The return to the fold of original judge Sharon Osbourne, has had a positive affect on the ratings for the tenth series of long running karaoke show The X Factor.

July saw 12.3 million viewers tune in to the Wimbledon Men’s Final to see Murray’s historic win, as the birth of a future king sparked a news battle between ITV and the BBC – one of the rare occasions when the commercial channel came out on top.

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.

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.