It got quite a good reception on the episode thread. I've enjoyed this series so far but then again have only watched the last couple of series so don't have knowledge of the early series.

I haven't caught up with tonight, anyway. Will do that during the week.

Yes, Bluestone 42 is a BBC Three comedy. A very good one too, and I'm not usually a fan of BBC Three's comedies, I've only ever liked that and Some Girls.

Just checked and they're repeating another episode in the same slot next week too. Maybe they're bedding it in because that's the next Three show which is earmarked for the main channels.

Hope the Big Brother live feed does well tonight.

Pointless: 4.11m (26.0%)
BBC News at Six: 5.44m (29.6%)
BBC Regional News: 6.14m (31.8%)
The One Show: 4.47m (22.3%)
A Question of Sport: 3.79m (17.4%)
EastEnders: 7.13m (31.6%)
Room 101: 3.69m (16.1%)
The Musketeers: 3.39m (14.5%)
BBC News at Ten: 3.70m (18.4%)
BBC Regional News: 3.89m (21.2%)
The Graham Norton Show: 3.60m (25.1%)

That was the series of Dragon's Den that went up against Downton Abbey. It was a disaster of scheduling.

That's healthy for EE on a Friday isn't it? Great as always for Norton, not so great for The Musketeers!

Celebrity Big Brother peaked with a massive 3.58m (18.1%) last night...

Woah!! Average?

Wow, that's really impressive!!

Over 7m for EE on Friday looks ok but Musketeers is just petering away isnt it? Shame because I think its pretty good. At least they can look at the overseas sales as a success.

Was the peak for the eviction or Katie Price's entrance?

Channel 5 (inc +1)
20:00 - Ice Road Truckers: 940k (4.1%)
21:00 - Celebrity Big Brother: 2.92m (13.3%)
* peak: 3.58m (18.1%) at 22:20
....
21:00 - 2.39m (10.3%)
21:05 - 2.84m (12.1%)
21:10 - 2.92m (12.6%)
21:15 - 2.43m (10.5%)
21:20 - 2.97m (12.5%)
21:25 - 3.04m (13.1%)
21:30 - 2.78m (12.1%)
21:35 - 2.50m (10.7%)
21:40 - 3.16m (13.5%)
21:45 - 3.17m (13.6%)
21:50 - 2.82m (12.0%)
21:55 - 2.93m (12.7%)
22:00 - 2.66m (13.0%)
22:05 - 3.30m (16.0%)
22:10 - 3.06m (15.3%)
22:15 - 3.05m (15.4%)
22:20 - 3.58m (18.1%)
22:25 - 2.97m (15.6%)
....
22:30 - Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side: 1.29m (8.9%)
23:30 to 24:10 - Celebrity Big Brother Live: 863k (10.4%)

I've not tape-checked, hence the breakdown too.

BBC One's anti-soap programmes (TOS, AQOS and R101) all look on the high side.

Wow, thanks! As you haven't tapechecked, would the average be higher then? And yep, according to the breakdown, it looks like it peaked with Price's entrance. Fantastic for BOTS and that is an incredible rating and share for BB Live!

Wow, what a fab evening all round. The share and rating for live feed isn't to be sniffed at ethier.

Nice spike for the eviction and interview too.

That's a fantastic breakdown and the audience following it to BOTS and BB Live too shows theres a lot of interest in the show again, Credit to Channel 5, they've rejuvenated an ailing brand and its a very entertaining show

Attentional has the timings wrong so even their tape-checked ratings will be wrong for CBB:

21:00-22:00 - CBB
22:04-23:28 - BOTS
23:33-24:10 - Live from the House

The main show was extended to 90 minutes.

UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 1m1 minute ago
#Benidorm won the 9pm slot for ITV with 4.92m/21.1%, 100k up on last week.

Good for CBB. That means a lot of brain cells were destroyed last night.

The Musketeers continues to flounder. It REALLY needs to be selling well abroad to justify its existence. But I don't think it's safe at all with ratings like that. It might get a stay of execution as it's BBC in-house but so was In The Flesh and that was axed.

Thanks for the breakdown DMN.


I can't remember if CBB finished before or after 22:27:30? If it was before, the tape-checked rating would have been 3.06m (13.3%).

Oh really? Will we not get the actual correct ratings then until the officials are actually released?

Edit- Just saw the previous post, I think it did finish at 27 past come to think of it!

But even selling well abroad is not likely to cover all the costs fo what must be an expensive production so I dont think we will see it again unless they could get some co-production like they did with Ripper Street.