Vote 2005: Tuesday's news ratings

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 Tuesday, April 26 follows.

Terrestrials: Summary

BBC One's 10pm bulletin ranked as the most-watched national news show of the day with an average of 4.73 million (23.4%) over 30 minutes. ITV1's 10.30pm bulletin had 1.86 million (12.3%).

The latest election broadcast from the Conservatives reached an aggregate audience of 13.04 million viewers across the evening.

Elsewhere, BBC Two's Newsnight Debate was seen by 1.16 million (8.1%) at 10.30pm, up around 20% on the show's usual ratings.

News Channels: Summary

Sky News breakfast show Sunrise was down slightly to an average of 39,000 (1.47%) between 6am and 9.30am, as was its usually reliable Michael Jackson Trial Update with just 27,000 (1%) at 9.30am.

During the daytime, News 24 managed a win with an average of 46,000 viewers and a 1% share between 10am and 7pm, over Sky News' 39,000 (0.81%) average.

News channels: Primetime Breakdown

7pm - 8pm
Sky News (The Boulton Factor): 35,000 (0.26%)
News 24: 22,000 (0.16%)

8pm - 9pm
Sky News: 9,000 (0.06%)
News 24: 23,000 (0.15%)

9pm - 10pm
Sky News (Nine O'Clock News / Sky News): 11,000 (0.07%)
News 24: 22,000 (0.14%)

10pm - 11pm
Sky News (Sky News At Ten / Sky News): 41,000 (0.32%)
News 24 (BBC News / Business Today): 37,000 (0.3%)

11pm - 12am
Sky News (The Boulton Factor): 34,000 (0.5%)
News 24 (BBC News / Hardtalk): 37,000 (0.53%)

Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com