UK TV Chart - w/e 1st November 2009

Here's the rundown of the Top 20 most popular UK TV programmes or series for the week ending Sunday 1st November 2009 collated from information compiled and presented by BARB. Note that figures for multi-episode TV broadcasts (ie soaps or other shows with more than one episode per week) are rounded up into an average figure for the series and are denoted in the chart by * News broadcasts are excluded from the figures. 'Rpt' denotes repeated broadcast or film

1) The X Factor (ITV1)......................13.13 *
2) Doc Martin (ITV1).........................9.95
3) Coronation Street (ITV1)..................9.53 *
4) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1)..............9.14
5) EastEnders (BBC1).........................8.92 *
6) Emmerdale (ITV1)..........................7.06 *
7) Countryfile (BBC1)........................6.90
8) All-Star Family Fortunes (ITV1)...........6.77
9) (Murderland (ITV1).........................6.61
9) (Benidorm (ITV1)...........................6.61
11) Midsomer Murders (ITV1)...................6.43
12) Merlin (BBC1).............................6.14
13) Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1, Sat)..........5.94
14) (Holby City (BBC1).........................5.86
14) (Antiques Roadshow (BBC1)..................5.86
16) Casualty (BBC1)...........................5.63
17) Life (BBC1)...............................5.55
18) P**** M*****'s Life Stories (ITV1)........5.29
19) Waterloo Road (BBC1)......................5.06
20) Have I Got News For You (BBC1)............5.00

BBC: 10 ITV: 10