BBC One’s Tumble wraps up with just 2.7m viewers
Saturday evening brought the end to one of the summer schedule’s great hopes, as disposable novelty gymnastics competition Tumble (BBC One, 6pm) performed its last trapeze swing.
Opening up with 3.2 million viewers back in early August, the BBC’s glitzy floor-padded extravaganza saw ‘celebrity’ faces push themselves with remarkable determination but the format didn’t quite have the magical mix to reach Strictly/Dancing on Ice levels of popularity.
The past six weeks has see many an ex-EastEnders star, former members of pop groups and a litter of people already under the Corporation’s employment battle their way to Saturday’s nail biting finale, with the 1.5 hour event securing the day’s ninth place.
In the end famous celebrity Bobby Lockwood (him from that CBBC thing) was crowned king of the first series, resulting in a deficient teatime audience of 2.7 million viewers and a 17% share.
Straight up afterwards the twelfth incarnation of Doctor Who (BBC One, 7:30pm) was back for another Saturday night yarn, with the most recent trip through time and space resulting in a welcome, more adult-orientated episode.
Harking back to the days when the show simply served a purpose to give little cherubs nightmares, Saturday found the Doctor and Clara jumping through time while attempting to trace down the source of irrational fear. As you do.
The highly bizarre and creepy episode brought in 4.8 million viewers, with the surprise reappearance of John Hurt’s War Doctor helping secure a 24% share.
However, it was The X Factor (ITV, 8pm) that remained the brightest star in the schedule, with the first week of second round auditions in front of a baying Wembley crowd managing to hold on to its impressive audience.
A total of 8.1 million viewers watched as smug, successful millionaires judged the mentally fragile, resulting in a 38% share.
Later on in the evening, Last Night of the Proms (BBC One) came live from the Royal Albert Hall at 9:10pm and was watched by 3.4 million viewers and an 18% share.
Highlights from day three of The Invictus Games (9pm) brought in 865,000 viewers to BBC Two, while the completely bizarre Keith Lemmon-fronted Through The Keyhole (9pm) secured 3.9 million viewers and a 20% share on ITV.
BBC One’s Sunday schedule once again preformed its duty, helping to bring the nation back down to earth following the previous day’s entertainment blitz, with sobering Sunday favourites like Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow.
At 7pm Countryfile brought viewers to a purpose-built Afghan village as Jules Hudson visited a Norfolk-based Ministry of Defence training ground, while Anita Rani was given the exciting task of exploring the history of the menial Shepard’s hut.
A total audience of 5.5 million viewers joined in on the rural fun, netting a 21% share, with Antiques Roadshow (8pm) managing 5.1 million viewers and also a 21% share straight afterwards.
Naturally, commercial broadcaster ITV wasn’t worried about over-stimulating the TV viewing nation, once again offering up a slice of prime time Saturday night telly on a Sunday. The weekend’s second helping of The X Factor (ITV, 8pm) milked the drama for another 15 ad breaks but managed to secure an impressive audience of 7.9 million viewers and a 33% share.
At the same time, Invictus Games Closing Concert (BBC Two, 8pm) subjected people who have already suffered enough to the musical stylings of James Blunt and Ellie Goulding and was watched by 1.7 million and an 8% share.
At 9pm the BBC and ITV went head to head with sepia-tinted olden day drama as the long-suffering residents of The Village (BBC One) wrapped up their second series. 3.6 million viewers tuned in to see if clean water would finally reach the Yorkshire village, netting a 17% share.
Over on ITV, Paddy Considine starred in the second and final case in the recent run of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (9pm). The third series of mini-movies closed with a case about infidelity that took a dark turn, with the latest two hour mystery bringing in 2.6 million viewers and a 14% share.
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