Drug-fuelled teatime soaps lead Thursday’s TV
Thursday evening’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2014 brought some more good news for England fans with the country’s gymnasts bringing home more of those coveted gold medals.
Despite the fact that they may have possibly been made using ancient and outdated technology from the 1980s, yesterday’s procurement of Spirograph-esque collectors pieces secured England’s lead over Australia. Which, apparently, is all that really matters in the end.
4.5 million viewers tuned in for the final bout of coverage for the night, with the three-hour event kicking off at 7pm on BBC One. The audience peaked at 8:45pm on the back of six-time Paralympic champion David Weir’s victory in the men’s T54 1500m race.
A peak of 5.4 million viewers watched as the athlete received his latest gold medal, resulting in a 27% share.
At the same time, ITV offered up the first of two trips to Emmerdale for more drug crimes and bed-hopping antics from those quiet everyday country folk.
Long gone are the days of sheep shearing and worming troubles, with last night’s action mostly focused on Adam and Robbie’s teatime fun with ketamine.
An audience of 5.1 million viewers watched as rouge farmer Adam Barton decided to take advantage of a situation when he came across a few bottles of animal medication.
Sensibly, after being unable to find a buyer on Emmerdale‘s black market, Adam instead deciding to split the hoard with demonic best friend Robbie, resulting in a 29% share and Thursday’s biggest hit.
An hour later the audience had fallen to 4.9 million viewers, with the 8pm episode of calming agricultural life seeing Adam’s very bad trip result in his losing consciousness, leading to a 25% share.
There were plenty more drugs on offer over on BBC Two at 7:30pm but – this being the Beeb – the illicit fayre was more of the natural variety. Last night’s EastEnders saw Aunt Babe and Dean come head to head after their large stash of cannabis mysteriously went up in flames, causing all kinds of tension in Albert Square.
4.6 million viewers watched as the culprit Shirley, who herself watched the chaos from afar, netting a 25% share.
Over on Channel 4, architect George Clarke continued to take a look at the finalists in Amazing Spaces Shed of the Yuuuuuuuur (8pm), with the collection of extremely unique mini grand designs netting the channel’s biggest hit of the day with 1.3 million viewers and a 6% share.
Just to be completely unpredictable ITV offered up another repeat at 9pm, with Griff Rhys Jones grating shtick on It’ll Be Alright on the Night bringing in 1.8 million viewers and a 7% share.
Over on BBC Two, the fifth episode of The Honourable Woman continued to put Maggie Gyllenhaal through hell with 1.3 million viewers and a 7% share.
Autopsy: The Last Hours of… continued to prove that nothing is sacred over on Channel 5 as Karen Carpenter got the grim expert treatment. 1.5 million viewers tuned in to find out exactly what type of internal damage the beloved singer had caused herself, netting an 8% share.
Over on Channel 4 Dr Pixie investigated ‘new surgery techniques involving the anus’, and helped a man suffering with hot testicles, which tells you everything you’ve ever needed to know about Embarrassing Bodies (8pm). 1.1 million viewers (a 6% share) chose to watch.
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