Agreed I saw loads of trailers for it and the Comic Relief show always gets a decent audience. The bigger question is how well the Kilimanjaro show did. If it doesn't get over 5 million I think it can be classed as a disappointment.

Appparently there's no hope for Heartbeat to return after its current : http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...eat.5066102.jp

It also says in that article that 9 episodes will be shown from April, with the remaining 9 next year.


I think it'll get over 6m - I saw promotion for the show and heard about it on the radio. The last Celebrity Apprentice got over 6m, so there's no reason why this one shouldn't.

I hope so, I'm just worried that they relied too much on the show's success last year for this year's ratings. I'm probably just being paranoid, I'm just really hoping that it cotinues to break records this year rather than peaking.

Bye Polonius.

I thought both Comic Relief shows were good. Hope they both do well. I'm sure they will, although the climb could have held the 9pm slot alone, with The Apprentice on yesterday at 9pm.

It does make a nice Comic Relief Weekend though...

Thurs - Climb, Apprentice
Fri - Red Nose Day
Sat - Let's Dance Final

It wouldn't surprise me if they move more towards a Red Nose Weekend over the next few appeals.

Morning all..

So tonight, who is watching Comic Relief, who is watching the soaps on ITV1 and who is watching something different?

I watch soaps and other bits on ITV1 and record Comic Relief then i can skip all the boring bits (as we all know it can be full of boring bits)

Comic relief for me. David Tennant's presenting .

Chris Moyles has just said that the Big Red Nose Climb documentary last night peaked at 9.4m.

Wow!

****ing hell. 8 million viewers then-ish?

Fantastic ratings and a brilliant show. The scenery was stunning and the climbers really deserve a big cheer!

Comic relief for me tonight. Really looking forward to it this year.

8pm The Bill: Leap Of Faith 4.0m (17%)
9pm Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World 3.7m (15%)

8pm Comic Relief Kilimanjaro 8.7m (36.5%)
9pm Comic Relief The Apprentice 7.9m (32.9%)


8pm 10 Years Younger: The Challenge 1.57m (incl. +1)
9pm Red Riding 1.67m (incl. +1)

A big night for ITV4 as well by the look of things with the Man City UEFA Cup game.

Looks like a poor night for five - not surprising if you think a 3 hour Kevin Costner film is a good idea for a nights primetime viewing

Great figures, I was sort of hoping the Apprentice would match or out do the climb considering the show's popularity. However, it still did really well. Last year's finale got 8.9 million I think, so it only got 1 million less than that. If the new series starts off with similar ratings, perhaps the finale will top last year's.

God BBC did well last night
I knew they would beat ITV, but i didn't think it would be that much. I watched the kilimanjaro one, but recorded the apprentice and watched Billy Connolly. Glad to see the last episode didn't drop too much, it was a fantastic series.

Five is just trying to coast through on Thursday nights until they unleash The Mentalist in a couple of weeks. They didn't even show last night's film in widescreen though, which was very lazy.

Apprentice and the football must have taken loads of the younger viewers who watched Red Riding last week. I was one, I recorded RR. Hopefully it will pick back up next week when we all have a chance to catch up on the second film, it deserves so much more than 1.67m.

Yeah, anyone know what the soaps got?

I'm with you on that one as I'm surprised The Apprentice didn't rate higher than the big climb!

So is this a good omen for how well Comic Relief will do tonight or could those Coronation Street episodes throw a spanner in the works?

here you go:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a1...-march-12.html

Fantastic Win for BBC1 Last Night.

Both Comic Relief Shows making great ratings!

Thought the Apprentice would beat The First show though.

But 8m is fantastic.

EastEnders did very well too and anothr 800,000 watching at 10 so last night it was watched by 9.4m.

I expect an average of around 9-10m tonight with it peaking during the main bits like Gavin and Stacey and etc with 12m

Emmerdale 5.5m
Coronation Street 1 8m
Coronation Street 2 7.3m

Thursday 12th March Roundup
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.73m (23.3%)
19:00- The One Show: 4.8m (24%)
19:30- EastEnders: 8.63m (39.1%)
20:00- Kilimanjaro: The Big Red Nose Climb: 8.74m (36.6%)
- began with 8.2m (35.3%) and ended with 9.4m (38.1%)
- up by 93% on 2008 channel slot average of: 4.5m (20.2%)
21:00- Comic Relief Does The Apprentice: 7.94m (33%)
- audience rose from 7.8m (27%) to 8.1m (34.3%) throughout the hour
- up by 80% on 2008 channel slot average of: 4.4m (19.1%)

BBC Two
20:00- Jimmy Doherty In Darwin's Garden: 1.35m (5.6%)
21:00- Darwin's Dangerous Idea: 1.48m (6.1%)
22:00- The Graham Norton Show: 1.4m (7.3%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 6.62m (32.4%)
19:30- Countrywise: 3.5m (16%)
20:00- The Bill: 3.96m (16.6%)
21:00- Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World: 3.66m (15.2%)

Channel 4
18:00- The Simpsons: 2.06m [inc. +1]
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.49m (7.6%) , +1: 100,000
20:00- Ten Years Younger: The Challenge: 1.37m (5.7%) , +1: 161,000
21:00- Red Riding: 1.57m (7.4%) , +1: 102,000
22:00- Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA: 1.18m [inc. +1]

Five
17:30- Neighbours:1.5m (9.9%)
18:00- Home and Away: 1.01m (5.6%)
20:00- The Postman: 585,000 (2.7%)

BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 744,000 (4.2%)

E4 [inc. +1]
19:00- Hollyoaks: 730,000
21:00- My Name Is Earl: 480,000
21:30- The Big Bang Theory: 310,000
22:00- Skins: 830,000

Film4 [inc. +1]
18:45- Bogus: 110,000
21:00- Batman: 160,000

Fiver
18:30- Home and Away: 602,000 (3.4%)
19:00- Neighbours: 220,000 (1.2%)

ITV2
20:00- American Idol: 320,000 (1.5%)
21:00- Paris Hilton's British Best Friend: 355,000 (1.6%)
22:00- American Idol: 293,000

Living
20:00- Jade's Wedding: 771,000 (3.5%)
- peak: 900,000 between 20:45-21:00

More4 [inc. +1]
21:00- ER: 510,000
22:00- Brothers and Sisters: 220,00

Primetime Shares
BBC One: 31.7% (BBC One's highest peaktime share since New Year's Day)
ITV1: 16.6%
Channel 4: 6% , +1: 0.6%
BBC Two: 5.6%
Five: 2.5%

All Hours Shares
BBC One: 25%
ITV1: 16.7%
Channel 4 [inc. +1]: 8.2%
BBC Two: 6.6%
Five: 3.7%

Source: Broadcast, Channel 4 Sales, DS (1), (2), Media Guardian
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Fantastic ratings for the two Comic Relief shows - the Kilimanjaro Climb rated far better than I expected. I think it's a good sign of huge ratings for tonight's main Comic Relief show; I reckon it'll top 10m despite pretty tough opposition from Corrie. Poor night for Five, getting one of the worst primetime shares I've ever seen from a terrestrial channel.

An extraordinary night for the BBC. In line with what I expected for The Apprentice, but the Kilimanjaro show rated spectacularly for 8pm and surpassed my expectations by a mile.

I did originally say that this show deserved a 9pm slot of it's own, but with that sort of rating at 8pm perhaps this was a scheduling masterstroke by the BBC.

Just to echo earlier posters, what were FIVE thinking?

A three hour, dull Costner film all through primetime?

I am surprised it got as many as it did.