Slave driver!

I like rhetorical questions.

Channel 5 has shown a programme about benefits every Thursday since 21st April.

Broadcast says the slot average for ITV is 3.4m (16.5%).

Any rating for Question Time Ray?

And some more yearly lists please thank you very much

I might be able to tell you in a week's time!

I've nearly finished 1991.

I agree. I didn't see it but it doesn't sound like it was much cop. It's rare that a crime drama on ITV completely bombs but this one might. That launch rating isn't amazing itself (it'd be fine for a mid-series episode but it has no room to fall) and it'll definitely drop some way. I think it'll be a long 8 weeks. I'm quite surprised at how it has turned out, Red Productions are normally good with this sort of stuff and the cast is decent.

They'll be hoping that The Level (launching next week) can do better.

The scale of it is bonkers:

On Benefits
28 episodes (so far!)

Benefits Britain
18 episodes

Benefits
4 episodes

Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick
10 episodes

The Great British Benefits Handout
4 episodes

Undercover Benefits Cheat
4 episodes

Gypsies On Benefits & Proud

...and the programme that started it all: On Benefits & Proud

70 hours and counting!

Maybe they should have put another episode of Paranoid on tonight. Or just shift it to Tuesdays. Could be another Jericho.

It's really quite sad that I get excited at the thought of doing a Corrie/EE ratings graph.

Quite in the true meaning of the word!

Tuesdays and Thursdays are really solid for 5 from 8-10pm, not many channels can retain their audience for two hours with minimal drop off.

Buzzfeed reporting the two Bake off Christmas specials WILL be shown as they were filmed a few weeks after the series ended filming

Its way too much. But they are cutting down, so by the end of this year we will have had around 80-90hrs of Benefits.

Next year will be a reduced 60hrs instead.

Whereas ITV is setting the bar real high when it comes to factual with Parking Wars and Car Wars.

At least Benefits Britain rates.

Thank you! Really appreciate all of your effort

Channel 5 Programme Information: w/c 8th October

New, Returning & Notable:
* Britain's Greatest Bridges (New Series)
* FIA Formula E Championship (New)
* Conspiracy: Drugs, Punk, Pop and Death (New)
* Neighbours: Hot Air Balloon Disaster (New)
* Movies include: Django Unchained [2012], Parker [2013], The Undateables [2013], Disney's Hercules [1997], Disney's Robin Hood [1973]

Source: C5 Press.

Provisional Formula E scheduling

Season preview: Saturday 8th October at 10:30am on C5
Race (Hong Kong): Sunday 9th October from 7:30am-9:30am on C5

Source: C5.

Guessing Formula E will air at the weekend, Britain's Greatest Bridges I imagine will air on Fridays.

No news on Formula E presenters.

Bridges all but confirmed for Fridays at 9pm.

Fridays at 9pm is interesting, would have thought 8pm, they seem to making Fridays their more upmarket night as the history shows have aired there as has Ben Fogle.

Most Watched Programmes of 1991

1. Coronation Street (Nov 25) (ITV): 20.45m
2. Only Fools and Horses (Feb 3) (BBC1): 18.93m
3. London's Burning (Dec 1) (ITV): 18.86m
4. The Darling Buds of May (Apr 21) (ITV): 18.35m
5. Auntie's Bloomers (Dec 29) (BBC1): 18.24m
6. You've Been Framed! (Feb 10) (ITV): 17.81m
7. Denis Norden's Laughter File (Sept 22) (ITV): 17.39m
8. Blind Date Wedding of the Year (Oct 20) (ITV): 16.89m
9. The Grand National (Apr 6) (BBC1): 16.80m
10. EastEnders (Nov 21) (BBC1): 16.77m
11. Film: Big (Premiere) (Dec 4) (ITV): 16.46m
12. Watching (Feb 8) (ITV): 16.43m
13. The Best of Blind Date (Feb 9) (ITV): 16.42m
14. The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (Dec 1) (ITV): 16.34m
15. Casualty (Nov 29) (BBC1): 16.06m
16. News (Apr 7) (ITV): 16.00m
17. The Bill (Nov 12) (ITV): 15.90m
18. It'll Be Alright on the Night 5 (R) (Dec 14) (ITV): 15.81m
19. Inspector Morse (Feb 20) (ITV): 15.57m
20. Blind Date (Jan 19) (ITV): 15.33m
21. Antiques Roadshow (Feb 3) (BBC1): 15.31m
22. News (Feb 3, 6.15pm) (BBC1): 15.25m
23. Film: Fatal Attraction (Premiere) (Sept 22) (ITV): 15.03m
24. FA Cup Final (May 18) (BBC1): 14.94m
25. Film: Beetlejuice (Premiere) (Dec 30) (ITV): 14.87m
26. The Krypton Factor Final (Nov 25) (ITV): 14.83m
27. The Deliberate Stranger: Part Two (Aug 7) (BBC1): 14.76m
28.= This Is Your Life: Liz McColgan (Dec 4) (ITV): 14.50m
28.= Film: The Golden Child (Premiere) (Aug 28) (ITV): 14.50m
30. Film: The Man with the Golden Gun (R) (Feb 9) (ITV): 14.49m
31. Film: Every Which Way But Loose (R) (Dec 14) (BBC1): 14.47m
32. Film: Lethal Weapon (Premiere) (Oct 5) (ITV): 14.44m
33. Mr Bean Goes to Town (Oct 15) (ITV): 14.42m
34. Birds of a Feather (Nov 16) (BBC1): 14.36m
35. Film: Big Trouble in Little China (Premiere) (Sept 4) (ITV): 14.35m
36. Film: Batman (Premiere) (Dec 25) (BBC1): 14.30m
37. Carrott's Commercial Breakdown 2 (Dec 27) (BBC1): 14.19m
38. Strike It Lucky (Nov 4) (ITV): 14.13m
39. Prime Suspect: Part Two (Apr 8) (ITV): 14.11m
40. Film: The Karate Kid (R) (Nov 9) (ITV): 14.07m
41. Wish You Were Here...? (Dec 9) (ITV): 14.03m
42. The Curse of Mr Bean (R) (Oct 22) (ITV): 14.01m
43. ITN Gulf Report (Jan 23, 8.0pm-8.10pm) (ITV): 13.99m
44. Prime Suspect: Part One (Apr 7) (ITV): 13.93m
45. Film: Beverly Hills Cop II (R) (Oct 5) (ITV): 13.87m
46. The Curse of Mr Bean (Jan 1) (ITV): 13.81m
47. Film: Buster (Premiere) (Sept 28) (ITV): 13.71m
48. Rugby World Cup Final (Nov 2) (ITV): 13.60m
49.= Film: Wildcats (R) (Aug 12) (ITV): 13.57m
49.= Beadle's About (Nov 17) (ITV): 13.57m

Aggregated ratings

EastEnders: 22.44m (Nov 7)
Coronation Street: 21.60m (Nov 20)
Neighbours (BBC1): 19.39m (Jan 3)
Holiday '91 (BBC1): 15.44m (10.43m+5.01m) (Jan 22)
Home and Away (ITV): 14.77m (Nov 12)
Wish You Were Here...? (ITV): 14.26m (12.90m+1.36m) (Jan 7)

Brookside's highest aggregated rating was 7.44m (Oct 4).

Emmerdale's highest rating was 12.54m (Nov 12) (no repeat showing).

So people already know who the winner is? I thought the bookies were taking bets still..?

Sorry Ray, I assume it was all available data to bring up a year's ratings. It sounds like you're having to spend time on it. Many thanks.

I assume the large EE aggregate is down to the Sunday omnibus being added on.
A Brucie bonus that they aren't xmas specials.

There is normally at least one Christmas Bake Off Masterclass each year.