It has every other year.

So ITV should do it as well. I see. That's all fine then.

BIB Ratings were dropping like a stone in early 2015, down YOY, drops over 1m and yet they still did not act. We've had poor storylines since Hayley;s death in 2014. I would have liked it if they got their act together sooner and got a new producer in quicker. As it is, Blackburn has ruined most of 2016 as well.

Is there anything that ITV does wrong in your eyes?

I don't think the 8.15m rating for Top Gear that the BBC tweeted has the final Sunday rating. A programme's consolidated rating always comes out 8 days after broadcast. So 8.15m could be Sunday and repeat ratings numbers so far.

EDIT: Nope. Definitely the Sunday rating.

I don't have any ratings for England's matches in the 1988 European Championship. Broadcast's weekly top 100 just gives the average rating for all ITV matches and all BBC1 matches shown in the same week, instead of listing matches separately. The tournament wasn't very popular. I think the highest rating was 7.95m for Republic of Ireland v Soviet Union shown on ITV on 15 June.
A few other ratings are also missing.
I have started with the 1980 European Championship and finished with World Cup 1998 as BARB's website takes over from there.


European Football Championship 1980:
12 June: Belgium: BBC1 (4.35pm): ? Under 9.9m
15 June: Italy: ITV: 15.05m
18 June: Spain: ITV: 10.9m

World Cup 1982:
16 June: France: BBC1 (4.5pm): 8.85m
20 June: Czechoslovakia: ITV (3.45pm): 10.25m
25 June: Kuwait: ITV (3.45pm): ? Under 9.45m
29 June: West Germany: BBC1: 11.3m*
*Billed as "Wimbledon '82 and World Cup Grandstand"
5 July: Spain: ITV: 13.65m

World Cup 1986:
3 June: Portugal: BBC1 (10.50pm): 11.65m
6 June: Morocco: ITV (10.30pm): 11.35m
11 June: Poland: BBC1 (10.55pm): 12.3m
18 June: Paraguay:
BBC1: 9.8m
ITV: ?
22 June: Argentina:
BBC1: 15.35m
ITV: ?

European Football Championship 1988:
12 June: Republic of Ireland: ITV: ?
15 June: Netherlands: BBC1: ?
18 June: Soviet Union: BBC1: ?

Highest rating of tournament: 7.95m

World Cup 1990:
11 June: Republic of Ireland: ITV: 15.96m
16 June: Netherlands: BBC1: 11.86m
21 June: Egypt: BBC1: 15.31m
26 June: Belgium:
BBC1: 13.28m
ITV: 6.0m
1 July: Cameroon:
BBC1: 15.67m
ITV: 7.96m
4 July: West Germany:
BBC1: 16.69m
ITV: 8.52m
7 July: Italy:
BBC1: 12.48m
ITV: 6.72m

European Football Championship 1992:
11 June: Denmark: BBC1: 10.82m
14 June: France: ITV (3.45pm): 8.96m
17 June: Sweden: BBC1: 11.0m

Euro 96:
8 June: Switzerland: ITV (3pm): 8.70m (Post-match 6.67m)
15 June: Scotland: BBC1 (3pm): 11.68m (Post-match: 10.03m)
18 June: Netherlands: ITV: 14.76m* (Pre-match: 9.07m) (Post-match: 13.21m) (Highlights at 9.40pm: 8.66m)
*rating includes Scotland v Switzerland
22 June: Spain: BBC1 (3pm): 14.90m (Pre-match: 6.54m) (Post-match: 15.61m)
26 June: Germany:
BBC1: 17.46m (Pre-match: 11.21m) (Post-match: 16.84m)
ITV: 6.32m (Pre-match: 5.91m)

World Cup 1998:
15 June: Tunisia: BBC1 (1.30pm): 11.43m (Pre-match: 6.57m) (Post-match: 9.81m)
22 June: Romania: ITV: 19.48m (Pre-match: 12.05m) (Post-match: 19.07m)
26 June: Colombia: BBC1: 19.13m (Pre-match: 8.33m) (Post-match: 17.05m)
30 June: Argentina: ITV: 23.78m (Pre-match: 12.13m) (Post-match: 16.22m)

It only just scraped by in 2014 - I can't remember the opposition then admittedly!

@RobinParker55
Top Gear overnight audience drops to 2.8m for episode 2

Ouch!

Major ouch! But hey, Chris Evans will declare it a major success. FACT.

Robin Parker ‏@robinparker55 20s20 seconds ago
Top Gear overnight audience drops to 2.8m for episode 2

That is bad,see how he spins that.

Has Chris Evans tweeted that yet?

Not surprised it dropped because of the weather, Soccer Aid and mainly that AI score of 60 last week I'd assume.

He will blame Soccer Aid this week then he will blame the low ratings on the Euros

Yikes, awful for Top Gear.

Last week's Top Gear led to the rating of last night's Top Gear. Soccer Aid would have taken some viewers but some viewers just haven't returned.

BBC1
Countryfile: 4.36m (27.9%)
Antiques Roadshow (Repeat): 4.16m (21.2%)
Wallander: 3.14m (16.2%)

BBC2
Top Gear: 2.81m (14.3%)
City in the Sky: 1.53m (7.5%)
Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure (Repeat): 0.55m (3.5%)

The Sun will be pleased with that Top Gear figure as they are carrying out a vendetta against Evans

I'm hearing 3.9m for Soccer Aid. Is that with +1? Is that true? Anyone?

I get the impression a lot of people will be pleased with that figure,the Sun knows which side of the fence to be on.

C4 (exc +1)
Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Service: 1.11m (5.7%)
Escape to the Chateau: 1.09m (6.9%)
Film: About Time (Premiere): 0.79m (4.7%)

C5 (exc +1)
Film: PS I Love You (Repeat): 0.83m (4.2%)
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015 (Repeat): 0.52m (5.7%)

If it is true, then the Top Gear figure actually looks ok for a BBC 2 show. Lots of low numbers last night.

Given that it got 4.0m last time that sounds about right. The share was probably up on last time. The match itself will have been higher.

Overnights.tv ‏@overnightstv 2m2 minutes ago
#SoccerAid2016 put in a decent performance with average 3.9m/22.7%, but peaked at strong 5.9m/28.3% @socceraid http://www.overnights.tv

Anything for the tennis?


Started watching that. Found it unbearable.

Love Island: 0.58m (2.8%)
Family Guy (10pm) (Repeat): 0.40m (2.3%)
Secret Voices of Hollywood (Repeat): 0.39m (2.0%)
Family Guy (10.30pm) (Repeat): 0.37m (2.7%)
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: 0.37m (1.8%)
Hawaii Five-O: 0.36m (1.8%)
NCIS: Los Angeles: 0.27m (1.7%)
Storyville: Blackfish (Repeat): 0.18m (1.7%)
Perfect Pianists at the BBC (Repeat): 0.15m (0.8%)
America's Next Top Model: 0.13m (0.8%)
Parks and Recreation (10.55pm): 0.09m (0.9%)

excludes +1 channels

People did predict a drop for Top Gear without the curiosity factor of episode 1 and up against Soccer Aid, as well as ratings being generally low at the moment due to the weather. So it can't be that much of a shock.

This was never going to be as popular as the Clarkson version either, but the BBC will be hoping it stabilises soon. I am not sure what the base level would be.

It's not a show whose ratings I've followed much but I do know its unrealistic to expect a full retention of audience despite a wholesale change to the presenting team.

So the rating was right for Soccer Aid. The match itself usually gets a decent rating.

This is from rzt.

French Open Final: 2.16m (26.2%)
* peak: 3.39m (32.9%)