Yesterday’s unusually seasonable weather saw viewers across the UK ignore their TVs en masse, with last night’s premier televisual options failing to make much of an impact.
16 May 2016 | Niall Johnson
A quiet evening of television combined with a schedule change saw BBC One’s seemingly permanent show MasterChef secure the 9pm audience with its over familiar formula providing some comfort for prime time viewers.
Tuesday night saw the return of Kay Mellor’s pregnancy drama In the Club (9pm) secure the prime time slot for BBC One, despite nearly an overdue wait of almost two years.
Managed to secure the weekend’s biggest audience before its competitors were even out of the gate
The third series of BBC Two’s thrilling Line of Duty (9pm) came to a typically dramatic close last night.
Feverish viewers were forced to wait an entire week to find out which odd couple would be crowned king and queen of the guarded transportable home community.
Monday night saw Channel 4 return to The Island with Bear Grylls (9pm) as viewers caught up with the aftermath of that fall while the remaining survivors continued to starve for our entertainment.
Monday night saw seriously muddled and highly dangerous copper Marcella (9pm) stagger confusedly back onto the nation’s screens, with the third episode securing the 9pm – 10pm slot for ITV.
After last week’s sword swallowing madness saw Britain’s Got Talent net the weekend’s biggest audience, the second episode managed to improved on that.
Thursday night brought some prime time victory to the screens of BBC One with a combination of a accustomed cooking competition and an educational magazine show stealing the biggest audience share.