Top programmes report

week 20, May 15 - 21

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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 Britain's Got Talent2023-05-20 20:02:02-21:16:57 ITV 3,320 1,228 1,338 5,885 39.2%
2 The 1% Club2023-05-20 21:21:33-22:18:43 ITV 2,756 896 856 4,508 30.8%
3 Steeltown Murders2023-05-15 21:01:36-21:58:18 BBC 1 2,231 829 1,413 4,473 24.4%
4 Coronation Street2023-05-17 20:00:10-20:57:28 ITV 2,677 806 942 4,425 27.0%
5 Coronation Street2023-05-15 20:00:10-20:57:31 ITV 2,776 877 698 4,351 27.2%
6 Coronation Street2023-05-19 20:00:32-20:57:43 ITV 2,593 817 853 4,263 27.5%
7 Antiques Roadshow2023-05-21 20:01:38-20:59:31 BBC 1 3,655 500 97 4,251 31.5%
8 Emmerdale2023-05-15 19:29:10-19:55:41 ITV 2,658 830 476 3,965 27.1%
9 Emmerdale2023-05-16 19:29:00-19:55:33 ITV 2,591 834 500 3,926 28.4%
10 Emmerdale2023-05-19 19:29:06-19:55:36 ITV 2,567 762 591 3,919 30.9%
11 Have I Got News For You2023-05-19 21:02:27-21:31:10 BBC 1 1,843 1,069 940 3,852 22.4%
12 Ten Pound Poms2023-05-21 21:00:42-21:58:43 BBC 1 2,309 673 863 3,844 24.2%
13 Emmerdale2023-05-18 19:29:00-20:26:24 ITV 2,437 823 556 3,816 25.9%
14 Without Sin2023-05-15 21:00:20-21:58:47 ITV 1,953 482 1,352 3,786 20.4%
15 Gogglebox2023-05-19 21:00:53-21:59:51 CH4 1,884 771 1,125 3,780 22.8%
16 Emmerdale2023-05-17 19:29:00-19:55:34 ITV 2,504 805 469 3,777 27.1%
17 Countryfile2023-05-21 19:00:52-20:01:37 BBC 1 3,053 259 91 3,403 28.5%
18 BBC News At Six2023-05-17 18:00:00-18:31:38 BBC 1 2,944 280 0 3,224 31.6%
19 BBC News At Six2023-05-19 18:00:00-18:31:55 BBC 1 2,892 290 0 3,182 30.3%
20 Masterchef2023-05-16 21:00:01-21:58:09 BBC 1 1,747 639 762 3,147 18.7%
21 BBC News At Six2023-05-18 18:00:00-18:32:05 BBC 1 2,777 303 0 3,080 30.0%
22 BBC News At Six2023-05-16 18:00:00-18:31:08 BBC 1 2,815 263 2 3,080 29.6%
23 Annika2023-05-20 21:16:53-22:03:58 BBC 1 1,529 465 1,079 3,074 20.9%
24 BBC News At Six2023-05-15 18:00:00-18:32:21 BBC 1 2,791 268 1 3,060 28.2%
25 BBC Weekend News2023-05-21 22:00:00-22:24:39 BBC 1 2,645 372 4 3,021 26.3%
26 Masterchef2023-05-19 20:31:46-21:01:02 BBC 1 1,509 789 712 3,011 18.9%
27 Without Sin2023-05-16 21:02:02-22:01:05 ITV 1,556 387 1,060 3,004 17.6%
28 Masterchef2023-05-18 20:00:43-20:58:55 BBC 1 1,513 826 620 2,959 19.4%
29 Without Sin2023-05-17 21:00:55-21:59:47 ITV 1,483 379 1,040 2,901 17.1%
30 Eastenders2023-05-17 19:31:12-19:59:38 BBC 1 1,313 864 705 2,882 20.7%
31 Without Sin2023-05-18 21:00:23-21:59:39 ITV 1,333 446 1,009 2,789 17.1%
32 RHS Chelsea Flower Show2023-05-21 18:00:38-18:59:34 BBC 1 2,305 294 172 2,771 26.7%
33 Eastenders2023-05-15 19:31:40-19:59:35 BBC 1 1,312 723 718 2,752 18.9%
34 Eastenders2023-05-16 19:31:15-19:57:32 BBC 1 1,288 748 703 2,739 20.0%
35 Eastenders2023-05-18 19:32:07-19:59:22 BBC 1 1,216 821 673 2,710 19.6%
36 BBC News At Ten2023-05-17 22:00:45-22:33:20 BBC 1 2,425 272 3 2,700 24.0%
37 Match Of The Day2023-05-20 22:26:52-23:45:59 BBC 1 1,565 486 635 2,686 30.7%
38 ITV Evening News2023-05-15 18:30:00-19:24:05 ITV 2,436 192 0 2,629 22.7%
39 Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction2023-05-17 21:00:22-21:59:44 BBC 1 1,503 466 640 2,608 15.7%
40 The Chase2023-05-15 17:00:19-17:55:51 ITV 2,359 186 23 2,568 31.3%
41 Casualty2023-05-20 20:25:40-21:14:55 BBC 1 1,355 510 661 2,526 17.1%
42 Blankety Blank2023-05-20 19:00:33-19:33:33 BBC 1 2,159 297 59 2,515 23.6%
43 BBC News At Ten2023-05-16 22:00:00-22:31:10 BBC 1 2,221 266 4 2,491 22.1%
44 ITV Evening News2023-05-18 18:30:00-19:24:05 ITV 2,309 153 0 2,461 22.4%
45 I'm A Celebrity... South Africa2023-05-19 21:01:09-21:59:43 ITV 1,316 541 583 2,439 14.7%
46 Malpractice2023-05-21 21:02:01-22:01:48 ITV 1,462 343 608 2,413 15.2%
47 The Chase2023-05-16 17:00:29-17:55:51 ITV 2,138 219 51 2,408 31.5%
48 Pointless Celebrities2023-05-20 19:34:58-20:24:01 BBC 1 1,959 356 81 2,396 18.8%
49 The Chase Celebrity Special2023-05-21 19:59:02-20:58:24 ITV 1,989 303 102 2,393 17.8%
50 ITV Evening News2023-05-19 18:30:00-18:56:59 ITV 2,122 258 2 2,382 21.0%
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