Bad news resulted in good news for ITV1 last night as Coronation Street (7:30pm) attracted Monday’s largest audience. 8.9 million viewers tuned in to see the regulars down the Rovers Return (busy for a Monday night) learn that Betty Williams had warmed up her final hotpot and shuffled off her mortal coil.
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Walford was in mourning last night as the day of Heather’s funeral finally came around, securing Thursday’s biggest audience for BBC One and a 36% audience share.
Jim Marshall wonders what the Charter review will have in store for the BBC, when it is able to flex as much muscle as ever? It would be good if it could maintain the same high standards but not at the potential expense of the commercial sector…
This month saw the return of Simon Cowell to Britain’s Got Talent, along with new judges David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. The talent show easily topped the programmes rankings in March, with 11.5 million viewers.