Children of Earth's opening episode managed a rating of 5.94 million viewers (on average) between 9pm and 10pm last night. Not only does this make Torchwood the 5th most watched programme on British television for Monday July 6th, but it's the show's highest ever rating! And if you're wondering, that equates to 25.58% of the available audience watching!!
We were beaten only by the three main soaps - the pesky Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Eastenders.
It's likely that tonight's installment will see a drop of in figures (as is usual between first and second episodes of any show) and the figure should probably settle at around the 4.5-5 million mark.
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Elsewhere, reviews are coming in from a number of places. BEWARE, if you haven't seen the episode in question yet the links contain nasty SPOILERS:
Sam Wallaston at the Guardian gives his (mixed) review.
Brian Viner from the Independent offers another analysis.
Keith Watson of Metro is in a playful mood (SPOILERS for episode 2).
Meanwhile Charlie Brooker's You Have Been Watching wants your Torchwood reviews, because next week's episode is dedicated entirely to the show! You can tweet them to Brooker direct through this Twitter page!
Oh, and here's one we missed first time around - it's an interview Eve Myles conducted with Under the Radar magazine. Thanks to Mark Redfern for alerting us to it.
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Don't forget, Torchwood: Children of Earth - Day Two airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One, or for readers Down Under, that's 8:15pm on UKTV.
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3 comments:
What is this strange new blog? Whenever I click on the link, nothing but a title saying torchwood followers comes up?.....
good ratings but im pissed off at amazon. the soundtrack is meant to be available for download today and no sign
Episode was great, action packed...well sort of, but wasn't just mindless action and also has a great story start
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