Looks like the second hour was what helped X Factor. Not that 7.5m is bad of course.

What's being prerecorded got anything to do with this? The fact is that despite its first proper Strictly clash + being 2 hours XF had its highest Sunday and that should be celebrated.

If XF only won the post-Strictly slot, surely that indicates that Strictly won the head to head - and probably by a decent margin, given that I wouldn't count +1 numbers when looking at the raw head-to-head battle. Strictly is starting airing 15 minutes into XF's broadcast time, so I'd say that's a pretty good result. Even that 15 minute head start (and XF attempted to keep hold of their audience by not airing an ad break for nearly 25 MINUTES!) didn't seem to help them.

It'll be very interesting with Strictly v Rugby next weekend, IMO. England are already out, and so that's a bit of a 'dead rubber' match. Only the really dedicated fans will stick around ITV for that one! The 6-chair challenges on XF are proving interminable as usual - 2 hours is just a deathly slog to get through! And they're just going to keep churning them out over the next few weeks, with little variation on the 'audience baying for blood, judges pretending to agonise over choices, and making the contestants cry' routine they've got going! Strictly results - even pre-recorded ones - are far preferable to that!

From Hassan.

Sunday 4th October 2015 - Overnights
BBC One
06:00 - Breakfast: 0.45m (33.2%)
07:30 - Match of the Day: 1.05m (22.4%)
09:00 - The Andrew Marr Show: 1.39m (20.8%)
10:00 - Sunday Morning Live: 0.80m (12.1%)
11:00 - Sunday Politics: 0.69m (10.4%)
12:15 - MOTD2 Extra: 0.66m (9.3%)
13:00 - BBC News: 1.10m (14.6%)
13:15 - Bargain Hunt: 1.03m (12.5%)
14:00 - The Great British Bake Off: 0.78m (9.5%)
15:00 - Eat Well for Less?: 0.81m (8.1%)
16:00 - Points of View: 1.06m (9.7%)
16:15 - Songs of Praise: 1.04m (8.7%)
16:50 - The Great British Bake Off - The Class of 2014: 1.96m (13.5%)
17:50 - BBC News: 3.85m (22.8%)
18:10 - Regional News & Weather: 4.74m (27.2%)
18:15 - Countryfile: 5.52m (28.9%)
19:15 - Strictly Come Dancing: 7.83m (33.2%)
* 19:15-19:30 - 7.30m (31.9%)
* 19:30-19:45 - 7.88m (33.3%)
* 19:45-20:00 - 8.06m (33.5%)
20:00 - Antiques Roadshow: 5.54m (23.8%)
21:00 - From Darkness: 4.05m (17.8%)
22:00 - BBC News: 4.69m (26.4%)

BBC Two
10:30 - Great British Menu: 0.54m (8.3%)
11:00 - Athletics: 0.45m (5.2%)
14:00 - American Football: 0.29m (2.4%)
19:00 - Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise: 1.10m (4.8%)
20:00 - License to Thrill: 0.97m (4.2%)
21:00 - Ultimate Hell Week: 1.38m (6.1%)
22:00 - Family Guy: 0.72m (4.0%)

ITV (inc +1)
14:00 - Rugby World Cup: Argentina v Tonga: 1.10m (11.1%)
16:20 - Rugby World Cup: Ireland v Italy: 2.76m (17.6%)
18:45 - ITV News: 3.06m (16.2%)
19:00 - The X Factor: 7.49m (32.4%)
21:00 - Downton Abbey: 7.42m (33.0%)
22:00 - ITV News & Weather: 2.53m (14.4%)

Channel 4 (inc +1)
20:00 - Cleopatra's Lost Tomb: 1.44m (6.2%)
21:00 - This Is England '90: 1.18m (5.8%)

Channel 5 (inc +1)
19:10 - Hancock: 0.60m (2.6%)
21:00 - That's My Boy: 0.64m (3.6%)

Primetime shares
ITV: 27.1% (+1: 1.6%)
BBC One: 25.0%
BBC Two: 4.9%
Channel 4: 4.6% (+1: 0.7%)
Channel 5: 2.7% (+1: 0.4%)

X Factor & Downton Abbey Breakdown

Wait did Countryfile beat the X Factor from 7 to 7.15pm?
Presumably it did with viewers tuning into strictly early and the breakdown for ITV including +1.

Now don't go implying that not only was TXF beaten by Peter Andre but also something about the countryside - you will give Simon a bit of a headache

To say there's not a crossover between strictly and the rugby is absolutely ridiculous. International tournaments like football, rugby, tennis and cricket bring in a huge amount of 'glory hunters' who would never normally watch.

Absolutely right. Big interest in sport when British teams do well in it.

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X Factor could have got around 7.9/8m if it wasn't for the Strictly clash, I think.

7.5m across 2 hours for a part of the show that everyone seems to "hate" and find "negative" is very decent.

I'm not convinced, I think Strictly helps XF, not hinders it, two of its biggest audiences have been when Strictly clashes, so people are watching TV and wanting a bit more LE (although XF was the opposite of light last night) so tune into XF after it- On nights when there''s no strictly, Xf has been struggling- Although brilliant for SCD to retain its audience, even when engulfed by a mammoth XF-

Quality and ratings numbers don't necessarily correlate!! XF is popular - always has been, no matter what they stick in each show! It does remain to be seen just how much '6-chair-challenge fatigue' the audience is prepared to tolerate - there's 2 more weeks of the same, and then more judges houses, with only the live Top 12 reveal being genuine 'must see, can't miss' TV, because that's the only show that isn't thoroughly spoiled beforehand.

There seems to be increased interest in Doctor Foster ahead of the finale. Quite a few people I know are rushing to watch the first four episodes to get ready for the finale. They don't want to miss out on the next day conversation.

With increased interest and following the Bake Off final it could be over 7m in the overnight ratings.

I think without the clash x factor might have scrapped a victory they be over the moon with them ratings a 2 hour show was always going to be hard had it been on a hour it may have done better.

I doubt the rugby will be a factor next Saturday

Paging Hassaan - 19:00-19:15 for BBC One and, if he can get it, ITV exc +1 please

I think it actually quite likely that period was above even ITV inc +1 (6.12m).

I can't imagine TXF will ever beat SCD in a head-to-head again, but that it was snapping at its heels is a victory of sorts.

Dont suppose From Darkness had much chance but the reviews are so bad its bound to fall. Pity as I was looking forward to it.

Overnight ratings do still matter for Doctor Who as it makes up a large chunk of the final rating. The lower the overnight rating, the lower the consolidated rating. DW is safe as it's a cash cow.

With Ireland and Wales in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals that's some good news for ITV. If there was no home interest, ratings would have fallen off a cliff. The football World Cup is a different beast in that respect.

data for week ending 27th September 2015 now available on BARB website

Monthly data to come

enjoy!

BARB has updated. Another huge timeshift for the Bake Off.

The Great British Bake Off Ratings Summary
Other notable ratings:
Strictly Come Dancing (Fri) - 9.22m (+1.54m)
Strictly Come Dancing (Sat) - 9.31m (+1.65m)
Doctor Foster - 7.64m (+2.05m)
Doctor Who - 5.71m (+2.00m)
Coronation Street Live (Wed) - 9.03m/9.36m (+0.94m/+0.99m)
Rugby World Cup 2015: England v Wales - 8.76m
The X Factor (Sun) - 7.96m/8.40m (+1.15m/+1.21m)
Downton Abbey - 9.10m/9.64m (+2.06m/+2.15m)
EastEnders (Mon) - 7.33m (+1.10m)
Gogglebox - 3.84m/4.54m (+1.16m/+1.32m)
Cider With Rosie - 4.51m (+0.66m)

I don't think +1 should be included in overnight ratings. Especially when the competiton has no +1. At the end of the day, its a separate showing.

Thanks for doing the maths Lewie.

Doctor Foster gets its best rating with its lowest overnight rating.

Here's something you might like.

These are the 'live' ratings for Wednesday 23rd September. The night of the big Coronation Street/Bake Off clash. ITV shows excluding/including +1.


BBC One
20:00 - The Great British Bake Off: 5.88m (29.2%)
21:00 - Doctor Foster: 4.69m (24.8%)

ITV
19:30 - Coronation Street Live: 6.85m (35.8%) / 7.11m (37.1%)
20:30 - Emmerdale: 4.99m (24.7%) / 5.23m (26.0%)
21:00 - Midwinter of the Spirit: 1.85m (9.8%) / 2.06m (11.0%)

And another stat.

Saturday 26th September - Live / Consolidated
Strictly: 6.29m / 9.31m
Doctor Who: 2.91m / 5.71m

So X Factor that is apparently dead in the water is very near Strictly, but the Strictly fans excuses already coming through such as, 'SCD is recorded', 'XF had head start' etc.