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| Madness and Michael Grade take BBC's TV Centre tribute one step beyond | Madness and Michael Grade take BBC's TV Centre tribute one step beyond |
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| Nearly 800,000 viewers watched Madness sing farewell to the BBC's Television Centre but a Michael Grade documentary about the 63-year-old site proved even more popular with 1.5 million. | Nearly 800,000 viewers watched Madness sing farewell to the BBC's Television Centre but a Michael Grade documentary about the 63-year-old site proved even more popular with 1.5 million. |
| Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre, in which the "nutty boys" turned national institutions braved the miserable weather to play in front of TV Centre attracted 792,000 viewers, a 3.4% share between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Friday. | Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre, in which the "nutty boys" turned national institutions braved the miserable weather to play in front of TV Centre attracted 792,000 viewers, a 3.4% share between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Friday. |
| It was followed by two-hour documentary Goodbye Television Centre, which featured guests including John Cleese, Michael Parkinson, Victoria Coren and Danny Baker, watched by 1.4 million viewers (6.2%) between 8.30pm and 10.30pm. | It was followed by two-hour documentary Goodbye Television Centre, which featured guests including John Cleese, Michael Parkinson, Victoria Coren and Danny Baker, watched by 1.4 million viewers (6.2%) between 8.30pm and 10.30pm. |
| House of Fun | House of Fun |
| It was the most popular programme on free to air television outside of the five main channels, up 184% on BBC4's slot average over the past three months. | It was the most popular programme on free to air television outside of the five main channels, up 184% on BBC4's slot average over the past three months. |
| The Madness concert was up 262%, helping BBC4 to a 2.2% share of the audience overall, ahead of its usual 0.9%. | The Madness concert was up 262%, helping BBC4 to a 2.2% share of the audience overall, ahead of its usual 0.9%. |
| Not quite enough to eclipse BBC2, it also helped BBC4 beat Channel 4 talkshow The Last Leg, watched by 1.1 million viewers (4.6%) between 9.30pm and 10pm, and Channel 5's The Mentalist, watched by 1.2 million viewers (5.1%) between 9pm and 10pm. | Not quite enough to eclipse BBC2, it also helped BBC4 beat Channel 4 talkshow The Last Leg, watched by 1.1 million viewers (4.6%) between 9.30pm and 10pm, and Channel 5's The Mentalist, watched by 1.2 million viewers (5.1%) between 9pm and 10pm. |
| Shut Up (I'm trying to watch the football) | Shut Up (I'm trying to watch the football) |
| ITV's coverage of England's 8-0 win over San Marino in the World Cup qualifier averaged 5.2 million viewers, a 22% share, between 7.30pm and 10.15pm. | ITV's coverage of England's 8-0 win over San Marino in the World Cup qualifier averaged 5.2 million viewers, a 22% share, between 7.30pm and 10.15pm. |
| The match itself, which kicked off at 8pm, drew just under 6 million viewers. | The match itself, which kicked off at 8pm, drew just under 6 million viewers. |
| It lost out to BBC1's EastEnders, which had 6.5 million viewers between 8pm and 8.30pm, but steamed ahead of the rest of BBC1's line-up including Masterchef, with 4 million (16.5%) between 8.30pm and 9pm, and a New Tricks repeat watched by 3.4 million viewers (14.2%) between 9pm and 10pm. | It lost out to BBC1's EastEnders, which had 6.5 million viewers between 8pm and 8.30pm, but steamed ahead of the rest of BBC1's line-up including Masterchef, with 4 million (16.5%) between 8.30pm and 9pm, and a New Tricks repeat watched by 3.4 million viewers (14.2%) between 9pm and 10pm. |
| 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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