On Air: The Ratings

BBC 2

Nice to see Simpsons at the top of the chart. At last.

Programme Total (millions)

1 Simpsons (Mon/Sun) 4.31

2 Gardeners' World 4.06

3 Looking Good 3.91

4 Steptoe and Son 3.88

5 Rab C Nesbitt 3.23

6 Have I/News For You 3.16

7 The Travel Show 3.05

8 Simpsons (Thurs) 2.93

9 Two Fat Ladies 2.80

10 Michael Jackson/40 2.74

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Channel 4

Channel 4's watchword: familiarity breeds content...

Programme Total (millions)

1 Brookside (Wed/Sat) 5.11

2 Friends 4.33

3 Brookside (Fri/Sat) 4.10

4 Brookside (Tue/Sat) 3.82

5 Carry On Snogging 3.57

6 Countdown (Wed) 3.48

7 Countdown (Tue) 3.45

8 Countdown (Mon) 3.19

9 Countdown (Fri) 3.10

10 Goodfellas 2.97