Media
Vote 2005: Sunday's news ratings
Published Tuesday, Apr 26 2005, 00:16 BST | By Neil Wilkes
Each day during the election campaign, Digital Spy will be tracking the performance of the major news broadcasters. Check in daily for a roundup of the latest ratings for the terrestrial news programmes and the rolling news channels.
Overnight data for Sunday, April 24 follows.
Terrestrials: Summary
Top news audience of the day was BBC One's 7.40pm bulletin, which had 4.75 million (20.8%) over 30 minutes. ITV's early evening bulletin, broadcast an hour earlier, took a close second with 4.52 million (25.2%).
An immigration-themed Panorama had 2.31 million (15.2%) between 10.20pm and 11.20pm while earlier on BBC One, 1.21 million (29.9%) enjoyed Breakfast With Frost at 8am.
BBC One's coverage of The Inauguration Mass of Pope Benedict XVI averaged 1.07 million (18.4%) between 8.50am and 11.30am, comfortably more than any other broadcaster at the time.
News Channels: Summary
Sky News held a steady audience of more than 30,000 for most of the day, with News 24 just slightly ahead on average. The channels managed peaks of 53,000 (1.24%) and 81,000 (0.77%) at 9.30am and 6pm respectively.
Earlier on Sky, Sunday with Adam Boulton was down by almost 10,000 to 34,000 (0.71%) in the 10am hour.
News channels: Primetime Breakdown
7pm - 8pm
Sky News: 30,000 (0.21%)
News 24: 35,000 (0.25%)
8pm - 9pm
Sky News (Sky News / The Village): 20,000 (0.14%)
News 24 (BBC News / Head 2 Head): 41,000 (0.27%)
9pm - 10pm
Sky News (Michael Jackson Trial): 32,000 (0.2%)
News 24 (BBC News / Fast Track): 45,000 (0.28%)
10pm - 11pm
Sky News (Sky News at Ten / Sky News): 24,000 (0.2%)
News 24 (BBC News / Dateline London): 31,000 (0.26%)
Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com
Overnight data for Sunday, April 24 follows.
Terrestrials: Summary
Top news audience of the day was BBC One's 7.40pm bulletin, which had 4.75 million (20.8%) over 30 minutes. ITV's early evening bulletin, broadcast an hour earlier, took a close second with 4.52 million (25.2%).
An immigration-themed Panorama had 2.31 million (15.2%) between 10.20pm and 11.20pm while earlier on BBC One, 1.21 million (29.9%) enjoyed Breakfast With Frost at 8am.
BBC One's coverage of The Inauguration Mass of Pope Benedict XVI averaged 1.07 million (18.4%) between 8.50am and 11.30am, comfortably more than any other broadcaster at the time.
News Channels: Summary
Sky News held a steady audience of more than 30,000 for most of the day, with News 24 just slightly ahead on average. The channels managed peaks of 53,000 (1.24%) and 81,000 (0.77%) at 9.30am and 6pm respectively.
Earlier on Sky, Sunday with Adam Boulton was down by almost 10,000 to 34,000 (0.71%) in the 10am hour.
News channels: Primetime Breakdown
7pm - 8pm
Sky News: 30,000 (0.21%)
News 24: 35,000 (0.25%)
8pm - 9pm
Sky News (Sky News / The Village): 20,000 (0.14%)
News 24 (BBC News / Head 2 Head): 41,000 (0.27%)
9pm - 10pm
Sky News (Michael Jackson Trial): 32,000 (0.2%)
News 24 (BBC News / Fast Track): 45,000 (0.28%)
10pm - 11pm
Sky News (Sky News at Ten / Sky News): 24,000 (0.2%)
News 24 (BBC News / Dateline London): 31,000 (0.26%)
Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com
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