Early reports suggest that BBC 2's sceening of the opening two Torchwood episodes achieved ratings of 2.8 Million. I'm keen to stress at this time that these ratings are not confirmed - a user of Outpost Gallifrey posted them early this morning, and there's been no other official confirmation.
This rating may seem relatively low, but remember that this is a repeat screening, and that the average for any other BBC 2 program in that timeslot is just 2 Million.
So, all in all, another hit for Torchwood!
More news as we get in guys and gals...
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Sorry if this has already been said but was the continuity error that was mentioned by JackHarkness after the preview screening the mix up in gender of the murder victims in the first episode?!?! In spotted this one straight away :-)
The figures are confirmed but ofcourse exclude those who taped the show:
http://www.unitnews.co.uk/story.php?slug=Torchwood-BBC2-Airing-Attracts-3-million&article_id=761
This is excellent news and RTD and the team must be thrilled.
The story is confirmed on The Guardian's media website. It hails the 2.8m rating as a
"an impressive performance just three days after the same two episodes were premiered on BBC3, where they attracted 2.4 million viewers - a record audience for a UK-originated, non-sports programme on a multichannel service."
BBC 2 came third against the terrestial channels beating Channel 4 and Five.
Not bad going for a repeat!
No need for confirmation, Marcus is always right with the ratings.
Any one know the total viewing figures? (Premier + Digital repeats + Terrestrial Premier)
I think you might just find that the low rating has more to do with the fact that after the first showing on BBC the series rightly got slated by most people. What a completly shallow and useless show. Its as if Mr. Davies has simply spliced all the cuttings from the last two Dr. WHo series and added all the bits the censor didn't allow. Unfortunately he seems to have forgotten to add a plot and some interesting relationships etc. Very dissapointing
You spelt disappointing wrong amigo! *very hard to trust the opinion of somebody who can't even spell disapointing*
It would be interesting to find out if there is a way to track ratings for... unsanctioned viewers outside of the UK.
Also, I'm given to understand that the ratings were quite high for a repeat.
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