TELEVISION / Statistics : The Word

Eldorado (right) is back in the BBC1 Top 30. Two weeks ago, the soap entered the Top 30 for the first time since July on the back of a story-line that peaked with the death of the character Javier. Its re-entry at number 29 comes with no such peak. Egg on the face of Alan Yentob, the BBC1 controller, who pulled the plug on the show? 'I'll be pleased to see the programme go out in style,' he says.

A large audience - 14.52 million - was drawn to the first episode of A Year in Provence (Sun BBC1), 2.55 million fewer watched the following week. Its ITV opponent, The Darling Buds of May, progressed from 13.81 million to 14.31 million. Lipstick On Your Collar (Sun C4), has had successive slumps: it started on 5.57 million, fell to 4.79 million and then to 3.86 million.

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