WI Life magazine, from the Women’s Institute, was back in the top spot as Hearst UK’s House Beautiful was up more than 10% to record a circulation of 122,926.

Last night Channel 4 launched a new fixed rig camera set-up, this time inviting the nation to gawp at a bunch of four year olds in a nursery.

Monday night’s prime time programming offered up a deluge of grim and traumatising content for viewers to kick off a brand new week of TV with.

BBC One brought the week to an end with a celebrity spectacular, as host Stephen Fry brought together the film world’s most available faces for an evening of civilised backslapping.

Last night on Channel 4, Cucumber (9pm) continued down its flaccid path while shedding even more viewers week on week.

Wednesday night brought the third instalment of BBC Two’s highly anticipated adaptation of historical novel Wolf Hall (9pm), with last night’s shrinking audience seeing the drama edging towards the dreaded ‘cult’ status.

Tuesday night brought an end to the highly successful eighteenth series of BBC One’s evergreen (and recently, Broadchurch-slaying) forensic drama, Silent Witness (9pm).

Last night saw the savage battle between BBC One and ITV’s dark crime dramas continue, with the commercial broadcaster’s once celebrated Broadchurch (9pm) taking a sucker punch to the goolies for the second week in a row.

Yesterday saw the BBC score the top eight shows of the day with a mixture of popular drama and long-running Sunday scheduling stables.

BBC One ruled over Thursday’s prime time proceedings with a mixture of breezy and brooding drama, with EastEnders building up more momentum, while Death in Paradise’s mixture of death and sunshine continued to win over viewers.