But tbf, that drama is up against an award winning recent film which is very topical at this time. I shall Sky + both but I am far more interested in the Queen than BBC's offering even though it is written by Mark Haddon.

I thought based on the title, that this was a follow up on Gryfh Rhys Jones Mountain series

Any ratings for last night?

What figures do Daily and Saturday Cooks get?

Of course you are - because it's on BBC One.

Not to say the drama won't be brilliant, but if BBC One was showing a testcard I imagine you'd be watching it anyway.

I reckon The Queen will beat the Haddon drama 10m to 3m.

I think most people know The Queen is really about the Diana fall-out, so should thus pull a big crowd in.

And it's September, when people suddently start watching TV again...

Actually, this was the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, showing as part of a Stephen Fry Night.

It's a fantastic audience for something that wasn't separately promoted, and showing at 10.40pm on BBC4 on a Friday night in high summer.

I don't know why the BBC don't repeat this series on BBC1 - I think it was repeated on BBC2 a couple of years back and still pulled 4m.

I have not done it for a while so I'm gonna guess at the ratings for tonight

BBC
6:10 Wind in the Willows - 2.9 Million
8:00 Eurovision Dance Contest - 7.2 Million

ITV
6.20 Animals Do The Funniest Things - 2.7 Million
7.20 All New You've Been Framed - 3.2 Million
7.50 The X Factor - 7.9 Million
8.50 Who wants to be a Millionaire - 5.4 Million

The newspapers are saying that the Big Brother final shows got 5.6m & 5.7m respectively on Friday night.

It has been getting 5 1/2m for the last 2 Saturdays so I think you are a bit low with that guess!

which newspapers?

Sunday People

Cheers George. Those ratings are quite low for a Big Brother final... were the shares or peak given? Also do you have a link to the article please? Thanks.

No. All is says it that Show 1 got 5.6m and Show 2 got 5.7m. Nothing more really. You dont really get much deep statistical analysis in the People

Meh we'll see

I think about 7.5mil for 'The queen' with about a 30% share. 'Dumped' doesent look like it will attract a major audience so that poses little threat and the BBC 1 Sunday night slot never performs well ( regardless of the quality of the show ) so will be wasted, it's a shame because it looks like a cracking show and could get up to 6mil on a week night.

Tonight's predictions -

Coronation Street (7.30pm, ITV1) ~ 9.2 million viewers; 45% audience share

The Queen (9.00pm, ITV1) ~ 6.8 million viewers; 33% audience share

Coming Down The Mountain (9.00pm, BBC ONE) ~ 4.2 million viewers; 15% audience share

Media Guardian:

9.55am: Oscar-winning movie The Queen premiered on ITV1 last night with nearly 8m viewers. More follows...

ITV1 9pm - 11pm The Queen 7.9 million 36%
BBC1 9pm - 10.20pm Coming Down the Mountain 4.7 million 20%
Channel 4 9pm - 10pm Dumped 2.4 million 10%
BBC2 9pm - 10.30pm Arena: Flames of Passion - the Other Side of British Cinema 900,000 4%
Channel Five 8pm - 9.55pm Alex and Emma 600,000 2%

82% share for the 5 terrestials at 9pm

BBC1 8pm Antiques Roadshow 5.9 million 25%
ITV1 8pm Britain's Favourite View 3.7 million 16%
BBC2 8pm Crisis on Jimmy's Farm 2.2 million 9%
Channel 4 5.45pm -9pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3 million 15%

ITV1 7pm Emmerdale 6.3 million 32%
BBC1 Child of Our Time 3 million 15%

BBC2 7pm The Restaurant 900,000 4%
Five 7pm News 600,000 3%

Channel 4 10pm -12.35pm As Good as it Gets 800,000 8%
BBC1 10.20pm News 3.4 million 17%
Five 9.55pm - 12.10am The Bone Collector 800,000 7%

Good to see Coming Down the Mountain didn't do too bad. I was expecting a lot lower than that. I watched it, and enjoyed it. I Sky+ The Queen to get rid of the ads.

Edit: Thanks for posting GeorgeS and to everyone else who takes the time to post the ratings. It's much appreciated.

I'd be surprised if it got that high.

Unless I missed it somewhere else, wasnt that just a guess

i should really read posts fully in future!

BIg Brother both shows 5.3 million

8:30 5.6 peak
10pm 5.7 peak (29% share)

I do it all the time

I wish we had a separate thread for fantasy ratings, and kept this one for the actual figures