Yes more than usual reason for a season high rating first off due to the baton being passed on so to speak.

Kris is likeable but Ben will be missed. Camille is so stunning though it hardly matters what else is going on

Shame you didn't see the ones with Ben is as he was really good, but as I've said I thought Kris did pretty well and most on the thread seem to think he's ok to.

From what I've read, a lot of the audience didn't want her to die at all. They could have had the character beating cancer, and going off to run a cafe in Blackpool with her husband. A bit rough on the actor playing the husband, but that's the reality of being a soap actor: you never know when your role is going to end or be downgraded. They could have had him popping back for flying visits for the occasional episode, with his wife's absence being explained by her having to stay and look after the cafe.

And people say EastEnders is depressing!

Ben was a brilliant fish out of water.

Im glad they didn't make the new character cool and too sure of himself-would not have worked at all.

Ok what the f***** did I just watch on BBC Two

With the right to die storyline though Corrie is doing something it hasn't done for a very long time - encouraging a wider discussion on the issue. It's already on the news agenda of the papers and I suspect it'll feature on a few shows and news bulletins over the next few days too, and not just on ITV.

Paul O Grady's Animal Orphans programme was brilliant. Such an easy presenter to watch, and one of the 1st programmes I have watched on ITV Tuesday in months (exclude Xmas). I hope it rates well for ITv which encouyrages them to show some better programming in the 9pm and 8pm slot.

Yah I don't think it would have gone down as well if they tried to make him more like Ben.

Last series opener DIP has 6.9m so I think around that if not higher is achievable.

I think with it being on a Tuesday and BBC2 showing a wildlife program it may not do as well as hoped.

I suspect you are right, however ITV have pushed this programme quite a bit, trailers through Corrie etc. and Paul O' Grady is popular, so I hope for at least 3m+. Perhaps word of mouth might boost it, as it did with Paul O'Grady Dogs.

Ignoring the issues that "Coronation Street" are tackling for a moment, is this part of the reason that there is a fluxuation in its viewing figures or will this story have no effect on its audience retention and ratings. I have heard some soap producers speak on the subject of killing characters off in serial dramas and tend to avoid death scenes sometimes as they find viewers can turn off the programme for a period and it can have a negative effect on their loyality to the show. It will be very interesting to see the period after if "Coronation Street" also will see an unsettling in its viewers

I think the same debate ran through killing off Matthew in "Downton Abbey" but it returned with a strong audience for the aftermath of the characters departure. It will be interesting to see what effect on viewing habits "Coronation Street" storyline decision has, if any.

I watched last night's Bletchley Circle this evening. I enjoy it, but I can see why it doesn't do very well in the overnights. It looks like it came from The Adventure Book For Girls.

Except - its overnights may not be too hot but episode 1 last week had a very big timeshift so its consolidated audience was actually very respectable.

Good to see a positive response to Kris Marshall's arrival in Death In Paradise. The production team were clearly aware that Richard Poole is a difficult character to follow, but they seemed to have judged it well with the new boy. having him sympathetic to his colleagues loss was very sensible. The programme shouldn't experience any serious loss of viewers.

O'Grady is popular with a track record in animal docs so I think it will do better than you are saying. I enjoyed the Animal Odd Couples doc on BBC a while ago and will definately catch up with this.

Death in Paradise was excellent tonight. I can see it doing very well tomorrow. A rating in the high 6s is my prediction.

Benefits Street rated well last night and increased on last week as expected. Bletchley Circle consolidated well for episode 1, but its overnights are poor. I can't see ITV recommissioning it at this point, unless there is an increase in the overnight rating over the rest of the series.

I think Roy is a popular enough character that people will stick with it for the aftermath. Longer term it's down to what else Corrie has to offer, but Corrie's strength has always been as much in the filler as it has the headline storylines.

It will be interesting to see if this does rate decently, or whether the curse of Tuesdays will mean it gets less than 3m.

Seemingly confirmed now via twitter sources that CBB has been "extended" by four days due to the ratings success of this series.

http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb13/news/01...to-be-extended

Its still plucking one rating out of the air and comparing it with another like what the press did in PC era, which doesn't prove Corrie's ratings are in decline yoy.

Eastenders lost over 1.37 million year on year where as Corrie hasn't, there is no real evidence to suggest Corrie has lost over a million because of one rating in January. The show was getting 9-10 million in the summer last year under SB which is impressive not many soaps can say that.

Hope the Celebs hadn't made any plans!

House of Fools was superb, brilliant and hilarious.

Vic and Bob on top form. Well done to bbc2 for this. Shame it will probably get no more than 800k to 1m.

It has been a great series so far. I have never known it generate so much press in papers other than Daily Star since the Channel 5 move!

Haha. Hats off to @Channel5Press if the media go for this. Nothing on tomorrow's front pages though, even the Star.

C5's advertising partners will be happy that the ratings bonanza is set to continue. And with NCIS returning the very next night, C5 can keep the ratings machine busy into February.

Like I said, more data is needed to see a trend.

Picture C4's dismay.