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Thursday night saw ITV’s highly lucrative I’m a Celebrity… (8:30pm) edge closer to the end as yet another campmate exited the jungle, whittling down the original 13 candidates to a mere six in a lead up to Sunday’s grand finale.

While the bizarre campaign against the residents of a desirable south London street stepped up a gear, audience interest actually dwindled.

Monday night saw Channel 4 launch a brand new documentary of a very different kind to its now-standard fly-on-the-wall approach, this time weaving together a tale of real-life crime solving in The Murder Detectives (9pm).

The past weekend saw both BBC One and ITV celebrate victories both modest and massive, with each side unleashing an arsenal of well-established crowd pleasers.

As if there was ever any doubt, Thursday saw its TV schedule overshadowed by one very popular reality competition, with last night’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (ITV, 9pm) leaving very little room for the competition.

October was a strong month for the majority of commercial broadcasters, with just Channel 5 recording a notable decline in revenue.

For the second week in a row BBC One’s Wednesday night draw, the uncomfortable but popular cringe-fest that is The Apprentice (9pm), was knocked off its perch as ITV’s jungle hijinks proved too powerful a draw for some viewers.

Doctor Foster, the return of The Apprentice and some big Rugby World Cup matches dominated October’s TV schedule.

In a dense sea of televised reality spectaculars, Tuesday night saw BBC One launch a new scripted drama, Capital (9pm), in an effort to usher in some fresh air to the schedule.

ITV once again destroyed its prime time rivals last night thanks to the latest instalment of what is quickly becoming The Lady C Show.