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October saw just one commercial television channel record any notable revenue growth, while the majority of the remaining few recorded declines.

The Great British Bake Off managed to fend off all competitors this month by achieving by far and away the highest rating in October.

After dominating for two days running, last night night saw rival broadcasters breathe a sigh of relief as a friendly international match pushed ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! out of the schedules for the night.

Monday night saw a brand new week of TV, peaking with the first proper night in the jungle for ITV’s desperate celebrities.

Friday night saw the UK’s most famous and semi-familiar faces gather together to use their heightened powers of self-promotion for the good of charity, as another night of annual Children in Need bizarreness got under way.

Wednesday night’s main event saw supposed capitalist overlord The Right Honourable Lord Sugar return with his hoard of overzealous minions as they gathered together for another round of daft marketing decisions.

Following the Society of Editors conference this week, Raymond Snoddy reports on a change in government rhetoric over press freedoms.

The findings of the neuroscience-based research conclude that the general industry view that it is the platform that drives behaviour, rather than the content, should be called into question.

Tuesday night saw James Nesbitt’s mission to maintain a perma-scowl and find his lost son continue, as gruelling drama The Missing (9pm) topped off a successful evening for BBC One.

The picture postcard 1950s-set crime drama opened up with 5.2 million viewers at the start of October and features a tortured vicar and a Gruff Geordie cop called Geordie, his partner in bromance and crime-solving.