Thursday night brought a blockbuster evening of soapy treats with all three of the big players making an appearance, despite a lower-than-usual turn out.

Wednesday saw ITV win over the evening audience with a solid line-up featuring a mix of the country’s favourite soaps and the exclusive broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2014’s very last semi-final match.

Finally, after four long weeks of hard drinking, rage-venting and generally sitting about on the sofa, Tuesday night saw the nation’s football fans edge closer to the endgame.

Monday saw TV viewers being treated to a second consecutive football-free day, with normality returning for a short while as the nation’s top soaps battled it out for ratings dominancy.

BBC Two kicked off a highly ambitious new series, bagging Maggie Gyllenhaal for the lead role for the political thriller The Honourable Woman (9pm).

For only the second time since the FIFA World Cup 2014 kicked off three weeks ago, Wednesday brought a football-free schedule and allowed TV viewers a short but merciful return to programming normality.

May 2014 saw a total of 38.8 million users access the internet from the UK, the lowest figure reported yet.

It was BBC One’s responsibility to bear the brunt of Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup 2014 entertainment.

Despite former England manager Glenn Hoddle mistaking the North African team for media network Al Jazeera, an average audience of 6.3 million viewers managed to follow the game.

Despite a lot of drizzle and rain, the past weekend played host to a number of iconic outdoor activities which were thankfully all available to watch from the comfort and safety of the TV set.