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The past weekend brought a smorgasbord of ‘event’ live television in an effort to tempt viewers away from the unseasonally seasonal weather.

Coverage of the Live International Football game started at 7:30pm, with the action from sunny Florida (beats Wembley) kicking off at 8pm.

Thursday night saw Channel 5 unveil its latest grand pageant of moral decay as the granddaddy of all gutter-scrapping reality shows, Big Brother (9pm), got underway.

Tuesday night brought the finale of writer Sally Wainwright’s latest successful drama Happy Valley (9pm), which once again secured the biggest audience in the prime time spot for BBC One.

Monday brought the latest devastating death blow to long-suffering fans of Game of Thrones (9pm) as the brutal fantasy show’s successful fourth series continued on Sky Atlantic.

After ITV treated the lucky television-viewing nation to an entire week of 1.5 hour shows, Saturday finally hinted at some light at the end of the tunnel as all the hopefuls were whittled down to the final ten.

Thursday night’s prime time slot saw ITV’s unrelenting combination of late-night Coronation Street and a daily helping Britain’s Got Talent rendering all other options ineffective.

Wednesday night saw Coronation Street remain victorious in its week-long prime time slot as ITV’s other unstoppable force, Britain’s Got Talent,continued to demolish its 8pm rivals.

Last night brought sweet relief to long-suffering viewers as the TV viewing nation let out a collective sigh as the Street’s resident gobby paramour Tina Mcintyre was finally put out of her spray-tanned misery.

Sunday was the first of two consecutive nights that ITV’s rescheduled juggernaut, Britain’s Got Talent (7pm), destroyed one of BBC One’s long-running performers.