4:50 Sarah Jane Adventures 3.8m
5:50 Expedition Borneo 4.6m
6:20 Wind In the willows 6.2m
8:00 Eastenders 11.0m
8:30 Pauline's Story Eastenders 4.8m
9:00 Eastenders 10.4m
9:30 Vicar of Dibley 10.9
10:00 BBC News 5.8m

4:15 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 3.7m
6:45 News 3.2m
7:00 Emmerdale 8.7m
7:30 Coronation Street 10.5m
8:00 Airline 3.6m
8:30 Coronation Street 10.1m
9:00 Dead Clever 5.1m

:50 Sarah Jane Adventures 3.2m
5:50 Expedition Borneo 4.4m
6:20 Wind In the willows 5.4m
8:00 Eastenders 10.1m
8:30 Pauline's Story Eastenders 4.8m
9:00 Eastenders 9.6m
9:30 Vicar of Dibley 10.5
10:00 BBC News 7.1

4:15 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 3.7m
6:45 News 4.2
7:00 Emmerdale 8.7m
7:30 Coronation Street 9.3
8:00 Airline 4.8
8:30 Coronation Street 9.0
9:00 Dead Clever 4.1

i cant see corrie getting over 10
does anyone have last nights ratings
Last edited by phillip2 : 01-01-2007 at 15:59

_Sunday Overnights_

1 …. 7.8 (37.5%) …. Coronation Street (19:30) ITV
2 …. 7.1 (44.8%) …. New Year Live (23:30) BBC1
3 …. 6.9 (33.1%) …. Emmerdale (19:00) ITV
4 …. 5.5 (30.8%) …. Heartbeat (21:00) ITV
5 …. 5.4 (27.7%) …. Casualty (20:00) BBC1
6 …. 5.3 (24.8%) …. Regional News Programmes (18:15) BBC1
7 …. 5.2 (26.9%) …. Heartbeat (20:00) ITV
8 …. 5.2 (24.2%) …. ITV News; Weather (18:45) ITV
9 …. 5.0 (23.7%) …. BBC News; Weather (18:00) BBC1
10 … 4.9 (23.0%) …. London Tonight (18:30) ITV
11 …. 4.9 (24.6%) …. The Very Best of You've Been Framed! (17:30) ITV
12 …. 4.3 (20.7%) …. Antiques Roadshow (19:00) BBC1
13 …. 4.1 (23.4%) …. The Big Finish with Graham Norton (21:00) BBC1
14 …. 4.1 (19.3%) …. Songs of Praise (18:30) BBC1
15 …. 4.0 (25.9%) …. Little Britain Abroad (23:00) BBC1
16 …. 3.7 (23.5%) …. Little Britain Abroad (22:30) BBC1
17 …. 3.7 (19.5%) …. BBC News; Weather (20:45) BBC1
18 …. 3.3 (15.5%) …. Deal or No Deal (18:00) CH 4
19 …. 2.9 (20.6%) …. EastEnders (14:00) BBC1
20 … 2.6 (14.1%) …. Robin Hood (17:15) BBC1
21 … 2.4 (15.5%) …. ITV News; Weather (23:00) ITV
22 … 2.3 (14.7%) …. Kindergarten Cop (15:30) ITV
23 … 2.3 (14.4%) …. I Was There: The People's Review 2006 (22:00) ITV
24 … 2.3 (12.3%) …. Coast Revisited (17:00) BBC2
25 … 2.3 (16.5%) …. Jools's Annual Hootenanny (22:45) BBC2
26 … 2.2 (14.6%) …. Sherlock Holmes - The Last Vampyre (15:15) BBC2
27 … 2.2 (21.3%) …. The Two Ronnies Sketchbook (13:00) BBC1
28 … 2.2 (23.4%) …. BBC News; Weather (12:45) BBC1
29 … 2.0 (12.6%) …. Dead Ringers Christmas Special (22:15) BBC2
30 … 2.0 (15.7%) …. Flog It! (14:30) BBC2

Posted origianly by Cylon but posted on outpost gaffilrey forum by marcus

Yeah on the previous page.

Tonight:

6.20 The Wind in the Willows 6.9m
8.00 EastEnders 10.2m
8.30 EastEnders Revealed 4.5m
9.00 EastEnders 10m
9.30 The Vicar of Dibley 11.6m

7.00 Emmerdale 7.1m
7.30 Coronation Street 9.3m
8.00 Airline 3.3m
8.30 Coronation Street 9.1m
9.00 Dead Clever 3.7m

Robbie Sykes - I reckon you've got this one wrong, just for once! Not sure how The Vicar of Dibley will lose 3m on last week when tonight its the last ever episode, the wedding, and against, in my opinion, much weaker opposition.
Last edited by ronant : 01-01-2007 at 16:16

I really hope Eastenders Corrie tonight ! It will be a highlight

I Really hope we can keep this thread going untill the end ofthis week then maybe make a tv ratings 2006 thread or something what does everyone think ?

I'm erring on the side of pessimism - head says it will get nearer 10m than 9m. BUT - I would expect a Christmas Night episode to do better in the ratings than a New Year's Day episode (from memory, past evidence bears this out). Also, I expect Dead Clever will attract the "loyal ITV" audience who will see the no-doubt blanket trailers tonight during Emmerdale and Coro St and think "oh it's that bird out of Corrie - I might watch that at 9".

So, I've been cautious and said 8.9m. I'd be delighted if VoD pulls 12m tonight.

In that top 100, ITV do not have one entertainment show in the top 40 which isn't soap related. Meanwhile in that top 40, BBC 1 has soaps, movies, comedies, drama, sci-fi, reality TV, a gameshow...and all ITV have are their soaps, it's hilariously ridiculous really.

Casualty hits 8m again. It was a couple of months since it did that. Another Good night for BBC1 it got the top 5 spots. Little Britain did well taking the repeats in account teh second episode got 11m and the first 12.1m which is great.

In fact it got the top 8 spots! Which is pretty incredible.

New Year's Eve on BBC1:
23:55-00.00....7.9m
00:00-00.05....10.71m
00:05-00.10....9.92m

The share for the 00:00-00:05 slot was 63.1%

Far from a true Englishman if the truth be known! I wasn't objecting to BBC1 Scotland having their own schedule. I wish it happened far more. I was simply observing the fact that it was unusual and wondering what effect it would have on the ratings.

BBC1:

4.50 Sarah Jane 2.9M
5.50 Expedition Borneo 3.1M
6.20 Wind in the Willows 6.1M
8.00 EastEnders pt 1 9.4M
8.30 EE: Pauline's story 5.1M
9.00 EastEnders pt 2 9.1M
9.30 Vicar of Dibley 11.1M

ITV1:

4.15 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 3.9M
6.45 News
7.00 Emmerdale 8.6M
7.30 Coro St pt 1 9.8M
8.00 Airline 3.9M
8.30 Coro St pt 2 9.9M
9.00 Dead Clever 3.9M

Wow I didn't know that many people watched Tv on New Years eve ! 10.7m

Any Ratings for last night ?

Hope Eastenders or Vicar of dibley get the top spot !

I really hope that the vicar of dibley really gets awesome ratings! 12M+ I know its alot to ask but theres a lil chance i fill

Vicar Of Dibley achieved 12.3m

Waw Really - Do you have the full list of ratings !

Really? If thats true that is amazing

No I don't boyo

Ok ! Thanks anyway !

From Broadcast:

Xmas ratings dominated by BBC1's Vicar
Jon Rogers
11:25am
The final two episodes of BBC1's The Vicar of Dibley dominated the ratings over the Christmas period with the last ever episode on New Year's Day grabbing 12.3 million (44.9%).

The 60-minute sitcom from 9.30pm saw Dawn French's character Geraldine Granger marry Harry and hit a high of 12.6 million (43.8%) at 10pm.

The penultimate episode which aired at 9.30pm on Christmas Day wasn't too far behind, averaging a sizeable 12.2 million (47.1%).

BBC1 dominated the Christmas ratings by claiming the top five positions in the most watched programmes list.

As well as the Dibley double bill the final of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday 23 December pulled in a hefty 10.7 million (48%) for the main show at 5.40pm, while the results show, at 9.30pm had 11.9 million (46.9%) for 40 minutes.

BBC1 also claimed the prize for the most popular soap with the Christmas Day edition of EastEnders at 9pm, which featured the death of Pauline Fowler, taking just over 11 million (43.7%). The most popular edition of ITV1's Coronation Street attracted 10.5 million (40.2%) on New Year's Day at 7.30pm.

ITV1 soap Emmerdale also again proved to be a ratings banker with the most popular edition on 29 December taking 9 million (39.5%) in a 7.30pm slot. Compilation show The Funny Side of the Street, which showed some of the funniest scenes from old episodes of Coronation Street, gained a respectable 7.2 million (33.3%).

BBC1 broke the 10 million mark for its Boxing Day film Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl. The premiere starring Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley averaged 10.2 million (42.3%) from 7.30pm.

The corporation also found popular success with Doctor Who on Christmas Day taking 9.3 million (37.8%) from 7pm and Little Britain Abroad , also on Christmas Day, with 8.7 million (37.7%) at 10.30pm.

C4 deals up game show bonanza

A tea time edition of hit game show Deal or No Deal was Channel 4's big hit of the festive season with 4.1 million (24.2%) watching the show on 29 December at 5pm. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year was the broadcaster's next most popular show with 2.9 million (13.5%) on 27 December in a key 9pm slot.

It Started with Swap Shop handed BBC2 its biggest show of the holiday as 4 million (18.4%) viewers got nostalgic on 28 December for just over two hours from 9pm. Earlier in the day at 5.40pm quiz show Weakest Link gained 3.9 million (20.7%).

The CSI franchise once again proved top dog for Five with the show comfortably grabbing the top three positions. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on 30 December took the top spot with 2.4 million (14.6%) at 9.15pm while CSI Miami on 26 December wasn't too far behind with 2.2 million (8.9%) at 9pm. Taking third place was CSI: NY on Boxing Day with 2 million (9.8%) at 10pm.

Top 10 shows over Christmas (23 December to 1 January)

Programme Channel TX Audience Share

(m) (%)

THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
BBC1
01/01/2007
12279
44.9

STRICTLY COME DANCING
BBC1
23/12/2006
11962
46.9

EASTENDERS
BBC1
25/12/2006
11023
43.7

STRICTLY COME DANCING
BBC1
23/12/2006
10684
48.0

EASTENDERS
BBC1
01/01/2007
10680
41.2

CORONATION STREET
ITV1
01/01/2007
10522
40.2

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
BBC1
26/12/2006
10236
42.3

DOCTOR WHO
BBC1
25/12/2006
9284
37.8

EMMERDALE
ITV1
29/12/2006
9027
39.5

LITTLE BRITAIN ABROAD
BBC1
25/12/2006
8752
37.7

BBC NEWS & WEATHER
BBC1
23/12/2006
8528
36.6

Vicar's final farewell secures 12.3m for BBC1
Leah Stoker and Leah Stoker
11:15am
A new year and new start for The Vicar of Dibley as Dawn French's character moves from vicar to wife and a massive 12.3 million (44.9%) tuned in at 9.30pm for the last ever episode of the BBC1 sitcom.

The concluding episode of the two-part special was the most watched programme of the evening. Last night's edition managed to narrowly outperform the Christmas Day show which managed to attract 12.1 million (47.1%).

This wasn't the only farewell for the channel as a double bill of EastEnders saw Pauline Fowler laid to rest. The first episode at 8pm managed to attract an impressive 10.7 million (41%) while the second episode at 9pm attracted 9.8 million (36.8%).

ITV1's one-off thriller Dead Clever struggled to keep up only attracting 4 million (15.3%) at 9pm. The two-hour drama, starring Suranne Jones and Helen Baxendale started reasonably well –despite tough competition from BBC 1 – with 4.5 million (17.1%), but viewers were quick to lose interest as the programme dropped nearly 1 million in the first hour to 3.6 million (13.3%) by 10.15pm.

Toad and the mole

Earlier on in the evening a triple helping of soaps managed to boost the New Year figures for ITV1. Emmerdale at 7pm managed to attract 8.2 million (32%) and a double helping of Coronation Street bumped up the figures even more with 10.5 million (40.1%) at 7.30pm and 10 million (37%) at 8.30pm.

BBC 1's star-studded adaptation of The Wind in the Willows managed to attract a reasonable 5.3 million (21.3%). The family drama, which saw Matt Lucas star as Toad and Bob Hoskins as Badger, managed to grow its audience over the 100 minutes starting with 4.5 million (19.6%) at 6.20pm and finishing with 5.7 million (21.3%) at 9.45pm.

C4 breaths new life into Brian

Channel 4 dedicated the evening schedule to The Life of Brian with a number of programmes taking a closer look at Monty Python's controversial film.

The Secret Life of Brian at 8pm managed to attract 1.6 million (6.2%). The film itself followed at 9pm with 2.2 million (8%). Dropping slightly at 10.45pm was What the Python's Did Next which managed 1.2 million (7.6%).

BBC 2 eased into the New Year gently with a run of steady figures. Second World War film The Great Escape at 5.15pm managed to attract 2.7 million (11.6%), not far behind was Diving with Dolphins at 8pm which managed 2.5 million (9.5%). Another war film at 9pm, The Four Feathers managed to attract 2 million (7.7%).

Five filled its evening schedule with Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2006 between 9pm and 12.05am which managed 1.2 million (5.3%).

All hours shares for Monday 1 January 2007: BBC 1 – 24.6%, ITV1 – 16.7%, BBC 2 – 9%, C4 – 8.1%, Five – 4.4%, multichannel – 37.3%.

Brilliant figures for Eastenders again. The 9pm episode did much better than expected. Vicar of Dibley ratings are amazing

Vicar of Dibley goes out on a high


Jason Deans
Tuesday January 2, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk


The last ever Vicar of Dibley is already a contender for highest rating show of 2007, attracting more than 12 million viewers yesterday.
BBC1 attracted 12.3 million viewers and a 45% share over an hour from 9.30pm for The Vicar of Dibley finale, as Dawn French's reverend Geraldine Granger finally got hitched to Robin Hood baddy Richard Armitage's Harry.

This was 900,000 viewers more than the first of the final two Dibley specials attracted on Christmas Day, although that show got a 47% share, according to unofficial overnights.

The highest rating non-sports programme last year was an edition of Coronation Street from March, which attracted 12.5 million viewers, followed by EastEnders, with 12.3 million.

Last night's Dibley was up against ITV1 drama Dead Clever, which attracted 4 million viewers and a 16% share between 9pm and 11pm.

BBC2's terrestrial movie premiere The Four Feathers drew 2 million viewers and an 8% share between 9pm and 11.05pm, while on Five from 9pm to 12.05am, Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2006 attracted 1.1 million and 6%.

At the heart of Channel 4's Monty Python-themed evening, a repeat showing of the movie Life of Brian attracted 2.2 million viewers and an 8% share between 9pm and 10.45pm.

Before that, documentary The Secret Life of Brian drew 1.7 million viewers and a 6% share in the 8pm hour on Channel 4.

A second documentary, What the Pythons Did Next, was watched by 1.2 million viewers and attracted a 10% share between 10.45pm and 11.50pm.

Earlier in the evening, BBC1's big New Year's Day drama The Wind in the Willows was watched by 5.3 million viewers and attracted a 21% share between 6.20pm and 8pm.

The Wind in the Willows was up against ITV1's Emmerdale, which attracted 8.2 million viewers and a 32% share from 7pm. From 7.30pm on ITV1, Coronation Street drew 10.5 million viewers and a 40% share.

BBC2's movie repeat, The Great Escape, had 2.7 million viewers and a 12% share between 5.15pm and 8pm.

Five's behind the scenes documentary Kenneth Branagh Films The Magic Flute was watched by 200,000 viewers and attracted a 1% share between 7pm and 8pm.

In the 8pm hour Five provided more traditional New Year's Day fare, with World's Strongest Man attracting 1.2 million viewers and a 4% share.

The BBC's latest Doctor Who spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures, launched yesterday with a one-off special attracting 2.9 million viewers and a 14% share between 4.50pm and 5.50pm.

Competition included Channel 4's Deal or No Deal, still riding high with 4.1 million viewers and a 20% share, and ITV1 movie repeat Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which drew 3.1 million and 15%.

Not that brilliant. For the third time this Christmas period (Xmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day), significantly more people have tuned in to BBC1 as EastEnders finished - it always used to be the other way round, with audiences dropping off as EE finished, but enough staying to give the following show a decent leg-up.

As EastEnders continues its sorry decline, BBC1 needs to rethink its strategy of using it to lock viewers in. Would Dibley have pulled even more if it had started at 9pm I wonder?

Anyway, fantastic ratings for VoD - I was well off the mark with that.

Given that the Xmas Day episode appears to have put on 0.8m viewers in the official ratings, last night's will presumably get an official figure of c13m - 2007's biggest televison audience may well have already been secured on the first day of the year!