Monday night brought the final episode of a closely scrutinised series of New Tricks (9pm) as the UCOS team really went for the middle-aged nostalgic market by pumping a vivacious 80s soundtrack throughout.

Channel 4’s Friday evening schedule was dominated by an entire night of the usual awkward celebrity banter and a righteous call to arms as the broadcaster and a host of famous faces prepared to Stand Up To Cancer (7pm).

Thursday night saw ITV launch a new four-part historical drama, with the first episode of The Great Fire (9pm) warming up viewers’ autumnal screens and resulting in a prime time hit.

It was a mixed bag of results for online news sites in September, according to the latest ABC findings – but a slight improvement on August’s figures.

Wednesday night on BBC One witnessed the second consecutive night featuring Alan Sugar’s besuited gorms, as they returned for another evening of failure, panic blaming and good old-fashioned grovelling in The Apprentice (9pm).

Monday night’s 9pm time slot offered up a night of back-to-back televisual sleuthing, with an ailing old favourite fighting for attention in a schedule littered with fresh twists on the police procedural.

The weekend kicked off by heralding the return of an old schedule favourite as Inspector Morse’s former minion made an unexpected comeback for a brand new series of Lewis (ITV, 9pm).

The final episode of BBC One’s genealogical crying show Who Do You Think You Are? (9pm) aired last night, with the end of the 11th series continuing to secure its usually solid audience despite delivering more of the same.

After ten long weeks of frantic baking, difficult-to-digest puns and a lot of pastry-related stress, last night brought the finale of The Great British Bake Off (BBC One, 8pm).

Last night saw the powerful, famous and beautiful gather together in London’s Grosvenor House to heap praise and tacky awards on the normal people of the country in two-hour extravaganza of back patting and self-promotion.