21 Nov 2023
Classic reboot on a high with 2.4m overnight
The launch of Remarkable’s stripped 20-episode revival of the former Channel 4 quiz easily dominated its daytime slot and smashed the 1.6m (22.7%) slot average.
It also banked double the 16-24 audience for the slot, bringing in 170,000 (40.2%) against the 83,000 (19.4%) benchmark, but was shy of the lockdown-boosted launch of Lingo (2.7m/16%) in a similar slot on New Year’s Day 2021.
Deal or No Deal originally broadcast on C4 from 2005-2016, with its final series averaging 290,000 (3.7%) primarily in a 3pm slot.
BBC1’s double of Antiques Road Trip and a repeat of The Repair Shop across 3.45pm-5.15pm could not match Deal or No Deal, entertaining 1.3m (18.8%) and 1.8m (19.4%), respectively.
Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun was visited by 420,000 (5.2%), while Channel 5’s airing of film Santa’s Squad brought in 473,000 (6.6%) across its two hours from 3.15pm.
A repeat of This Farming Life on BBC2 informed 353,000 (4.1%), according to Barb data provided by