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The second series of machinery-child-mangling fun found in The Mill (8pm) brought in 1.3 million and a 6% share.

Thursday night saw the return of one of the BBC’s most enduring factual formats as Birmingham-born actress Julie Walters had her turn on the emotional historical merry-go-round that is Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One, 9pm).

After four long years of been hidden away in the nether regions of BBC Two, Wednesday night not only saw the return of The Great British Bake Off (8pm) but also marked the show’s move to the glorious prime time heights of BBC One.

Tuesday night saw BBC One deliver the perfect prime time antidote to that specific demographic that have had their fill of sweaty footballers and pirouetting athletes as Kay Mellor’s latest female-led drama In the Club kicked off.

It’s been a pretty tough summer for everything that wasn’t the World Cup or Commonwealth Games, with the long-standing soaps dealing with the hardest blows.

As expected, the Commonwealth Games 2014 (BBC One) dominated the weekend schedules as the successful tournament came to an end after 11 eventful days.

Long gone are the days of sheep shearing and worming troubles, with last night’s action mostly focused on Adam and Robbie’s teatime fun with ketamine.

A little under 6 million viewers tuned in to see the Platt family voice their concern about Gail’s latest romantic entanglement and allowing Les Dennis into their lives (fair enough, really).

Tuesday saw BBC One bring another full day of coverage from day six of the Commonwealth Games 2014 as England and Australia continued to battle it out for all those super shiny medals.

While the station move might confuse some – and perhaps the relative ease and availability of the iPlayer is to partly blame for the drop in live viewing – there is no obvious excuse for the sharp drop this summer.