or what ever you call them) like the RFU for example sold the rights themselves. the autumn Internationals are still sold like this The BBC now only have the live rights for Wales and Scotland having lost Ireland to sky this year and England's games some time ago.

Now the 6N rights are one big package and I don't know if sky couldn't be bothered with the non England games or what. Luckily the BBC have really focussed in on it and hold on. I think the do a really good job with it. And I remember being very happy when the got it all back. Great day. A very rare day as well.

Ken

Talking of all of these dodgy shows on a Saturday, Duel was a really good show on ITV, which they only did 1 series of, a massive shame to me.

ITV

Daytime/early evening (exc +1)
06:00-09:25 - CITV: 112k (2.6%)
09:25 - ITV News: 156k (2.0%)
09:30 - The Jeremy Kyle Show USA: 335k (4.3%)
10:25 - My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham (r): 202k (2.7%)
11:25 - Dinner Date (r): 373k (5.1%)
12:25 - ITV News: 603k (7.9%)
12:40 - Columbo (r): 697k (8.5%)
14:35 - The Chase: Celebrity Special (r): 895k (9.8%)
* Dan Lobb, Jodie Prenger, Chris Packham, Jennie McAlpine
15:40 - FILM: Dragonheart (1996): 877k (7.3%)
17:30 - ITV Regional News: 1.80m (11.85%)
17:45 - ITV News: 2.19m (13.5%)

Evening (exc/inc +1)
18:00 - You've Been Framed and Famous! (r): 2.86m (15.1%) / 3.04m (16.0%)
19:00 - Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: 6.74m (30.1%) / 7.17m (32.0%)
20:20 - The Cube: 4.18m (18.6%) / 4.51m (20.1%)
21:20 - The Jonathan Ross Show: 3.24m (15.2%) / 3.49m (16.3%)
22:20 - ITV News: 2.17m (11.7%) / 2.29m (12.4%)
22:35 - FILM PREMIERE: Body of Lies (2008): 852k (7.7%) / 969k (8.8%)
24:50 - Jackpot247 (to 26:00): 82k (2.3%) exc +1

Neil, if you have a minute and the access, do you have demos (16-34 and ABC1) for Takeaway, The Cube and Wossy last night? And Piers Morgan from Friday and Food, Glorious Food from Wednesday as well if you can?

If I'm asking too much just ignore me!

In fact BBC had all France home games except France v England which was on Sky.

Yes it was a big deal the England games going of the BBC. Big mistake. I still think the RFU should try more FTA coverage outside the RWC and the 6N. ITV wouldn't mind picking up the odd match.

Ken

Sky have England's Autumn Internationals live until 2015 (highlights on BBC).

Channel 4

Daytime/early evening (exc +1)
06:10 - The Hoobs (r): 49k (3.8%)
06:35 - The Hoobs (r): 43k (2.3%)
07:00 - Will and Grace (r): 36k (1.3%)
07:25 - World Superbike Championship Highlights: 68k (1.7%)
07:55 - The Morning Line: 191k (3.1%)
08:55 - Everybody Loves Raymond (r): 179k (2.4%)
09:25 - Everybody Loves Raymond (r): 289k (3.7%)
09:55 - Frasier (r): 299k (3.9%)
10:25 - Frasier (r): 269k (3.6%)
10:55 - The Big Bang Theory (r): 243k (3.3%)
11:25 - The Big Bang Theory (r): 338k (4.7%)
11:45 - The Simpsons (r): 371k (5.1%)
12:20 - The Simpsons (r): 285k (3.7%)
12:50 - Undercover Boss USA (r): 271k (3.4%)
13:45 - LIVE Racing: 506k (5.6%)
* peak: 639k (7.3%) at 14:40 (14:40 from Newbury)
16:05 - Come Dine with Me (r): 419k (3.7%)
16:40 - Come Dine with Me (r): 794k (6.1%)
17:10 - Come Dine with Me (r): 1.10m (7.7%)
17:40 - Come Dine with Me (r): 1.13m (6.8%)
18:10 - Come Dine with Me (r): 1.14m (6.0%)
18:40 - Channel 4 News: 610k (3.0%)

Evening (exc/inc +1)
19:05 - Edward VIII: the Plot to Topple a King (r): 893k (4.0%) / 980k (4.4%)
20:00 - Kevin McCloud's Man-made Home (r): 891k (3.9%) / 986k (4.4%)
21:00 - FILM: Transporter 3 (2008): 1.02m (5.0%) / 1.17m (5.8%)
23:05 - FILM: Jumper (2008): 532k (5.5%) / 653k (6.8%)
24:50 - Tim Minchin: Ready for This? (r) (to 26:00): 158k (4.4%) exc +1

It really says something about British tv when a comedy from the seventies outrates everything else on TWO.

Ratings for the skate off of DOI might be interesting.

Could itv really schedule dancing on ice on a worse day and time slot nowadays though. It no longer faces lark rise on sundays. Even midweek on a winter wedensday night at 8pm after coronation street this show would rate much better. Perhaps they want to kill it off now.

Wed 27 Feb
Food Glorious Food: 2.74m (12.7%) inc +1
* 16-34 demo: 304k (8.0% share, 11% skew, TVR = 2.1)
* ABC1 demo (inc kids): 1.11m (11.3% share, 40% skew, TVR = 3.6)

Fri 1 Mar
Piers Morgan's Life Stories: 4.06m (17.8%) inc +1
* 16-34 demo: 502k (13.9% share, 12% skew, TVR = 3.4)
* ABC1 demo (inc kids): 1.73m (16.1% share, 43% skew, TVR = 5.6)

Sat 2 Mar
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: 7.17m (32.0%) inc +1
* 16-34 demo: 1.49m (38.2% share, 21% skew, TVR = 10.1)
* ABC1 demo (inc kids): 2.72m (27.5% share, 38% skew, TVR = 8.9)

The Cube: 4.51m (20.1%) inc +1
* 16-34 demo: 941k (24.6% share, 21% skew, TVR = 6.4)
* ABC1 demo (inc kids): 1.80m (18.1% share, 40% skew, TVR = 5.9)

The Jonathan Ross Show: 3.49m (16.3%) inc +1
* 16-34 demo: 811.5k (21.15% share, 23% skew, TVR = 5.5)
* ABC1 demo (inc kids): 1.68m (17.0% share, 48% skew, TVR = 5.5)

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Explanation of terminology:
e.g. 811.5k 16-34-year-olds watched Jonathan Ross on average through the programme. This was 21.15% of all 16-34-year-olds watching TV during that slot (share), and 5.5% of all 16-34-year-olds whatever they were doing (TVR). That demo made up 23% of all the people watching Jonathan Ross (skew).

http://www.snookerscene.blogspot.co....orld-open.html

So snooker in China gets ratings of 80m according to this blog. Puts everything else into the shade.

As if Dancing on Ice's figures could get any worse, they now have 15 minutes of filler as they've had to cancel the skate off because of illness.

Thanks for all that data, Neil!

Good result for ITV Saturday nights there, 16-34 share across over 3 hours will have been well over 25%. The Cube skews a fair bit older compared to Take Me Out (but young compared to most other shows). So it really needs to be posting those kinds of total ratings to get a good audience in that demo.

No comfort for Food, Glorious Food in those numbers, however. The ABC1 skew is decent but with ABC1's you need a big total audience for it to work. Two whole TVR points behind Piers (who airs on a Friday night and probably costs a good bit less).

It might level out a little bit. It could be higher at the start to see if he was in the bottom 2 or not, and then when he was announced to be withdrawing the figures might fall even further off the cliff. I'd expect something like 5-5.5m for the first half, and probably around 4-4.5m right now.

I know - they had to actually show people skating. Three routines - all uninterupted by ads. Someone will surely be fired for this.

Channel 5

Daytime (exc +1)
06:00 - Milkshake!: 165k (3.45%)
* peak: 313k (4.2%) at 09:00 (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom)
10:00 - Power Rangers: Samurai (r): 254k (3.3%)
10:35 - Batman: the Brave and the Bold (r): 185k (2.5%)
11:00 - Looney Tunes (r): 143k (1.9%)
11:15 - Highland Emergency (r): 123k (1.7%)
11:45 - Robson's Extreme Fishing (r): 215k (2.9%)
12:45 - Beat the Ancestors (r): 152k (1.9%)
13:45 - FILM: Mosquito Squadron (1968): 341k (3.9%)
15:35 - FILM: Vera Cruz (1954): 517k (4.4%)
17:20 - FILM: Chisum (1970): 784k (4.2%)

Evening (exc/inc +1)
19:30 - CSI: NY (r): 538k (2.4%) / 570k (2.5%)
20:15 - NCIS (r): 1.00m (4.5%) / 1.03m (4.6%)
21:10 - NCIS (r): 1.01m (4.6%) / 1.065m (4.9%)
22:10 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: 1.04m (5.8%) / 1.08m (6.0%)
23:05 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent: 838k (7.0%) / 907k (7.6%)
24:00 - SuperCasino (to 26:00): 62k (1.3%) exc +1

It looks like CSI: NY was run without ads, judging by the timings. Presumably they packed in the maximum allocation of commercials during NCIS and L&O: SVU, their heavy hitters.

As Dancc says, Channel 5 work around Casualty, saving their first Law & Order original until after the hospital drama finishes.

Wonder how Mayday will rate tonight? Been heavily trailed these past few days and started almost straight after Call The Midwife, which had a very strong episode tonight, so there wasn't alot of chance for viewers to float off...

[EDIT: It's also quite good]

Its got hefty competition with selfridge.

Technically not a premiere. Was first shown as part of one of Sky's free weekends on Pick TV. It averaged 499k [consolidated] on 11/2/11.

You're not claiming them all for ITV4, are you, George?