There was no surprise over on ITV as its big player of the night once again came in the form of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! as the series hurtled towards its conclusion.
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Wednesday’s highly coveted soap glory belonged solely to commercial broadcaster ITV, with Weatherfield preparing to batten down the hatches as yet another tumultuous wedding got underway.
ITV dominated last night’s late evening schedule with BBC One’s big shows suffering a noticeable loss in popularity.
Not since The Day of The Doctor has a show come around and actually had the might to beat I’m a Celebrity, which was relegated all the way down to second place.
As is traditional when Christmas approaches, the past weekend’s big performers made up a smorgasbord of epically long, glitzy and competitive ‘reality’ content.
Over on BBC One Liz Bonnin was back for a second and final wedge of Animal Odd Couples, the show that spends an hour showing viewers images of bears hugging humans and other scenes you can file under ‘A Bit Wrong’.
The grand finale of Mystery Map (ITV) saw Mulder and Scully investigate ‘spooky’ footprints in Devon and a wild cat that terrorised Cornwall.
This being EastEnders, there was only so much happiness to go around before the proverbial jellied eel hit the fan.
Monday’s most popular TV action was brought to viewers by celebrities’ precious tears as the sixth episode of ITV’s reality show saw a few of the contestants grow tired of life in the jungle.
The Day of the Doctor (BBC One, 7:45pm) saw the current Time Lord behind the wheel of the TARDIS, Matt Smith, come face to face with all of his previous incarnations.
