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Yesterday saw the BBC score the top eight shows of the day with a mixture of popular drama and long-running Sunday scheduling stables.

According to the company’s latest financial report, the subscription-free satellite service added 56,000 new homes over the year.

BBC One ruled over Thursday’s prime time proceedings with a mixture of breezy and brooding drama, with EastEnders building up more momentum, while Death in Paradise’s mixture of death and sunshine continued to win over viewers.

Wednesday night saw the prime time television line-up peak on ITV at 8pm as the broadcaster rolled out a fresh new series of humorous new homicides in Midsomer Murders.

The move will see approximately 20 London Live staff lose their jobs, as the business looks to “drive continued growth”.

Monday night brought another clash between ITV’s ever-weakening and heavily-promoted mystery drama Broadchurch and BBC One’s long-running but somehow-still-thrilling forensic drama Silent Witness at 9pm.

The independent production companies outlining a proposal to bid for BBC Three should be congratulated for their creative thinking, rather than dismissed, writes Raymond Snoddy.

2015 will see the launch of what the BBC is describing as one of iPlayer’s “most significant commissions to date”, alongside nine comedy shorts and exclusive fashion footage.

Sunday evening saw the top broadcasters bring out their heavy-hitting period dramas as the return of ITV’s Mr Selfridge (9pm) had to contend with those dotty birthing professionals on BBC One’s Call the Midwife (8pm).

16 years after Russell T Davies first introduced an unprepared national audience to Manchester’s Canal Street on Queer as Folk, the writer/producer was back to his old stomping ground with Cucumber (Channel 4, 9pm).