This week’s slice of the comfortable and familiar netted a 32% share and beat EastEnders for a third week in a row, in a race to be the third most watched show of the day.

Saturday’s epic karaoke action kicked off at 8pm on ITV and immediately set itself apart from all the other weekend offerings – by actually pulling in an audience of note.

The invasive-cameras-on-the-wall documentary pulled in a 13% share and Channel’s biggest audience of the day. Nice to know someone is winning from this set-up.

Despite the event-feel to last night’s proceedings the E20 aggression was the nation’s third most popular soap, having been beaten by ITV’s rural offering Emmerdale.

It’s been at least a few days since TV audiences were treated to a bout of horrific murders in the prime time slot but Wednesday night provided an end to many blood thirsty viewers’ drought.

With the news that The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two, 8pm) is to be poached by BBC One next series, the pressure is on for the little show to keep up its stellar performance.

There was very good news last night for viewers who have been pining away for the magnetic ridges of a real actor’s face – Martin Clunes’ Doc Martin finally returned after a torturous two year break.

The UK’s digital audience saw a slight increase in July – in total, 40.8 million people in the UK accessed the internet across the month, an increase of 665,000 people since June.

The UK’s digital audience saw a slight increase in July – in total, 40.8 million people in the UK accessed the internet across the month, an increase of 665,000 people since June.

Like it or not, this weekend saw Saturday night TV return with a bang as Simon Cowell’s not-quite dead horse was launched for another series of highly profitable flogging.