Ratings slip for Spooks spin-off

BBC3's Spooks: Code 9 took a tumble in the ratings yesterday but still claimed the top spot at 9pm with 447,000 (2.07%).

The third outing of the drama spin-off began with 466,000 (2.17%) with its audience slowly declining to 433,000 (2.1%) in the final 15-minutes. The show was slightly under the channel's sot average for the year so far of 494,000 (2.28%).

The new series got underway last week with a double bill. The first episode, at 9pm gained 810,000 (3.5%) with the following edition at 9.55pm on 703,000 (4%).

Last night's episode had been preceded by the Tomb Raider film Cradle of Life, which pulled in 611,000 (3.17%) at 7.10pm.

Over the main part of peaktime viewing BBC3 locked horns with ITV's own youth entertainment channel ITV2.

All hours shares for Sunday 17 August 2008: BBC1 – 30%, ITV1 – 14.1%, BBC2 – 8.9%, Five - 5.5%, C4 – 5.2% (C4+1 – 0.8%), multichannel – 35.5%.

Peaktime (6pm to 10.30pm) shares: BBC1 – 19.7%, ITV1 – 24.6%, C4 – 6.9% (C4+1 – 0.8%), BBC2 – 8.9%, Five – 8.6%, multichannel – 30.5%.

* Author: Jon Rogers.

Original article here.

Martin Clunes dog doc is best in show

* Mark Sweney
* guardian.co.uk,
* Tuesday August 26 2008 14:08 BST

Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs

Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs: beat Andrew Marr's Britain From Above. Photograph: ITV

Martin Clunes beat Andrew Marr in the battle of the authored documentaries on Sunday, August 24, with his ITV1 show about the history of dogs gaining nearly 6 million viewers.

ITV1's Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs attracted 5.7 million viewers and a 25% share in the 9pm hour, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The final episode of Sky1's Gladiators pulled in 587,000 viewers and a multichannel share of 3.6% between 7pm and 8pm.

Over on BBC3, the fourth instalment of Spooks spin-off Code 9 drew 288,000 viewers and a multichannel share of 1.4%.

This was way down on the launch episode of Spooks: Code 9 two Sundays ago, which pulled in 810,000 viewers.

Original article here.