Monday night saw recently-cancelled Silk’s (BBC One, 9pm) once-healthy audience continue to slowly erode as the legal drama struggled to keep up with ITV’s latest drama offering.
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4.6 million viewers tuned in to see the retail king learn that he was to become a single man again just in time for the third series.
On Thursday night BBC One brought the TV viewing nation a gentle reminder that no matter how tough a week you had, a better paid well-known celebrity probably had it worse than you.
Wednesday night’s prime time selection revealed a nation obsessed with law enforcement as both BBC channels and ITV’s big draws were off the justice-serving variety.
Last night’s concluding part of the first slaughter of the series saw po-faced DI Perez team up with an even more despondent-looking Brian Cox (the other one) for some infanticide closure.
Based on a true story, The Widower (9pm) saw Shearsmith turn his creepier-than-your-Great-Aunt’s-doily-collection persona dial all the way down to ‘subtle’ as he plotted to kill off his wives, all for a shiny life insurance hoard.
Saturday saw rugby fans bid farewell to a sporting legend as Brian O’Driscoll played his final international rugby match, securing a peak audience of 6.2 million.
Thursday brought a suspiciously quiet night for UK television audiences, with the biggest show of the day being watched by less than 6 million people.
There was more Six Nations Rugby on Sunday at 2:30pm to help blow the cobwebs off, as England comfortably beat Wales, netting an impressive 4.7 million viewers and a 36% share.
Last night ITV allowed viewers to take a literal stroll down memory lane as the cast and crew commemorated one of the UK’s most famous television studios in Coronation Street: A Moving Story (9pm).