Blink - Official Ratings

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final official figures published by BARB give Episode 10, Blink a rating of6.62 million viewers.

The programme was the 7th most watched on BBC1 and the 16thmost watched programme on British television for the week.

On BBC3 the Sunday repeat had an official rating of 0.75 millionviewers. It was the second most viewed programme on the channel for the week, and the 6th on all multichannel television.

Saturday's Doctor Who Confidential got a rating of 0.69 million and was the 10th most watched programme of the week.

Top Twenty Programmes (W/E 10 June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.09 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.91 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 8.86 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.85 - ITV1
5 EASTENDERS (MON 2000) - 8.77 - BBC1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 2002) - 8.66 - ITV1
7 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 8.55 - BBC1
8 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2202) - 8.28 - BBC1
9 NEW TRICKS (MON 2101) - 7.13 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 6.90 - BBC1
11 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 6.89 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 6.84 - ITV1
13 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2003) - 6.80 - BBC1
14 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SUN 2032) - 6.73 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.64 - ITV1
16 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1909) - 6.62 - BBC1
17 THE APPRENTICE (WED 2101) - 6.60 - BBC1
18 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.43 - ITV1
19 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 6.34 - ITV1
20 CASUALTY (SAT 2112) - 6.32 - BBC1

Multichannel Top Twenty

1 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1911) 1,583,000 - Sky Sports
2 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,218,000 - ITV2
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2201) 1,089,000 - BBC3
4 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Sat 2225) 924,000 - ITV2
5 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1833) 770,000 - Sky 1
6 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2001) 752,000 - BBC3
7 60 SECONDS (Tue 2159) 718,000 - BBC3
8 UGLY BETTY (Wed 2102) 708,000 - E4
9 BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH (Tue 2305) 696,000 - E4
10 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1954) 686,000 - BBC3
11 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 628,000 - Five Life
12 BIG BROTHER'S LITTLE BROTHER (Thu 1932) 625,000 - E4
13 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (Sun 2159) 621,000 - ITV2
14 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 617,000 - Five Life
15 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 614,000 - E4
16 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2152) 576,000 ITV2
17 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 569,000 Five Life
18 FILM: RAMBO FIRST BLOOD (Sat 2143) 567,000 BBC3
19 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 561,000 E4
20 FILM: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Mon 2105) 560,000 ITV2

Source BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Sci-Fi Channel Schedule

Tuesday, 19 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The Sci-Fi channel in the USA has announced its schedule for July 6th, the start of its transmission of Season Three.

The Runaway Bride debuts at 8pm and is immediately followed by Smith and Jones at9.30pm. Both programmes are repeated starting at 11.30pm.

The premieres come after a day of Doctor Who on the channel, with Season Two episodes being shown from 6am until 4pm.

Thanks to Tim Brewer

FILTER: - USA - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

Utopia - AI Figure and Sunday Ratings

Monday, 18 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Episode 11, Utopia, achieved an Appreciation Index score of 87making it the joint most appreciated programme of Saturday.

It was five points clear of any programme on BBC1 or ITV1. Only Channel5's NCISgot a similar result, albeit with a much lower audience rating.

The Appreciation Index, or AI, is a measure of how much the audience liked the programme. It is a score out of 100, based on responses from a carefully selected panel. The average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77. A score in excess of 85 is regarded as excellent while a score below 60 is poor.

On BBC3 the Sunday repeat got an audience of 0.78 millionviewers. The programme regained its place as the most watched multichannel programme of the day, beating Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2 and The Simpsons on Sky One. The programme had a 3.9% share of the multichannel audience.

Doctor Who Confidential got an overnight figure of 0.51 million, which was a2.4% Share.

On the main five channels, Britain's Got Talent - The Live Final achieved a massive 11 million rating on Sunday night, pushing Doctor Who down to 15th in the week's top programmes.

Official figures will be released by BARB in about nine days time.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Utopia - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 17 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Unofficial overnight figures show that episode eleven, Utopia, was watched by 7.3 million viewers, a 36.9% share of the total television audience.

The programme was the most watched on BBC One and the 2nd most watched of the day, being beaten by the ITV1 variety showBritain's Got Talent, which achieved 8.9 million. During the fifteen minutes in which the programmes went head to head, Doctor Who comfortably won with a quarter-hour audience of 7.7 million, as against 6.4 million for the ITV1 show.

With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the the 13th most-watched programme of the week.

The children's audience was 1.4 million, which was a 52% share of the 4-15 year olds watching television. Britain's Got Talent had 1.2 million children watching.

On BBC Three, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.69 million, a 4% share of the multichannel audience. It was the second highest rating of the day, being beaten by F1: USA Grand Prix Qualifying on ITV4.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

DVD Cover

Saturday, 16 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

2Entertain have released the cover for the Series 3, Volume 3 of the new series.

The volume contains Episodes 8, 9 and 10, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink.

The DVD is due for release in the United Kingdom on July 23rd.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Blu-ray/DVD

Friday Ratings

Saturday, 16 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The Friday BBC Three repeat of episode ten, Blink, was watched by 0.33 million viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures. The programme was the 8th most watched on multichannel television for the day.

On BBC One, Totally Doctor Who achieved 0.9 million viewers, which was a7.9% share of the audience.

Wednesday's Blue Peter special, Who Peter, was watched by 0.7 million, giving it a 6.8% share.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Week Twelve Schedule

Saturday, 16 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who stays at 7.15pm for the transmission of the penultimate episode of Season Three,The Sound of Drums in which Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister, but his dark ambitions reach beyond the stars.

The programme is preceded by the final of The People's Quiz hosted by Jamie Theakston and followed by The National Lottery Draws and Casualty

On ITV1 the main opposition comes from "those pesky kids" in the 2004 filmScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. where an evil genius is intent on wreaking havoc, much as on BBC1.

BBC2 has coverage of the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and handy tips on buying art.

Channel 4 puts the real Prime Minister up against Harold Saxon with The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair. Andrew Rawnsley examines the policies and personality of the man who has ruled Britain for the last decade.

Channel 5 offers an alternative with the 1988 feature film Little Nikita starring Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix. An unusual espionage drama in which an American teenager about to join the Air Force Academy discovers that his parents are Soviet agents.

FILTER: - UK - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

Last of the Time Lords Schedule and Spoilerish Synopsis

Friday, 15 June 2007 - Reported by Josiah Rowe

The BBC's Programme Information for the week including Saturday 30 June has been published, and contains major plot spoilers in its summary forLast of the Time Lords, the final episode of Series Three. If you don't mind being spoiled, click on the spoiler tag to see what's coming up.

Last of the Time Lords airs at 7:10 pm on BBC One, on Saturday June 30.

Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor a helpless prisoner, in the final episode of Russell T Davies's Doctor Who.The entire human race has been reduced to slavery, as the mighty warships of a new Time Lord Empire rise from the ashes. Only Martha Jones can save the world...

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Freema Agyeman plays his companion, Martha Jones. John Barrowman and John Simm guest star.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

Family of Blood - Final Ratings

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final figures released by BARB put episode nine, The Family of Blood, as the 13th most watched programme on British Television for the week.

The final rating was 7.21 million viewers, making the programme the 5th most watched on BBC One. It beat an episode of EastEnders, and ITV1's regular weekly episode of Heartbeat. It was top of Saturday night.

On multichannel, the Sunday repeat achieved a final rating of0.76 millionviewers making it 2nd most watched on BBC3 and 4th on all multichannel Television for the week.

Saturdays Doctor Who Confidential was 17th with a final rating of 0.57 million viewers.

Top Twenty (w/e 3 June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 10.65 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 2031) - 10.54 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1934) - 10.18 - ITV1
4 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.29 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 8.87 - ITV1
6 NEW TRICKS (MON 2102) - 8.51 - BBC1
7 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) - 8.25 - BBC1
8 MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (FRI 1929) - 8.10 - BBC1
9 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 7.96 - ITV1
10 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.89 - ITV1
11 EMMERDALE (WED 1903) - 7.44 - ITV1
12 MIDSOMER MURDERS (SUN 2105) - 7.31 - ITV1
13 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1911) - 7.21 - BBC1
14 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.07 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 6.80 - ITV1
16 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2149) - 6.71 - BBC1
17 EASTENDERS (TUE 1930) - 6.66 - BBC1
18 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 6.61 - ITV1
19 BIG BROTHER (WED 2102) - 6.59 - Ch4
20 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2005) - 6.45 - BBC1

Multichannel Top twenty

1 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,376,000 - ITV2
2 LIVE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (Mon 1400) 966,000 - Sky Sports
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2200) 891,000 - BBC3
4 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2002) 758,000 - BBC3
5 BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH (Thu 2303) 696,000 - E4
6 HOME AND AWAY (Fri 1829) 654,000 - Five Life
7 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 653,000 - BBC3
8 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2100) 651,000 - ITV2
9 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 626,000 - Five Life
10 FILM: BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (Tue 2147) 623,000 - ITV2
11 BIG BROTHER LIVE (Wed 2218) 616,000 - E4
12 POIROT (Wed 2059) 613,000 - ITV3
13 60 SECONDS (Sun 2000) 604,000 - BBC3
14 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 597,000 - Five Life
15 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 578,000 - E4 In
16 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 577,000 - E4 In
17 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1955) 572,000 - BBC3
18 GAVIN AND STACEY (Sun 2100) 544,000 - BBC3
19 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1828) 533,000 - Five Life
20 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 529,000 E4

Source BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Dilemma Averted for London Gay Who Fans

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler

As reported by PinkNews, the final episode of Series Three of Doctor Who,The Last of the Time Lords, is being broadcast on the same day as the London Pride Festival, held in Trafalgar Square.

Organizers of the event, in an effort to not make gay Who fans choose between the annual celebration and the season finale of their favourite show, have come up with an interesting compromise: they plan to carry the live BBC broadcast of the episode at 7:10 p.m. on a big screen at the event's main stage in Trafalgar Square. And if that's not enough to get gay fans out to the event, they've also arranged to have John Barrowman co-host the event with Graham Norton. Barrowman will be speaking earlier in the afternoon about his role as Captain Jack on Doctor Who and Torchwood.

The event kicks off at 3:00 following the Pride parade through town and concludes with the broadcast of The Last of the Time Lords.

FILTER: - Special Events - Series 3/29

Previous 10 Stories

Blink - Official Ratings

Sci-Fi Channel Schedule

Utopia - AI Figure and Sunday Ratings

Utopia - Overnight Ratings

DVD Cover

Friday Ratings

Week Twelve Schedule

Last of the Time Lords Schedule and Spoilerish Synopsis

Family of Blood - Final Ratings

Dilemma Averted for London Gay Who Fans

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