April saw the return to ITV of Simon Cowell’s other cash cow TV project, Britain’s Got Talent, proving there is still an appetite for watching members of public make fools of themselves, as original drama has a great month across all the major channels.
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Coming straight from the Cold Feet stable of ‘I can’t believe this is on ITV’, new eight-part drama series Broadchurch proved to be somewhat of a ratings smash for the commercial broadcaster.
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The return Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, after a four year absence, proved that the pint sized Geordies are still the nation’s favourite light entertainment presenters.
Miranda Hart is the star of the month with both of her BBC One shows pulling in over 10 million viewers each.
The BBC has an excellent Christmas with Doctor Who, Miranda and Strictly Come Dancing dominating the festive TV battles.
The return of the reality show juggernaut I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! brought some much needed ratings cheer for ITV1 last month.
A pretty unspectacular month sees the top programme chart dominated by news programmes. The fallout from BBC Two’s Newsnight problems saw a big rating for a special version of BBC One’s current affairs programme Panorama.
The sight of a sitting member of parliament and ex-soap actress turned WAG eating camel toes hooked viewers to ITV1 last night. It would have been a surprise to see Helen Flanagan recite the complete works of Shakespeare, yet it’s fair to say her portrayal of dizzy airhead Rosie Webster in Coronation Street wasn’t exactly a stretch for her.
The second episode of the third series of Downton Abbey heads a list of returning favourites this month.