RATINGS REPORT: 30 SEPTEMBER-06 OCTOBER 2024

The latest +7 day consolidated ratings for programmes shown or released have been released by BARB. The top-50 breakdown can be found on BARB's website here.

Strictly Come Dancing once again topped the week with 8,442,000 for Saturday's live show and 7,413,000 for Sunday results show. In third place was The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4, which continued with a healthy 6,520,000 on Tuesday night.

In drama, Ludwig topped the week with 6,154,000 - up on Episode 1. The final episode of Nightsleeper was watched by 5,306,000 on Monday night, with the new series of Showtrial launching with 3,028,000. Joan continued on ITV with 3,797,000 and 3,987,000 respectively, plus All Creatures Great And Small with 3,406,000.

BBC comedy The Cleaner returned with 2,803,000. Acquired drama Apples Never Fall continued on BBC One with 2,753,000 on Saturday night. In soaps, Coronation Street topped the week with 4,377,000, Emmerdale with 3,955,000 and EastEnders' most watched episode Thursday night with 3,396,000.

In entertainment, Alan Carr's Picture Slam was watched by 2,516,000 on BBC One, with 3,072,000 sticking around for Thw Weakest Link. Opposite on ITV, The Voice UK continued with 2,791,000. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire continued on Sunday night with 2,855,000.

On Friday night, Gogglebox was watched by 3,447,000, with 3,847,000 watching the opening episode of Have I Got News For You opposite on BBC One. Paddy & Chris Road Tripping continued with 3,223,000 and Match Of The Day was watched by 2,776,000. Married At First Sight continued strong on E4, with

Thursday's episode reaching a week high of 2,496,000.

According to SuperTV, the Big Brother live launch show on ITV2 consolidated to 1.4m. The opening episode of Phillip Schofield: Cast Away consolidated to around 2.4m, though an exact number is not available at time of writing.

All programmes mentioned above are available to stream on their respective broadcaster's platform.