Thursday night saw Channel 5 herald the trumpets and turn the hype dial all the way up to 11 as the 16th series of Big Brother finally came to an end of 66 expletive-filled days.
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After exploring the lives of domestic cats, dogs, and human babies, ITV’s premier prime time pseudo-science show was back – this time unveiling the secretive and guarded world of identical twins.
Viewers tuning in to sample Tuesday night’s entertainment weren’t greeted with a huge variety of genres to choose from, with most of the output falling in to the relatively cost-effective genre of observational documentaries.
Monday night saw ITV’s brand new documentary series, Rookies, début to a robust audience which saw the youngling copper show snatch the 9pm time slot from its rivals.
Yesterday’s climatic confrontation between Serbian Men’s Singles title holder Novak Djokovic and Swiss usurper Roger Federer secured Sunday’s biggest audience.
Thursday night saw BBC One’s long running and unstoppable, slightly-famous-person-cooking show, Celebrity MasterChef (9pm), once again beat off its prime time rivals in an excited flurry of sweat, tears and innuendo.
Tuesday night saw the third series of BBC One’s cautionary soap opera The Syndicate (9pm) reach its suspenseful climax.
The unstoppable force of Celebrity MasterChef won the 9pm slot, with 3.7 million viewers and a 19% share tuning to see gurning, spray-tanned horseman of the apocalypse, Rylan Clark cook some venison.
Yesterday saw ITV’s sob-fest Long Lost Family (9pm) once again claim Wednesday’s prime time slot as the highly theatrical factual drama easily beat its rivals.
Last night saw some juicy secrets finally come flooding out in the penultimate episode of Kay Mellor’s cursed lottery drama The Syndicate (BBC One, 9pm), with the third series continuing to prolong the show’s winning streak.
