Top programmes report

week 9, February 27 - March 05

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The top 50 programmes on TV based on the size of their total viewing audience over the week (including live, VOSDAL, time-shifted and total audience viewing figures).

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Here’s some information about the data you can see on this page:

  • Live: the audience who watched the programme at the time of transmission on a TV set.
  • VOSDAL: this is ‘Viewing-On-Same-Day-As-Live’.  The audience who watched a recorded or on-demand programme that has been viewed on the same day as the original broadcast (on a TV set).
  • Time-Shifted: the audience who watched the programme recorded or on-demand between 1 and 7 days post-broadcast (on a TV set).
  • Total Audience: the consolidated viewing audience for the programme. This is the sum of the live, VOSDAL and time-shifted audiences.
  • Share: the percentage of the total available viewing audience who were watching the programme over a given time period.

All numbers are expressed as a share of all commercial broadcaster TV viewing (on a TV set) unless ALL TV is selected, in which case the share is of all broadcaster TV viewing (on a TV set).

Rank Programme Channel Live
('000)		 VOSDAL
('000)		 Time-Shifted
('000)		 Total Audience
('000)		 Share
1 Beyond Paradise2023-03-03 20:01:11-20:59:13 BBC 1 2,951 1,581 2,392 6,924 35.5%
2 Unforgotten2023-02-27 21:00:02-21:59:05 ITV 2,680 894 2,712 6,287 29.6%
3 The Apprentice2023-03-02 21:00:18-21:59:07 BBC 1 2,259 1,525 2,114 5,899 30.6%
4 Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2023-03-04 19:00:00-20:31:54 ITV 3,430 1,329 682 5,441 33.1%
5 Endeavour2023-03-05 20:04:41-21:59:45 ITV 2,755 795 1,396 4,947 25.7%
6 Coronation Street2023-02-27 20:00:10-20:57:36 ITV 2,930 934 883 4,747 26.2%
7 Coronation Street2023-03-03 19:59:09-20:56:17 ITV 2,766 914 969 4,648 23.5%
8 Countryfile2023-03-05 19:00:23-20:01:08 BBC 1 4,126 360 62 4,547 27.3%
9 Coronation Street2023-03-02 19:59:28-20:56:47 ITV 2,746 877 923 4,546 24.8%
10 Antiques Roadshow2023-03-05 20:01:09-20:59:06 BBC 1 3,632 635 223 4,490 23.0%
11 Emmerdale2023-02-27 19:29:00-19:55:35 ITV 2,849 853 531 4,233 25.3%
12 BBC News At Six2023-03-03 18:00:00-18:32:04 BBC 1 3,913 313 0 4,226 33.7%
13 BBC News At Six2023-02-28 18:00:00-18:32:19 BBC 1 3,860 309 0 4,169 31.6%
14 BBC News At Six2023-03-01 18:00:00-18:31:10 BBC 1 3,846 314 0 4,160 32.1%
15 BBC News At Six2023-02-27 18:00:00-18:33:02 BBC 1 3,898 247 0 4,144 30.4%
16 Emmerdale2023-02-28 19:00:42-19:27:12 ITV 2,622 947 567 4,135 28.7%
17 Emmerdale2023-03-02 18:59:35-19:55:52 ITV 2,666 957 498 4,121 26.2%
18 Gogglebox2023-03-03 21:00:47-21:59:29 CH4 2,127 874 1,064 4,065 22.9%
19 BBC News At Six2023-03-02 18:00:00-18:31:56 BBC 1 3,728 327 0 4,055 33.5%
20 Emmerdale2023-03-03 18:59:48-19:55:53 ITV 2,608 863 523 3,994 26.8%
21 Dragons' Den2023-03-02 20:00:32-20:58:41 BBC 1 2,160 708 777 3,645 20.1%
22 Dancing On Ice2023-03-05 18:29:00-20:02:34 ITV 2,425 850 269 3,544 21.3%
23 Michael Mcintyre's The Wheel2023-03-04 18:49:38-19:49:12 BBC 1 2,296 847 389 3,531 21.8%
24 BBC Weekend News2023-03-05 18:35:05-18:51:01 BBC 1 3,260 206 0 3,466 21.8%
25 Celebrity Catchphrase2023-03-04 17:59:30-18:56:58 ITV 2,892 406 121 3,419 24.7%
26 The Chase2023-02-28 17:00:12-17:55:51 ITV 2,894 324 34 3,253 31.2%
27 Eastenders2023-02-27 19:31:52-20:00:04 BBC 1 1,305 1,021 926 3,253 19.5%
28 The Chase2023-03-03 17:00:29-17:55:41 ITV 2,903 288 47 3,238 31.8%
29 Eastenders2023-03-02 19:30:20-19:59:24 BBC 1 1,507 909 821 3,237 19.9%
30 Starstruck2023-03-04 20:34:01-21:42:12 ITV 2,345 545 298 3,188 22.2%
31 Eastenders2023-03-03 19:31:03-20:00:05 BBC 1 1,509 820 859 3,187 20.3%
32 BBC News At Ten2023-03-01 22:00:22-22:32:35 BBC 1 2,990 167 8 3,164 25.3%
33 BBC Weekend News2023-03-05 22:00:00-22:24:06 BBC 1 2,934 196 5 3,135 24.4%
34 FA Cup2023-03-01 18:59:00-22:04:05 ITV 2,794 303 19 3,115 19.3%
35 The Chase2023-03-01 17:00:15-17:55:51 ITV 2,780 288 26 3,095 31.1%
36 The Chase2023-02-27 17:00:21-17:55:51 ITV 2,779 274 20 3,073 29.8%
37 The Gold2023-03-05 21:00:33-21:59:07 BBC 1 1,685 481 864 3,030 16.3%
38 Eastenders2023-02-27 20:00:50-20:28:46 BBC 1 1,012 995 1,022 3,028 16.0%
39 Death In Paradise2023-03-03 21:00:21-21:58:19 BBC 1 2,280 437 247 2,964 17.1%
40 Only Connect2023-02-27 20:01:38-20:30:37 BBC 2 1,874 666 419 2,958 15.8%
41 ITV Evening News2023-02-27 18:30:00-19:24:05 ITV 2,767 188 0 2,955 21.0%
42 The Chase2023-03-02 16:59:54-17:55:51 ITV 2,585 309 46 2,941 31.6%
43 ITV Evening News2023-02-28 18:30:00-18:54:22 ITV 2,649 281 0 2,930 21.5%
44 Casualty2023-03-04 20:41:29-21:30:27 BBC 1 1,668 534 578 2,780 19.3%
45 ITV Evening News2023-03-02 18:30:00-18:52:59 ITV 2,519 217 0 2,736 21.2%
46 ITV Evening News2023-03-01 18:30:00-18:52:52 ITV 2,537 195 1 2,732 20.3%
47 ITV Evening News2023-03-03 18:30:00-18:53:26 ITV 2,542 170 10 2,722 20.9%
48 Match Of The Day2023-03-04 22:21:48-23:45:51 BBC 1 1,585 483 647 2,715 30.5%
49 The Piano2023-03-01 21:01:37-22:00:41 CH4 1,475 353 863 2,691 14.1%
50 BBC News At Ten2023-03-03 22:00:00-22:32:03 BBC 1 2,480 179 9 2,668 22.2%
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