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, May 3 follows.

Terrestrials: Summary

BBC's 10pm bulletin was up past the 5 million barrier to average 5.14 million (25.4%) over half an hour.

Labour's final election broadcast of the campaign reached a total audience of 12.05 million throughout the evening.

News Channels: Summary

Sky News had a particularly strong day, with an average of 44,000 viewers and a 1.05% share between 10am and 7pm. The BBC managed 37,000 (0.86%) over the same period.

Sky also had a strong showing during primetime: again, The Boulton Factor proved popular with viewers in the 7pm and 11pm hours.

News channels: Primetime Breakdown

7pm - 8pm
Sky News (The Boulton Factor): 42,000 (0.31%)
News 24: 32,000 (0.24%)

8pm - 9pm
Sky News: 10,000 (0.06%)
News 24: 11,000 (0.07%)

9pm - 10pm
Sky News (Nine O'Clock News / Sky News): 19,000 (0.11%)
News 24: 31,000 (0.19%)

10pm - 11pm
Sky News (Sky News At Ten / Sky News): 64,000 (0.51%)
News 24 (BBC News / Business Today): 44,000 (0.35%)

11pm - 12am
Sky News (The Boulton Factor): 56,000 (0.83%)
News 24 (BBC News / Hardtalk): 52,000 (0.8%)

Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com