Very good for Jonathan creek. People were saying it would fall below 5m. But the retention was excellent, proving that people mostly did enjoy the first episode.

Thanks DMN.

The Jonathan Creek rating is no surprise. It had an overnight of 6.33m so I expected a timeshift to take it to 8m as it is popular. If it gets 8m for episode 2 then I'll be impressed.

1.52 million viewers and an average 7.1% of the audience

These ratings for BBC1/ITV1 are actually not very good at all. It's quite cold and dark at 9pm!

CH4 is doing well I suppose with Gogglebox

About 21m watching at 9pm, I wonder how low it'll go when summer arrives?

And episode 2 was more like Jonathan Creek of old. Still an enjoyable hour of TV that whizzes by. Edge Of Heaven continues to disappoint. Doing worse than Truckers!

Thanks Gavin.

A good drama but the scheduling is odd for 37 Days. Would have been better as Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday or weekly.

Not surprised to see Jonathan Creek hit 8m for its first episode - very impressive indeed, especially as it beat EastEnders and Emmerdale. I'll be even more impressed if it manages to hit 8m again for its second episode, though I think it'll officially rate in the 7.5m - 8m bracket. I'm glad Jonathan Creek didn't fall too much from last week - that's a very decent rating indeed.

Soap ratings are awful. Why don't ITV shunt Edge of Heaven to 10.35pm? They could put a repeat of Doc Martin in that slot instead and it would perform at least 1.5m better.

Gogglebox returned strongly. Channel 4 should pair up Friday Night Dinner with it, to give them a solid 90 minutes of comedy.

Doing a Truckers !!!
I dont think we expected another 9pm drama to be as low as that for a long time but ITV have managed it.

Fantastic audience for Gogglebox.

What a beast it's becoming. Cheap as chips to make as well.

Who said Creek would drop below 5m. Provide links (please)!

I say that's a disappointing drop for Creek, but entirely expected given the mostly negative reaction to last week's episode. I thought part 1 was a bit "meh" but I still came back this week and I'll be back next week too. I thought this week's episode was better but still not quite the Creek we used to know and love.

An excellent drama. Informative and eye-opening. But I agree - bizarrely scheduled. And up against Creek last night, so no surprise its ratings fell from Thursday.


I expected this. Everybody in the country could tell from the trailers how mediocre this programme was going to be. That's why it was a ratings flop right from the off. I remain completely mystified that anybody at ITV could actually believe commissioning this was a good idea. I trust it's not the woman who's just moved to a major position in the BBC's comedy department. (Sorry, forget her name.)

Gogglebox returned last night! I had no idea!!

I really am shocked it's that low. Lower than Line Of Duty and some other BBC2/Channel 4 shows. That's embarrassing!

Those people must be your neighbours because nobody of here said it would fall below 5million. But despite the poor episode it had competition of 1.5m so viewers stuck with JC, In your own words if it had more challenging competition (such as Doc Martin rpt) it would be certainly drop 1million lower than it is already is rating.

Btw Jonathan Creek has got a good review from The Times of next weeks episode. However If I were the BBC I would either have very few one off specials or end it completely before the stories become consistently bad.

What a thoroughly uninspired set of ratings for a thoroughtly uninspired night. When the best show is one about people watching TV and one where the host calls people "dicks" you know its a bad night.

ITV got what they deserve with Corrie. Hopefully alarm bells start to ring before the soap sets in as viewers loose interest completely. Its heading down the exact same rout as EE did with Brian Kirkwood.

The BBC shouldn't put drama against drama on BBC1 and BBC2. They did that last year with Dancing On The Edge and Death In Paradise. It screwed over both.


If I didn't know better I'd swear ITV commissions these comedy dramas, realise they're shit and then dump them on Friday.

The best show on Friday was 37 Days on BBC2. Apart from Edge Of Heaven I thought Friday night had some good stuff at 9pm.

I think they are just desperate for Comedy and just commission anything. Waste of time. I suspect the women who left ITV comedy department commissioned this dross, and so will now commission dross on the BBC.

What is interesting about the soap battles, is when "Coronation Street" slips so does "EastEnders" so the latter never gets an opportunity to catch up. I dont totally understand why the audience drops for both.

It must be weather factor, plus the fact Corrie is awful and EE is still recovering. It will catch up eventually and overtake Corrie unless ITV axe Stuart Blackburn.

A good point. Coronation Street dictates the tone of viewership not EastEnders anymore.

Strictly speaking Jonathan Creek is comedy because it's made by the BBC's comedy department. Tonight 37 Days is on against Casualty.

Good spot, Agent F.


I'll never look at a ketchup bottle in the same way again.

"EastEnders" is capable of getting 7.5 million overnight yet when "Coronation Street" pulls in under 7 million overnight "EastEnders" drops also and doesn't close the gaps between the two.