It garnered a record 71.7 rating, meaning 71.7% of all television households at the time were tuned in to the program.

The show lasted 64 days and ended on April 2, 2002, and brought in record ratings.

Series 4's climax won the programme its record rating of 18.86 million viewers.

Back to Earth received record ratings for freeview channel Dave.

The ceremony also drew a record low 10.68 rating in the 18-49 target demographics.

But representatives of many large advertisers indicated they were approaching tonight's broadcast with extreme reluctance, despite the anticipated record rating.

She said it had reported record ratings for the first quarter of 1998, and was likely to report record profits for that period as well.

When her episode premiered, it had a record rating.

Two weeks ago, it reached a record rating of 2.0, but did not surpass an English-language broadcast network.

The program achieved record ratings the following day with 5.24 million viewers and a market share of 21.9%.