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The dawn of a brand new month brought the same familiar genres to Sunday night’s TV schedule with a cornucopia of easy-to-digest period dramas and family friendly rose-tinted looks at Britain.

Is the traditional TV-set finally seeing tablets and laptops nibble at its dominance? Viewing on the big box decreased by 4.7% last year, whilst viewing on other screens grew by 17%, year on year.

Video Upfronts 2015 provided an update on the hybrid measurement system from BARB this week, with the body’s CEO admitting it was taking longer than he would like, but getting it right trumps doing it fast.

Wednesday night saw the crème de la crème of popular musical talent take over ITV’s evening schedule as they descended upon London’s O2 arena for The Brit Awards 2015 (8pm).

Last night saw Channel 4 attempt to justify its existence with a sprinkle of contrived controversy and challenging ‘debate’ with two shows taking a look at the issue of immigration and integration in modern Britain.

After eight weeks of meandering and drumming up some intrigue, Monday night saw Broadchurch’s (ITV, 9pm) heavily criticised second series finally come to an end.

As the Christmas and New Year holiday period drew to a close there was still time for BBC One to offer up a gem for viewers dreading the return to work, with the adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot.

30 years to the day BBC One launched its own very distinctive brand of gritty and unglamorous soap drama, last night’s celebrations finally delivered a festival of payoffs and surprises for long-term fans of EastEnders.

For a second consecutive night, BBC One secured the day’s top spot with another little-bit live episode of EastEnders, as exhausted viewers became even closer to finding out who exactly took the jam out of Lucy Beale’s doughnut.

After 307 days of agonising mystery, misdirections and murders, last night saw long-suffering fans of EastEnders finally rewarded for their enduring loyalty with a partially live episode kicking off a ‘week of revelations’.