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Sorry if there already is a thread on this but as far as I can see there isn't so I'll post all the ratings in here if you want.

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Thursday 26 July 2012

Spoiler:

The Team GB football team's first group match of London 2012 attracted a solid audience last night (Thursday), early overnight data shows.

Some 6.2m watched at the match's peak as Stuart Pearce's men - led by Ryan Giggs - draw 1-1 with Senegal at Old Trafford, after Craig Bellamy's early strike was cancelled out late on.

BBC One's full coverage, fronted by Gary Lineker, averaged 4.77m (24%) between 7pm and 10pm - a marked improvement on the squad's warm-up game last Friday.

Live coverage of the final stages of the Olympic torch relay secured 1.03m (9.6%) in the 5pm hour, while BBC Two's showing of the other games in the Men's Football interested 920k (9.7%) between 2.30pm and 7pm.

Meanwhile, ITV1's Olympics-themed Big Sports Quiz flopped opposite the football, logging just 1.73m (8%) from 9pm (+1: 174k/1%).

The Big Sports Quiz, hosted by Stephen Mulhern, was beaten by Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder: The Big Clear Out, which delivered 2.04m (9.5%) to Channel 4 (+1: 498k/2.8%).

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Friday 27 July 2012

Spoiler:

The Olympics Opening Ceremony was watched by 27 million viewers in the UK at its peak last night, early reports suggest.

Britain's star-studded event, which featured appearances from Mr Bean and James Bond, shot to an astronomical high at 9.50pm on BBC One (26.9m) and in 3D on BBC HD (100k), Broadcast says.

Nearly 90% of the viewing audience stuck with the Ceremony as it reached its closing stages after midnight, signalling a record audience for that time of night.

Digital Spy's initial data from Attentional indicates that Danny Boyle's live spectacular averaged 23.02m (82.7%) between 9pm and 12.50am. The figures do not account for those who watched online, on Eurosport, Sky Sports or on big screens.

Overnight figures suggest that the Olympics Opening Ceremony may become one of the UK's most-watched broadcasts of all time when official BARB data is released in a week's time.

The Olympics countdown logged 10.08m (44.8%) on BBC One between 7pm and 9pm, while Olympic Breakfast had an impressive 1.71m (39%) between 6am and 9.15am.

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Saturday 28 July 2012

Spoiler:

Mark Cavendish's Team GB cycling road race was seen by a peak of over 5.7 million on Saturday afternoon (July 28), overnight figures suggest.

Gold medal favourite Cavendish, who finished in 29th place, attracted a share of 46.5% at 3.30pm as the race reached its closing stages.

BBC One's coverage, stretching from 1.15pm to 4.45pm, averaged 3.65m (32.1%). Archery followed from 5pm with 3.09m (20.5%).

From 7pm, the finals of the swimming events pulled in 6.31m (31.2%), peaking with 8.5m (41%) at 8.15pm - making it the most popular event of the day.

Gymnastics and sailing were also popular, as viewers flocked to BBC Three for more action. 879k (6.8%) watched between 2pm and 7pm, after which more swimming grabbed 905k (4.6%).

Morning rowing appealed to 3.36m (40.1%) between 9am and 11.30am, prior to which Olympics Breakfast scored a similarly impressive 1.62m (45.9%).

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Sunday 29 July 2012

Spoiler:

Interest in the fortunes of Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington was high last night (Sunday, July 29), early overnight data suggests.

Adlington's freestyle bronze drew a peak audience of 9.7m at 8.15pm, with BBC One's 7pm-10pm coverage averaging a strong 7.19m (29.5%).

Rowing got the day underway with 2.96m (34%) from 9am, then swimming had 3.73m (33.4%) between 11.30am and 1pm, and cycling raced off with 4.7m (31.9%) from 1.15pm until 5pm.

Olympics Breakfast pulled in 1.25m (38.2%) at 6am, while late-night roundup Olympics Tonight fetched 2.24m (17.1%) from 10.30pm.

Over on BBC Two, Sue Barker's eclectic presentation of tennis, boxing, archery and beach volleyball drew 2.25m (12.1%), the channel's joint best audience of the day. The Antiques Roadshow followed with the same rating, but an inferior share of 10%.

BBC Three's coverage of Team GB's 3-1 win over UAE scored 1.4m (6.1%) between 7pm and 11pm. 968k (5.8%) were viewing between 2pm and 9pm for gymnastics, archery and sailing, prior to which 620k (6%) watched beach volleyball, badminton and cycling.

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Monday 30 July 2012

Spoiler:

Team GB's valiant attempt to win a medal in the synchronised diving was seen by at least 6.2m yesterday (Monday, July 30).

Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield, who topped the table after the first few dives, eventually finished in fourth place.

BBC One attracted an average audience of 3.82m (37.3%) between 1.45pm and 4pm, while the channel managed a peak share of 52%.

Then from 4pm, Britain's unexpected bronze in the mens' gymnastics was witnessed by 4.83m (35.1%), before 6.37m (27%) watched swimming from the Aquatics Centre.

Zara Phillips's involvement in the cross-country stage of the equestrian competition pulled in 1.7m (21.8%) between 11.45am and 1pm. Some 2.17m (32.1%) tuned in for rowing from 9am.

Olympic Breakfast (1.54m/39.4%) and Olympics Tonight (2.34m/20.8%) continued to pick up solid figures at 6am and 10.35pm respectively.

BBC Three's wall-to-wall coverage mustered a strong set of ratings, with 1.03m (7.7%) from 2pm and 1.15m (5.2%) between 7pm and 11pm.

More people watched the BBC's coverage online, with the corporation posting record figures for its website and iPlayer yesterday.