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| Black Mirror nets nearly 1.6m viewers | |
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| Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 drama Black Mirror returned with nearly 1.6 million viewers for the first of a new three-part run starring Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson on Monday. | Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 drama Black Mirror returned with nearly 1.6 million viewers for the first of a new three-part run starring Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson on Monday. |
| The opening episode, Be Right Back, had a 9% share of the audience between 10pm and 11.05pm. | The opening episode, Be Right Back, had a 9% share of the audience between 10pm and 11.05pm. |
| It was down from the 1.9 million viewers who tuned into the opening episode of the first series in 2011, but was up 14% on Channel 4's slot average over the past three months. | |
| Big Fat Gypsy Overnight | Big Fat Gypsy Overnight |
| Channel 4 may have axed Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, but last night's one-off special, My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine, shows there is no shortage of viewer appetite. | |
| My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine was watched by 4.1 million viewers, a 15.8% share, between 9pm and 10pm. | My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine was watched by 4.1 million viewers, a 15.8% share, between 9pm and 10pm. |
| The controversial documentary series attracted overnight audiences of more than 6 million when it first burst onto Channel 4 two years ago. | The controversial documentary series attracted overnight audiences of more than 6 million when it first burst onto Channel 4 two years ago. |
| However, with more than double (118%) the network's three-month slot average, Monday night's special still gave Channel 4 a much-needed ratings boost – expect plenty more one-offs to come. | However, with more than double (118%) the network's three-month slot average, Monday night's special still gave Channel 4 a much-needed ratings boost – expect plenty more one-offs to come. |
| It beat BBC2's Stephen Poliakoff drama Dancing on the Edge, which had 1.7 million viewers (6.6%) for the third of its five-part run, and gave BBC1's new natural history documentary, Penguins – Spy in the Huddle, a run for its money, watched by 4.6 million viewers (17.8%) also between 9pm and 10pm. | It beat BBC2's Stephen Poliakoff drama Dancing on the Edge, which had 1.7 million viewers (6.6%) for the third of its five-part run, and gave BBC1's new natural history documentary, Penguins – Spy in the Huddle, a run for its money, watched by 4.6 million viewers (17.8%) also between 9pm and 10pm. |
| The slot was won by ITV1's Lewis, with 6.3 million viewers (24.6%). | The slot was won by ITV1's Lewis, with 6.3 million viewers (24.6%). |
| I'm the Hundred Years War. No, I'm the Hundred Years War! | I'm the Hundred Years War. No, I'm the Hundred Years War! |
| New BBC4 documentary Chivalry and Betrayal: the Hundred Years War had 570,0000 viewers, a 2.2% share, also between 9pm and 10pm, 24% up on its slot average over the last three months. | New BBC4 documentary Chivalry and Betrayal: the Hundred Years War had 570,0000 viewers, a 2.2% share, also between 9pm and 10pm, 24% up on its slot average over the last three months. |
| The third and final series of Sky1's Spartacus: War of the Damned took to the battlefield with 317,000 viewers (1.8%), between 10pm and 11.15pm, up 173% on the slot average. | The third and final series of Sky1's Spartacus: War of the Damned took to the battlefield with 317,000 viewers (1.8%), between 10pm and 11.15pm, up 173% on the slot average. |
| All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live, +1 (except for BBC channels) and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated | All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live, +1 (except for BBC channels) and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated |
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