Monday evening brought a deluge of soapy froth and gritty thrillers to the nation’s TV screens, with the prime time festivities kicking off with a (relatively) quiet trip to the peaceful Yorkshire village of Emmerdale at 7pm.
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Strictly Come Dancing (6:30pm) proved yet again that Saturday audiences crave light and frothy action over convoluted reality drama.
Thursday night brought the return of a broadcasting legend to BBC One with renowned naturalist David Attenborough’s new prime time series, Life Story (9pm).
After Monday night’s deluge of prime time crime and murder, Tuesday night saw the 9pm audience won over by a spot of BBC One-provided old fashioned goodwill.
Monday night brought the final episode of a closely scrutinised series of New Tricks (9pm) as the UCOS team really went for the middle-aged nostalgic market by pumping a vivacious 80s soundtrack throughout.
Channel 4’s Friday evening schedule was dominated by an entire night of the usual awkward celebrity banter and a righteous call to arms as the broadcaster and a host of famous faces prepared to Stand Up To Cancer (7pm).
Thursday night saw ITV launch a new four-part historical drama, with the first episode of The Great Fire (9pm) warming up viewers’ autumnal screens and resulting in a prime time hit.
Wednesday night on BBC One witnessed the second consecutive night featuring Alan Sugar’s besuited gorms, as they returned for another evening of failure, panic blaming and good old-fashioned grovelling in The Apprentice (9pm).
Monday night’s 9pm time slot offered up a night of back-to-back televisual sleuthing, with an ailing old favourite fighting for attention in a schedule littered with fresh twists on the police procedural.
The weekend kicked off by heralding the return of an old schedule favourite as Inspector Morse’s former minion made an unexpected comeback for a brand new series of Lewis (ITV, 9pm).
