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Thursday night brought a glut of viewers to BBC One, as the hugely successful sixth series of The Great British Bake Off (8pm) kicked off the beginning of the end with a deluge of tortuous chocolate-based tasks.

Anyone who values British broadcasting should be opposed to the ideas of the Culture Secretary, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Tuesday night saw the evergreen retired detectives of New Tricks prepare for the end, with last night’s instalment seeing the cold case team face their penultimate murder mystery.

Channel 4 increased its revenue by 20.2% year-on-year to surpass £43.6m while ITV 1 was up 4.3% to almost £95.4m

After three weeks of grand old school opulence, plenty of awkward family relations and a lot of staff, last night brought a close to the short-lived but effective real-life drama of All Change at Longleat (9pm).

Last night’s grand finale represented the ninth series of the celebrity version to air on Channel 5 in the past four years.

Five years after Coronation Street Live pulled one out of the bag for its 50th anniversary celebrations, yesterday evening saw ITV’s flagship soap at it again, delivering a hour of big shocks, solid acting and minimal mistakes.

Richard Marks of Research The Media asks whether the myBBC initiative is the right response to the growth of personalised content, or is it perhaps the BBC’s role to give us what we didn’t know that we wanted?

Tuesday night saw Channel 5 provide a juicy chunk of fresh scandal for the baying tabloid press as the usually friendly post-show chit chat with Ryan Clark turned into a bit of a (new standard industry term) fracas.

August saw Great British Bake Off, X Factor and New Tricks all achieve high viewing figures.