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Last night saw the third episode of The Great British Bake Off’s (8pm) sixth series gain even more momentum as the live audience jumped all the way to 10 million viewers on BBC One.

Last month’s negotiations between the government and the BBC were far more intense and potentially malign than has been previously realised, according to a soon-to-be-published book.

Despite the fact that New Tricks and change have never been very happy bedfellows, last night saw BBC One’s ageing retired detective drama push through another major modification.

Even Paul Hollywood isn’t impervious to all those irrepressible emotions.

As ITV and Sky are so well demonstrating, the UK broadcast sector is in rude health, writes Raymond Snoddy – but there is one major problem on the horizon.

The daily report, teamed with BARB overnight figures, looks at the top 10 UK television shows as they are mentioned on Twitter – taking into account programme genres, unique authors, impressions, audience and share of tweets.

Tuesday night saw the second episode of the final ever series of New Tricks steal the biggest audience in its timeslot, with the only original cast member left hanging up their novelty magnifying glass for the final time.

The third and final episode of the Bloomsbury Group-focused Life in Squares (9pm) ditched the dark and smoky rooms for picturesque East Sussex.

Increasing take-up of smartphones and tablets is boosting time online, according to Ofcom’s 2015 communications market report, which has more than doubled over the last decade.

Wednesday evening saw the highly anticipated launch of the sixth series of the BBC’s unstoppable runaway hit The Great British Bake Off.