More Home Page Newsline Items articles

Last night saw BBC One net the late evening prime time slot with a strong mixture of The Great British Bake Off (8pm) and one-off travelogue featuring a very familiar face.

Tuesday evening’s two soap options saw the episodic dramas deal with two very different deaths in equally diverse manners as Emmerdale’s slightly more comedic spin on dealing with grief secured the top spot for ITV.

July saw the UK’s desktop-only online population remain static with a total of 45.4 million visitors using the internet over this period.

This past weekend might have possibly heralded the end of an era for ITV as its tired, ailing golden goose, The X Factor, showed serious signs of terminal illness as the nation’s apathy finally spread to its heart.

Good news for Trinity Mirror’s Manchester Evening News and the Solihull Observer; however, the majority of titles recorded declines or little change at all.

July saw big ratings for the latest Agatha Christie adaptation, Wimbledon tennis, Long Lost Family and the return of Ripper Street.

After rising all the way past 10 million viewers for last week’s ‘doughverload’, yesterday saw The Great British Bake Off (8pm) struggled to maintain that impressive bench mark.

Last night Channel 4 decided to turn their fixed rigged cameras on the disruptive pupils of a welsh school, hoping that maybe some prime time exposure is exactly what they need to settle down.

With the exception of Channel 4, the majority of commercial broadcasters saw revenues take a significant tumble in July; however, total satellite revenue was up by almost a fifth.

Monday night brought an end to ITV’s ‘experimental’ holiday show Travel Guides (pm) after an initial run of four episodes.