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Channel 4’s Friday evening schedule was dominated by an entire night of the usual awkward celebrity banter and a righteous call to arms as the broadcaster and a host of famous faces prepared to Stand Up To Cancer (7pm).
September saw some big revenue losses for commercial television broadcasters, resulting in total terrestrial TV revenue dropping -3% on last year.
Thursday night saw ITV launch a new four-part historical drama, with the first episode of The Great Fire (9pm) warming up viewers’ autumnal screens and resulting in a prime time hit.
September highlights include the dramatisation of Cilla Black’s early life, the return of Downton Abbey and the BBC and ITV’s big reality shows.
A record 309,000 users signed up to Sky’s mobile service Sky Go Extra, proving the is a growing appetite to watch content on the move.
Wednesday night on BBC One witnessed the second consecutive night featuring Alan Sugar’s besuited gorms, as they returned for another evening of failure, panic blaming and good old-fashioned grovelling in The Apprentice (9pm).
The latest local TV channel to launch today – Made in Cardiff – has a strategy its producers say will ensure its success. But will it bring in the viewing figures advertisers need?
Monday night’s 9pm time slot offered up a night of back-to-back televisual sleuthing, with an ailing old favourite fighting for attention in a schedule littered with fresh twists on the police procedural.
The weekend kicked off by heralding the return of an old schedule favourite as Inspector Morse’s former minion made an unexpected comeback for a brand new series of Lewis (ITV, 9pm).