The 1970s: Crossroads was sold for its entire run from ATV and Central to each Independent Television region thus the production was never ‘networked’ in the schedules.
Up until 1972 Crossroads wasn’t seen in every ITV region, with Tyne Tees – who had a previously shown it for a month in 1965 – and Granada opting out of purchasing the show for their area. This changed in 1972 with the introduction of daytime schedules on the network. With spaces to fill Tyne Tees and Granada finally screened the programme, which boosted its ranking in the weekly IBA Top Ten Programmes.
We don’t have the space to list every week of every year, so below is a random selection of the ratings for one week of every month that Crossroads was in the ‘ITV’ network ratings from 1972 to 1988, courtesy of the Central Television Archive. The number next to programme title is ‘homes in millions’ watching the series, rather than the more modern ‘viewers in millions.’
The data originally complied by the Audits Of Great Britain (AGB) 1972-1981 and the British Audience Research Board (BARB) 1981-1988. Top 15 of IBA programming provided where possible, although some information may be missing from the bottom end of the logs so shorter lists may appear. Also, note from August 1977 the ‘homes in millions’ format was replaced with the still used ‘viewers in millions’ rating system.
October 1972:
1 – Love Thy Neighbour – 8.2, 2 – & Mother Makes Three – 7.2, 3 – Coronation St – 7.2, 4 – World In Action – 7.2, 5 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.1, 6 – Kate – 6.6, 7 – Armchair Theatre – 6.6, 8 – Dr In Charge – 6.6, 9 – Coronation St – 6.3, 10 – Crossroads – 6.1, 11 – My Good Woman 6.1, 12 – Crossroads – 5.8, 13 – News At Ten – 5.8
November 1972:
1 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 2 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.1, 3 – Coronation St – 7.1, 4 – Public Eye – 6.9, 5 – News At Ten – 6.9, 6 – Strauss Family – 6.8, 7 – Fenn St Gang – 6.8, 8 – Des O’Connor – 6.7, 9 – News At Ten – 6.6, 10 – Coronation St – 6.6, 11 – News At Ten – 6.4, 12 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.4, 13 – Crossroads – 6.2, 14 – Crossroads – 6.1
December 1972:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.5, 2 – Strauss Family – 7.6, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.4, 4 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.1, 5 – Coronation St – 7.1, 6 – Public Eye – 7.0, 7 – Coronation St – 6.9, 8 – News At Ten – 6.8, 9 – Crossroads – 6.6, 10 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.6, 11 – News At Ten – 6.6, 12 – Black Beauty – 6.4, 13 – Harry Secombe – 6.4, 14 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.0
January 1973:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.2, 2 – Public Eye – 7.8, 3 – Miss TV Europe – 7.7, 4 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.5, 5 – Father Dear Father – 7.2, 6 – Coronation St – 7.1, 7 – Love Story – 7.0, 8 – Fenn St Gang – 7.0, 9 – News At Ten – 6.8, 10 – News At Ten – 6.7, 11 – Crossroads – 6.6, 12 – Death Of Adolf Hitler- 6.6, 13 – News At Ten – 6.1, 14 – Crossroads – 6.0
February 1973:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.9, 2 – Love Story – 7.8, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.6, 4 – Father Dear Father – 7.4, 5 – Coronation St – 7.3, 6 – Coronation St – 7.1, 7 – Sherlock Holmes – 6.9, 8 – Crossroads – 6.7, 9 – Nearest & Dearest – 6.7, 10 – Bless This House – 6.7, 11 – Public Eye – 6.7, 12 – Crossroads – 6.4, 13 – Country Matters – 6.4, 14 – Black Beauty – 6.3, 15 – Crossroads – 6.3
March 1973:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.8, 2 – Whicker’s World – 7.7, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.6, 4 – Coronation St – 7.4, 5 – Bless This House – 7.3, 6 – Coronation St – 7.1, 7 – Love Story – 7.1, 8 – Crossroads – 6.8, 9 – Playhouse – 6.7, 10 – News At Ten – 6.5, 11 – On The Buses – 6.5, 12 – Justice – 6.4, 13 – All Our Saturdays – 6.3, 14 – Crossroads – 6.1, 15 – News At Ten 6.0
April 1973:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.7, 2 – Love Thy Neighbour – 8.2, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 4 – Coronation St – 7.5, 5 – Coronation St – 7.1, 6 – Special Branch – 7.1, 7 – Justice – 6.8, 8 – Crossroads – 6.7, 9 – Shut That Door – 6.7, 10 – Playhouse – 6.4, 11 – News At Ten – 6.4, 12 – World In Action – 6.3, 13 – Crossroads – 6.3, 14 – Crossroads – 6.3, 15 – News At Ten – 6.3
May 1973:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.7, 2 – Bless This House – 7.9, 3 – Coronation St – 7.8, 4 – Shut That Door – 7.1, 5 – Crossroads – 6.9, 6 – Coronation St – 6.9, 7 – David Nixon Show – 6.8, 8 – Special Branch – 6.7, 9 – Crossroads – 6.6, 10 – Crossroads – 6.5, 11 – It’s Tarbuck – 6.5, 12 – World In Action – 6.4, 13 – News At Ten – 6.0, 14 – Crossroads – 5.9, 15 – Sky’s The Limit – 5.9
June 1973:
1 – Special Branch – 6.9, 2 – My Good Woman – 6.8, 3 – Hunters Walk – 6.7, 4 – News At Ten – 6.6, 5 – & Mother Makes Three – 6.6, 6 – Coronation St – 6.4, 7 – Six Days Of Justice – 6.3, 8 – World In Action – 6.1, 9 – Coronation St – 5.8, 10 – Crossroads – 5.7, 11 – David Nixon Show – 5.7, 12 – Fenn St Gang – 5.7, 13 – News At Ten – 5.6, 14 – News At Ten – 5.6, 15 – Crossroads – 5.5
July 1973:
1 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.4, 2 – Special Branch – 6.3, 3 – Hadleigh – 6.3, 4 – Sam – 6.2 5 – Coronation St – 6.2, 6 – News At Ten – 6.1, 7 – Coronation St – 6.0, 8 – My Good Woman – 6.0, 9 – News At Ten – 5.9, 10 – News At Ten – 5.9, 11 – Hunters Walk – 5.8, 12 – News At Ten – 5.7, 13 – News At Ten – 5.6, 14 – Crossroads – 5.4, 15 – Crossroads – 5.4
August 1973:
1 – Coronation St – 6.8, 2 – Coronation St – 6.5, 3 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.5, 4 – Sam – 6.4, 5 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.2, 6 – Hunters Walk – 5.9, 7 – News At Ten – 5.9, 8 – Spring & Autumn – 5.7, 9 – News At Ten – 5.7, 10 – Crossroads – 5.6, 11 – Crossroads – 5.5, 12 – Shabby Tiger – 5.5, 13 – Crossroads – 5.5, 14 – Hadleigh – 5.4, 15 – Norman Wisdom – 5.4
September 1973:
1 – Van der Valk – 7.8, 2 – Man About the House – 7.5, 3 – Coronation St – 7.3, 4 – Sam – 7.0, 5 – Reg Varney – 6.9, 6 – Coronation St – 6.8, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.7, 8 – News At Ten – 6.5, 9 – News At Ten – 6.3, 10 – Hadleigh – 6.2, 11 – Singalonga Max – 6.1, 12 – Crossroads – 6.0, 13 – Crossroads – 5.9, 14 – News At Ten – 5.8, 15 – Crossroads – 5.7
October 1973
1 – Coronation St – 7.3, 2 – Whicker’s World – 7.2, 3 – Crossroads – 6.8, 4 – Coronation St – 6.8, 5 – Van der Valk – 6.6, 6 – Crossroads – 6.5, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.4, 8 – Crossroads – 6.4, 9 – Crossroads – 6.2, 10 – What A Carry On – 6.2. 11 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.1. 12 – Men Of Affairs – 5.9. 13 – Armchair Theatre – 5.9. 14 – Singalonga Max – 5.7. 15 – Crime Of Passion – 5.6
November 1973:
1 – Coronation St – 7.3, 2 – Crossroads – 7.1, 3 – Crossroads – 7.1, 4 – Crossroads – 7.1, 5 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.9, 6 – Coronation St – 6.9, 7 – Beryl’s Lot – 6.7, 8 – Upstairs Downstairs – 6.6, 9 – Palladium – 6.4, 10 – Armchair Theatre – 6.4, 11 – News At Ten – 6.4, 12 – A Woman For Today – 6.3, 13 Crossroads – 6.3, 14 – Whicker’s World – 6.3, 15 – 30 Minutes Worth – 6.2
December 1973:
1 – Benny Hill – 8.2, 2 – Coronation St – 7.7, 3 – This Is Your Life – 7.5, 4 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 5 – A Woman For Today – 7.3, 6 – My Good Woman – 7.2, 7 – Crossroads – 7.0, 8 – Coronation St – 7.0, 9 – Crossroads – 6.9, 10 – Crossroads – 6.8, 11 – Palladium – 6.5, 12 – Crossroads – 6.4, 13 – News At Ten – 6.3, 14 – Upstairs Downstairs – 6.3, 15 – Billy Liar – 6.0
January 1974:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.8, 2 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.3, 3 – Val Doonican – 8.0, 4 – Coronation St – 7.6, 5 – Love Thy Neighbour – 7.5, 6 – Beryl’s Lot – 7.4, 7 – Man About The House – 7.3, 8 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.3, 9 – Crossroads – 7.2, 10 – Crossroads – 7.2, 11 – Coronation St – 7.2, 12 – Crossroads – 7.0, 13 – Love Story – 6.9, 14 – Crossroads – 6.8, 15 – Billy Liar – 6.7
February 1974:
1 – This Is Your Life – 9.4, 2 – Benny Hill – 9.3, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.5, 4 – Love Thy Neighbour – 8.3, 5 – Man About The House – 8.0, 6 – Coronation St – 7.8, 7 – Within These Walls – 7.6, 8 – Coronation St – 7.5, 9 – Crossroads – 7.4, 10 – Election Special – 7.4, 11 – Val Doonican – 7.3, 12 – Crossroads – 7.2, 13 – Candid Camera – 7.2, 14 – Crossroads – 7.1, 15 – News At Ten – 7.0
March 1974:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.8, 2 – British Screen Awards – 8.8, 3 – Love Thy Neighbour – 8.6, 4 – Within These Walls – 8.4, 5 – Des O’Connor – 8.2, 6 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.1, 7 – News At Ten – 8.0, 8 – Coronation St – 7.9, 9 – Coronation St – 7.7, 10 – Napoleon & Love – 7.4, 11 – Crossroads – 7.2, 12 – News At Ten – 7.2, 13 – Crossroads – 6.9, 14 – Crossroads – 6.7, 15 – Special Branch – 6.7
April 1974:
1 – Love Thy Neighbour – 9.5, 2 – Bless This House – 8.5, 3 – This Is Your Life – 8.3, 4 – Max – 8.3, 5 – Coronation St – 7.8, 6 – Special Branch – 7.6, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 8 – Des O’Connor – 7.4, 9 – World In Action – 7.3, 10 – Coronation St – 7.0, 11 – Crossroads – 6.9, 12 – Zoo Gang – 6.9, 13 – World At War – 6.7, 14 – Crossroads – 6.5, 15 – News At Ten – 6.5
May 1974:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.4, 2 – & Mother Makes Five – 8.2, 3 – Special Branch – 8.0, 4 – Coronation St – 7.7, 5 – Harry Worth – 7.2, 6 – Hunters Walk – 7.2, 7 – Coronation St – 7.1, 8 – Up The Workers – 6.9, 9 – Bit Of Wisdom – 6.9, 10 – Crossroads – 6.8, 11 – Crossroads – 6.7, 12 – News At Ten – 6.6, 13 – David Nixon – 6.5, 14 – Crossroads – 6.5, 15 – World At War – 6.5
June 1974:
1 – Justice – 7.1, 2 – Sam – 7.0, 3 – & Mother Makes Five – 7.0, 4 – News At Ten – 7.0, 5 – Coronation St – 6.9, 6 – News At Ten – 6.8, 7 – Up The Workers – 6.5, 8 – Crossroads – 6.4, 9 – Coronation St – 6.4, 10 – Crossroads – 6.3, 11 – Playhouse – 6.3, 12 – Crossroads – 6.2, 13 – This Is Your Life – 6.1, 14 – Doctor At Sea – 6.1, 15 – Hunters Walk – 6.0
July 1974:
1 – Coronation St – 7.3, 2 – Sam – 6.7, 3 – Coronation St – 6.4, 4 – Jimmy Tarbuck – 6.3, 5 – Justice – 6.3, 6 – Sprout – 6.2, 7 – Whodunnit? – 6.1, 8 – News At Ten – 6.1, 9 – Sez Lez – 6.0, 10 – Crossroads – 5.9, 11 – Crossroads – 5.9, 12 – Crossroads – 5.7, 13 – Doctor At Sea – 5.7, 14 – Hunters Walk – 5.7, 15 – Love Affair – 5.6,
August 1974:
1 – Spring & Autumn – 6.3, 2 – Sam – 6.0, 3 – Coronation St – 5.9, 4 – Cannon – 5.9, 5 – Love Thy Neighbour – 5.8, 6 – Justice – 5.8, 7 – Crossroads – 5.6, 8 – Crossroads – 5.6, 9 – Coronation St – 5.5, 10 – Opportunity Knocks – 5.4, 11 – Village Hall – 5.4, 12 – My Good Woman – 5.2, 13 – Moody and Pegg – 5.1, 14 – How’s Your Father – 5.1, 15 – Crossroads 5.1
September 1974:
1 – Coronation St – 6.8, 2 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.7, 3 – Crossroads – 6.3, 4 – Moody & Pegg – 6.2, 5 – Coronation St – 6.2, 6 – Rising Damp – 6.1, 7 – Crossroads – 6.1, 8 – Crossroads – 6.0, 9 – World In Action – 6.0, 10 – Don’t Ask Me – 6.0, 11 – Don’t Drink The Water – 5.9, 12 – Crossroads – 5.9
October 1974:
1 – Man About The House – 7.2, 2 – Dave Allen – 7.2, 3 – Coronation St – 7.0, 4 – Crossroads – 6.9, 5 – My Good Woman – 6.8, 6 – Crossroads – 6.7, 7 – Coronation St – 6.7, 8 – Crossroads – 6.6, 9 – Survival – 6.5, 10 – Opportunity Knocks – 6.3, 11 – Sale Of The Century – 6.3, 12 – Upstairs Downstairs – 6.2, 13 – This Is Your Life – 6.1, 14 – Crossroads 6.1, 15 – News At Ten – 6.0
November 1974:
1 – Bless This House – 8.6, 2 – Coronation St – 7.8, 3 – Man About The House – 7.8, 4 – Crossroads – 7.4, 5 – Crossroads – 7.4, 6 – Coronation St – 7.4 7 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.3, 8 – Jennie – 7.2, 9 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.1, 10 – Bootsie & Snudge – 7.0, 11 – Crossroads – 6.9, 12 – Survival – 6.9, 13 – No, Honestly – 6.9, 14 – & Mother Makes Five – 6.8, 15 – World In Action – 6.7
December 1974:
1 – Bless This House – 8.3, 2 – This Is Your Life – 8.3, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.8, 4 – Coronation St – 7.6, 5 – Coronation St – 7.5, 6 – Crossroads – 7.4, 7 – Crossroads – 7.4, 8 – Jennie – 7.4, 9 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.1, 10 – Les Dawson – 71, 11 – Crossroads – 7.0, 12 – News At Ten – 6.9, 13 – World In Action – 6.7, 14 – Crossroads – 6.5, 15 – No, Honestly – 6.5
January 1975:
1 – Love Thy Neighbour – 8.8, 2 – Coronation St – 8.0, 3 – This Is Your Life – 7.0, 4 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.8, 5 – The Sweeney – 7.2, 6 – Crossroads – 7.1, 7 – Haunted – 7.1, 8 – Topaz – 7.0, 9 – Val Doonican – 6.8, 10 – Canterville Ghost – 6.8, 11 Crossroads – 6.6, 12 – News At Ten – 6.6, 13 – Rising Damp – 6.5, 14 – No, Honestly – 6.4, 15 – Pilger – 6.3
February 1975:
1 – Love Thy Neighbour – 9.2, 2 – This Is Your Life – 8.9, 3 – Cilla’s Comedy Six – 8.5, 4 – Coronation St – 8.3, 5 – Life Of Riley – 8.2, 6 – Public Eye – 8.2, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.0, 8 – Coronation St – 8.0, 9 – Crossroads – 7.6, 10 – The Sweeney – 7.6, 11 – Crossroads – 7.5, 12 – Crossroads – 7.5, 13 – News At Ten – 7.5, 14 – Sale Of The Century – 7.4, 15 – Six Million Dollar Man – 7.4
March 1975:
1 – Man About The House – 8.6, 2 – This Is Your Life – 8.0, 3 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.9, 4 – The Sweeney – 7.8, 5 – Whicker’s World – 7.7, 6 – Sale Of The Century – 7.7, 7 – Coronation St – 7.6, 8 – This Week – 7.5, 9 – Coronation St – 7.5, 10 – How’s Your Father – 7.4, 11 – Crossroads – 7.3, 12 – Crossroads – 7.3, 13 – Crossroads – 7.1, 14 – News At Ten – 7.0, 15 – New Faces – 6.9
April 1975:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.3, 2 – Man About The House – 8.1, 3 – My Old Man – 7.9, 4 – Special Branch – 7.8, 5 – Crossroads – 7.7, 6 – Crossroads – 7.7, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.7, 8 – Crossroads 7.6, 9 – Coronation St – 7.6, 10 – How’s Your Father? – 7.5, 11 – Des O’Connor – 7.3, 12 – Crossroads – 7.3, 13 – News At Ten – 7.0, 14 – Edward The 7th – 6.9, 15 – The Whackers – 6.9
May 1975:
1 – Edward The 7th – 8.7, 2 – This Is Your Life – 8.7, 3 – Bless This House – 8.7, 4 – Coronation St – 8.3, 5 – Crossroads – 7.7, 6 – Love Thy Neighbour – 7.7, 7 – Crossroads – 7.4, 8 – News At Ten – 7.4, 9 – Crossroads – 7.1, 10 – Crossroads – 7.1, 11 – The Main Chance – 7.0, 12 – Coronation St – 6.9, 13 – The Loner – 6.6, 14 – Sale Of The Century – 6.6, 15 – Shut That Door – 6.5
June 1975:
1 – & Mother Makes Five – 6.7, 2 – Edward The 7th – 6.6, 3 – Crossroads – 6.5, 4 – Sam – 6.5, 5 – Coronation St – 6.5, 6 – Crossroads – 6.4, 7 – Sutherland’s Law – 6.3, 8 – Coronation St – 6.3, 9 – Crossroads – 6.1, 10 – David Nixon – 6.0, 11 – Don’t Ask Me – 6.0, 12 – News At Ten – 6.0, 13 – The Main Chance – 5.7, 14 – World Of TV – 5.6
July 1975:
1 – Coronation St – 6.8, 2 – & Mother Makes Five – 6.6, 3 – Coronation St – 6.6, 4 – Crossroads – 6.5, 5 – Crossroads – 6.4, 6 – Three Comedies – 6.3, 7 – Crossroads – 6.3, 8 – Sale Of The Century – 6.1, 9 – Crossroads – 5.9, 10 – Passing Leviathan – 5.9, 11 – News At Ten – 5.7, 12 – Rising Damp – 5.6, 13 – Don’t Ask Me – 5.6, 14 – David Nixon – 5.5, 15 – Sam – 5.5
August 1975:
1 – Man About The House – 6.3, 2 – Down The Gate – 6.2, 3 – Coronation St – 6.1, 4 – Crossroads – 5.9, 5 – Crossroads – 5.8, 6 – Crossroads – 5.7, 7 – Coronation St – 5.6, 8 – Moody & Pegg – 5.6, 9 – News At Ten – 5.5, 10 – The Squirrels – 5.5, 11 – Crossroads – 5.4, 12 – Don’t Ask Me – 5.3, 13 – News At Ten – 5.3, 14 – Sam – 5.2, 15 – Gosling’s Travels – 5.0
September 1975:
1 – Man About The House – 7.9, 2 – The Sweeney – 7.2, 3 – Miss Grt Britain – 7.1, 4 – Stars Look Down – 7.1, 5 – Upstairs Downstairs – 6.9, 6 – Crossroads – 6.8, 7 – Crossroads – 6.6, 8 – Crossroads – 6.5, 9 – Sale Of The Century – 6.4, 10 – Crossroads – 6.3, 11 – General Hospital – 6.3, 12 – Great Zaire – 6.2, 13 – Frankie & Bruce – 6.1, 14 – News At Ten – 6.0, 15 – Coronation St – 5.9
October 1975:
1 – The Sweeney – 8.3, 2 – Man About The House – 8.1, 3 – Crossroads – 7.5, 4 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.3, 5 – Crossroads – 7.2, 6 – Crossroads – 7.1, 7 – Crossroads – 7.0, 8 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.0, 9 – Coronation St – 7.0, 10 – My Son Reuben – 7.0, 11 – World In Action – 6.6, 12 – Beryl’s Lot – 6.4, 13 – Coronation St – 6.3, 14 – News At Ten – 6.1
November 1975:
1 – The Sweeney – 8.2, 2 – Crossroads – 8.0, 3 – Crossroads – 7.7, 4 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.7, 5 – Crossroads – 7.6, 6 – Coronation St – 7.5, 7 – Upstairs Downstairs – 7.5, 8 – Crossroads – 7.3, 9 – Get Some In! – 7.3, 10 – Cuckoo Waltz – 7.1, 11 – Coronation St – 6.8, 12 – Carry On Laughing – 6.7, 13 – Beryl’s Lot – 6.7, 14 – Sale Of The Century – 6.5, 15 – News At Ten – 6.3
December 1975:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.7, 2 – ITN News – 8.6, 3 – Upstairs Downstairs – 8.1, 4 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.9, 5 – Crossroads – 7.9, 6 – Crossroads – 7.9, 7 – Our Man Flint – 7.6, 8 – Coronation St – 7.6, 9 – Crossroads – 7.6, 10 – Crossroads – 7.5, 11 – Coronation St – 7.5, 12 – Rising Damp – 7.0, 13 – Cuckoo Waltz – 7.0
January 1976:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.3, 2 – Sale Of The Century – 8.0, 3 – Crossroads – 7.8, 4 – Crossroads – 7.6, 5 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.6, 6 – Crossroads – 7.5, 7 – Coronation St – 7.4, 8 – Coronation St – 7.4, 9 – Crossroads – 7.4, 10 – Celebrity Squares – 7.3, 11 – Yes My Dear – 7.3, 12 – Love Thy Neighbour – 7.2, 13 – New Faces – 7.0, 14 – Bouquet Of Barbed Wire – 6.4
February 1976:
1 – This Is Your Life – 8.5, 2 – Crossroads – 7.9, 3 – Crossroads – 7.8, 4 – Crossroads – 7.7, 5 – Sale Of The Century – 7.7, 6 – Crossroads – 7.7, 7 – Coronation St – 7.6, 8 – Coronation St – 7.6, 9 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 10 – Bouquet Of Barbed Wire – 7.3, 11 – & Mother Makes Five – 7.3, 12 – New Faces – 7.2, 13 – Selwyn Froggitt – 6.7, 14 – Celebrity Squares – 6.7, 15 – Bless This House – 6.6
March 1976:
1 – This Is Your Life – 9.0, 2 – Man About The House – 8.6, 3 – Coronation St – 8.1, 4 – Crossroads – 7.7, 5 – Crossroads – 7.6, 6 – Crossroads – 7.6, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.5, 8 – Coronation St – 7.5, 9 – Sale Of The Century – 7.5, 10 – Crossroads – 7.1, 11 – Celebrity Squares – 7.0, 12 – Bless This House – 6.9, 13 – Sez Les – 6.8, 14 – Up The Workers – 6.8, 15 – New Faces – 6.5
April 1976:
1 – Man About The House – 9.2, 2 – This Is Your Life – 8.9, 3 – Coronation St – 8.8, 4 – Up The Workers – 7.9, 5 – Crossroads – 7.6, 6 – Coronation St – 7.6, 7 – Sale Of The Century – 7.5, 8 – Crossroads – 7.4, 9 – Bit Of Wisdom – 7.4, 10 – Crossroads – 7.3, 11 – The Fosters – 7.3, 12 – Police Woman – 7.1, 13 – Crossroads – 7.1, 14 – New Faces – 6.9, 15 – Rising Damp – 6.8
May 1976:
1 – This Is Your Life – 7.9, 2 – Coronation St – 7.6, 3 – Coronation St – 7.6, 4 – Crossroads – 7.4, 5 – Crossroads – 7.4, 6 – Rising Damp – 7.2, 7 – Bit Of Wisdom – 6.9, 8 – European Cup – 6.9, 9 – Crossroads – 6.9, 10 – The Fosters – 6.9, 11 – David Nixon – 6.8, 12 – Sale Of The Century – 6.8, 13 – Crossroads – 6.7, 14 – New Faces – 6.2, 15 – Hadleigh – 6.1
June 1976:
1 – Crossroads – 6.9, 2 – Crossroads – 6.9, 3 – Crossroads – 6.7, 4 – Coronation St – 6.7, 5 – Luke’s Kingdom – 6.5, 6 – Sale Of The Century – 6.3, 7 – Crossroads – 6.2, 8 – News At Ten – 6.2, 9 – Brother’s Keeper – 6.1, 10 – World Cup – 6.1, 11 – Winner Takes All – 6.0, 12 – Don’t Ask Me – 5.9, 13 – Whicker’s World – 5.9, 14 – New Faces – 5.8, 15 – General Hospital – 5.8
July 1976:
1 – News At Ten – 6.9, 2 – Bionic Woman – 6.5, 3 – Crossroads – 6.4, 4 – Crossroads – 6.3, 5 – Crossroads – 6.1, 6 – Crossroads – 6.0, 7 – The Great Race – 5.8, 8 – Coronation St – 5.6, 9 – Coronation St – 5.6, 10 – Man About The House – 5.6, 11 – General Hospital – 5.5, 12 – Get Some In – 5.4, 13 – News At Ten – 5.4, 14 – Cuckoo Waltz – 5.4
August 1976:
1 – News At Ten – 6.5, 2 – Benny Hill – 6.5, 3 – Get Some In – 6.2, 4 – Bionic Woman – 6.1, 5 – Hunters Walk – 6.1, 6 – Coronation St – 6.1, 7 – Crossroads – 6.0, 8 – Cuckoo Waltz – 6.0, 9 – Pride & The Passion – 5.9, 10 – Crossroads – 5.8, 11 – The Squirrels – 5.8, 12 – Crossroads – 5.8, 13 – Coronation St – 5.7, 14 – Crossroads – 5.7, 15 – General Hospital – 5.7
September 1976:
1 – George & Mildred – 8.8, 2 – The Sweeney – 8.2, 3 – Crossroads – 7.6, 4 – Pilger – 7.4, 5 – Benny Hill – 7.1, 6 – Crossroads – 7.0, 7 – Crossroads – 6.8, 8 – Bionic Woman – 6.8, 9 – Coronation St – 6.7, 10 – Crossroads – 6.3, 11 – Spring & Autumn – 6.3, 12 – Coronation St – 6.2, 13 – News At Ten – 6.1, 14 – General Hospital – 5.8
October 1976:
1 – George & Mildred – 9.0, 2 – The Sweeney – 8.8, 3 – Crossroads – 7.5, 4 – Coronation St – 7.4, 5 – Crossroads – 7.4, 6 – Benny Hill – 7.3, 7 – Crossroads – 7.3, 8 – Coronation St – 7.2, 9 – Crossroads – 7.1, 10 – Sale Of The Century – 7.1, 11 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.0, 12 – General Hospital – 6.7, 13 – News At Ten – 6.3
November 1976:
1 – Goldfinger – 9.8, 2 – George & Mildred – 9.2, 3 – The Sweeney – 9.0, 4 – This Is Your Life – 8.4, 5 – Coronation St – 7.9, 6 – Crossroads – 7.7, 7 – Crossroads – 7.7, 8 – Coronation St – 7.6, 9 – Crossroads – 7.6, 10 – Sale Of The Century – 7.4, 11 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.4, 12 – Crossroads – 7.3, 13 – World In Action – 6.9, 14 – New Avengers – 6.8, 15 – News At Ten – 6.8
December 1976:
1 – The Sweeney – 8.9, 2 – Sale Of The Century – 8.3, 3 – This Is Your Life – 8.2, 4 – Wednesday At Eight – 8.0, 5 – Crossroads – 7.9, 6 – Crossroads – 7.8, 7 – Crossroads – 7.7, 8 – Crossroads – 7.6, 9 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.6, 10 – Coronation St – 7.6, 11 – New Avengers – 7.5, 12 – Coronation St – 7.3, 13 – Six Million Dollar Man – 7.1, 14 – News At Ten – 6.9, 15 – News At Ten – 6.8
January 1977:
1 – This Is Your Life – 9.2, 2 – Coronation St – 8.5, 3 – Beyond Bermuda – 8.2, 4 – Sale Of The Century – 8.2, 5 – Crossroads – 8.1, 6 – Dave Allen – 8.0, 7 – Crossroads – 7.9, 8 – Get Some In – 7.9, 9 – Crossroads – 7.9, 10 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.7, 11 – Coronation St – 7.6, 12 – Crossroads – 7.6, 13 – Charlie’s Angels – 7.4, 14 – Another Bouquet – 7.3, 15 – Twin Detective – 7.0
February 1977:
1 – This Is Your Life – 9.5, 2 – Coronation St – 8.9, 3 – Cuckoo Waltz – 8.8, 4 – Robin’s Nest – 8.8, 5 – Coronation St – 8.6, 6 – Conspiracy – 8.6, 7 – Sale Of The Century – 8.5, 8 – Get Some In – 8.3, 9 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.1, 10 – Crossroads – 8.0, 11 – Dr On The Go – 8.0, 12 – Crossroads – 7.9, 13 – Charlie’s Angels – 7.6, 14 – Crossroads – 7.6, 15 – Another Bouquet – 7.5
March 1977:
1 – Selwyn Frogitt – 9.5, 2 – This Is Your Life – 9.4, 3 – Dr On The Go – 9.4, 4 – Coronation St – 9.1, 5 – World In Action – 8.7, 6 – Tom O’Connor – 8.4, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 8.4, 8 – Coronation St – 8.4, 9 – Dave Allen – 8.2, 10 – Crossroads – 8.0, 11 – Crossroads – 8.0, 12 – Charlie’s Angels – 7.6, 13 – This Year Next Year – 7.6, 14 – Playhouse – 7.5, 15 – Six Million Dollar Man – 7.5
April 1977:
1 – Selwyn Frogitt – 9.1, 2 – Coronation Street – 8.9, 3 – This Is Your Life – 8.5, 4 – Coronation St – 8.2, 5 – World In Action – 8.1, 6 – Crossroads – 7.8, 7 – Opportunity Knocks – 7.8, 8 – Tom O’Connor – 7.3, 9 – Playhouse – 7.3, 10 – Crossroads – 7.2, 11 – Crossroads – 7.2, 12 – Charlie’s Angels 7.2, 13 – This Year Next Year – 7.1, 14 – Jesus Of Nazareth – 6.9, 15 – Romance – 6.9
May 1977:
1 – Miss Jones & Son – 8.3, 2 – Rising Damp – 8.2, 3 – World In Action – 8.1, 4 – Coronation St – 8.1, 5 – Coronation St- 8.1, 6 – Marti – 7.9, 7 – Charlie’s Angel’s – 7.8, 8 – Crossroads – 7.6, 9 – Crossroads – 7.5, 10 – Bless This House – 7.5, 11 – Crossroads – 7.4, 12 – Little And Large – 7.2, 13 – Crossroads – 7.2, 14 – Bionic Woman – 7.0, 15 – Sale Of The Century – 6.7
June 1977:
1 – Sale Of The Century – 7.0, 2 – General Hospital – 6.9, 3 – Eric Sykes Show – 6.6, 4 – Crossroads – 6.6, 5 – Coronation St – 6.4, 6 – Crossroads – 6.4, 7 – Coronation St – 6.4, 8 – Showman – 6.1, 9 – Crossroads – 6.0, 10 – News At Ten – 6.0
July 1977:
1 – Sale Of The Century – 7.3, 2 – General Hospital – 7.1, 3 – Man About The House – 6.4, 4 – Coronation St – 6.4, 5 – Winner Takes All – 6.2, 6 – The Sweeney – 6.1, 7 – What’s On? – 6.1, 8 – News At Ten – 6.1, 9 – Crossroads – 6.0, 10 – Crossroads – 5.9, 11 – Crossroads – 5.9, 12 – XYZ Man – 5.8, 13 – Crossroads – 5.7, 14 – News At Ten – 5.7, 15 – News At Ten – 5.6,
From August 1977 the ‘homes in millions’ format was replaced with the still used ‘viewers in millions’ rating system.
August 1977:
1 – Man About The House – 12.6, 2 – Cottage To Let – 12.5, 3 – London Casino – 11.7, 4 – General Hospital – 11.5, 5 – Winner Takes All – 11, 6 – Coronation St – 10.9, 7 – News At Ten – 10.8, 8 – Crossroads – 10.7, 9 – Best Sellers – 10.7, 10 – News At Ten – 10.6, 11 – Crossroads – 10.5, 12 – Crossroads – 10.4, 13 – Coronation St – 10.3, 14 – Crossroads – 9.9, 15 – Mr & Mrs – 9.9
September 1977:
1 – Winner Takes All – 14.5, 2 – Benny Hill – 14.4, 3 – Survival Special – 13.8, 4 – New Avengers – 13.4, 5 – Pam Ayres – 13.3, 6 – Crossroads – 13.0, 7 – Van der Valk – 12.9, 8 – Crossroads – 12.9, 9 – Crossroads – 12.8, 10 – Coronation St – 12.8, 11 – Coronation St – 12.8, 12 – Crossroads – 12.6, 13 – Whickers World – 12.5, 14 – Only Young Twice – 12.5, 15 – Come Spy With Me – 12.3,
October 1977:
1 – Coronation St – 14.7, 2 – Man From Atlantis – 14.6, 3 – Upchat Line – 14.6, 4 – Crossroads – 14.6, 5 – Crossroads – 14.3, 6 – Van der Valk – 14.3, 7 – Only Young Twice – 14.2, 8 – Flight To Holocaust – 14.2, 9 – Crossroads – 14.2, 10 – Muppet Show – 14.0, 11 – Opportunity Knocks – 13.8, 12 – New Avengers – 13.7, 13 – Crossroads – 13.4, 14 – Pam Ayres – 13.2, 15 – Coronation St – 12.7
November 1977:
1 – Coronation St – 16.1, 2 – Selwyn Froggit – 15.3, 3 – Crossroads – 14.9, 4 – Crossroads – 14.8, 5 – Muppet Show – 14.7, 6 – Charlie’s Angels – 14.6, 7 – Crossroads – 14.6, 8 – Upchat Line – 14.5, 9 – Crossroads – 14.5, 10 – Sale Of The Century – 14.3, 11 – Pam Ayres – 14.3, 12 – Opportunity Knocks – 13.6, 13 – New Avengers – 13.6, 14 – Dummy – 13.5, 15 – Coronation St – 13.4
December 1977:
1 – George & Mildred – 19.5, 2 – Wednesday at Eight – 18, 3 – This Is Your Life – 17.2, 4 – Crossroads – 16.3, 5 – Coronation St – 16.3, 6 – Coronation St – 16.2, 7 – Crossroads – 16, 8 – Crossroads – 16, 9 – Crossroads – 15.9, 10 – This England – 15.5, 11 – Selwyn Froggit – 15.2, 12 – Opportunity Knocks – 14.7, 13 – Charlie’s Angels – 14.4, 14 – Sale Of The Century – 14.3, 15 – Muppet Show – 14.2
January 1978:
1 – Coronation St – 20.2, 2 – This Is Your Life – 19.6, 3 – Coronation St – 17.8, 4 – Crossroads – 17.6, 5 – Miss Jones & Son – 17.5, 6 – Murphy’s War – 17.4, 7 – Crossroads – 17.0, 8 – Crossroads – 16.9, 9 – Mind Your Language – 16.8, 10 – Maggie & Her – 16.3, 11 – Crossroads – 16.2, 12 – Sale Of The Century – 16, 13 – The Sweeney – 15.8, 14 – Opportunity Knocks – 15.8, 15 – Dave Allen – 15.2
February 1978:
1 – This Is Your Life – 19.5, 2 – Mind Your Language – 18.2, 3 – Miss Jones & Son – 18.1, 4 – Coronation St – 18, 5 – Coronation St – 18, 6 – Maggie & Her – 17.7, 7 – Professionals – 17.4, 8 – Crossroads – 17.2, 9 – Crossroads – 17, 10 – Crossroads – 16.9, 11 – Crossroads – 16.9, 12 – General Hospital – 16.8, 13 – Wilde Alliance – 16.6, 14 – Rising Damp – 16.3, 15 – George & Mildred – 16.2
March 1978:
1 – Sharp Intake Of Breath – 17.8, 2 – Mind Your Language – 17.5, 3 – Goldfinger – 17.4, 4 – Mixed Blessings – 17.4, 5 – Coronation St – 16.9, 6 – George & Mildred – 16.8, 7 – Professionals – 16.6, 8 – Dave Allen – 16.2, 9 – Crossroads – 16, 10 – Coronation St – 15.9, 11 – Robin’s Nest – 15.6, 12 – Armchair Thriller – 15.3, 13 – Crossroads – 15.1, 14 – Emmerdale Farm – 15, 15 – This Is Your Life – 14.9
April 1978:
1 – This Is Your Life – 18.8, 2 – Rising Damp – 18.2, 3 – Coronation St – 17.4, 4 – Mixed Blessings – 16.7, 5 – Armchair Thriller – 16.3, 6 – Whodunnit? – 15.7, 7 – Wilde Alliance – 15.2, 8 – Get Some In – 15, 9 – Coronation St – 14.9, 10 – Crossroads – 14.5, 11 – Celebrity Squares – 14.5, 12 – Sale Of The Century – 14.5, 13 – Crossroads – 14.2, 14 – Crossroads – 13.9, 15 – Crossroads – 13.6
May 1978:
1 – Armchair Thriller – 17.1, 2 – Rising Damp – 16.9, 3 – This Is Your Life – 16.4, 4 – Coronation St – 15.3, 5 – Winner Takes All – 14.9, 6 – Ben Hur – 14.9, 7 – Crossroads – 14.5, 8 – Get Some In – 14.5, 9 – Crossroads – 14.4, 10 – Crossroads – 14.0, 11 – Armchair Thriller – 13.4, 12 – Crossroads – 13.3, 13 – Celebrity Squares – 12.9, 14 – Emmerdale Farm – 12.5, 15 – Dave Allen – 12.4
June 1978:
1 – Winner Takes All – 13.4, 2 – Coronation St – 12.3, 3 – Crossroads – 12.1, 4 – Wheels – 12, 5 – Coronation St – 11.9, 6 – Crossroads – 11.5, 7 – Only Young Twice – 11.5, 8 – Whodunnit? – 11.4, 9 – World Cup – 11.4, 10 – Liberance Show – 11.3, 11 – Pink Medicine – 11.1, 12 – Incredible Hulk – 10.8, 13 – Charlie’s Angels – 10.4, 14 – Celebrity Squares – 10.1, 15 – Crossroads – 10
July 1978:
1 – Coronation St – 13, 2 – Life Begins At 40 – 12.8, 3 – Incredible Hulk – 12.5, 4 – London Night Out – 12.4, 5 – Coronation St – 12.2, 6 – Train Robbers – 11.9, 7 – Krypton Factor- 11.5, 8 – Pink Medicine – 11.4, 9 – Crossroads – 11.2, 10 – Don’t Ask Me – 11.2, 11 – Crossroads – 11.1, 12 – Distant Country – 11, 13 – Only Young Twice – 10.9, 14 – Crossroads – 10.8, 15 – Crossroads – 10.6
August 1978:
1 – London Night Out – 12.9, 2 – Paul Daniels – 12.7, 3 – Coronation St – 12.2, 4 – Coronation St – 11.8, 5 – What’s On? – 11.5, 6 – Crossroads – 11.4, 7 – Nightmare Park – 11.3, 8 – Crossroads – 11.1, 9 – Krypton Factor – 10.7, 10 – 3-2-1 – 10.7, 11 – Crossroads – 10.6, 12 – Don’t Ask Me – 10.3, 13 – Crossroads – 10.2, 14 – Bass Player – 10.1, 15 – Survival – 10
September 1978:
1 – James Bond:HMSS – 16.7, 2 – 3-2-1 – 16.4, 3 – Freddie Starr – 16.1, 4 – Rag Trade – 13.9, 5 – Return Of The Saint – 13.9, 6 – The Sweeney – 13.8, 7 – George & Mildred – 13.5, 8 – Coronation St – 13.3, 9 – Star Games – 13.2, 10 – Crossroads – 13.1, 11 – Coronation St – 13, 12 – Krypton Factor – 12.9, 13 – Singalonga Max – 12.7, 14 – Crossroads – 12.5, 15 – Crossroads – 12.4
October 1978:
1 – Coronation St – 16.6, 2 – Robin’s Nest – 15.7, 3 – George & Mildred – 15.5, 4 – 3-2-1 – 14.8, 5 – Professionals – 14.6, 6 – Big Night In – 14.5, 7 – Mixed Blessings – 14.1, 8 – The Sweeney – 13.7, 9 – Coronation St – 13.7, 10 – Rag Trade – 13.4 ,11 – Tommy Cooper – 13.2, 12 – Crossroads – 13, 13 – Crossroads – 13, 14 – Crossroads – 12.9, 15 – Crossroads – 12.8
November 1978:
1 – The Sweeney – 16.6, 2 – Coronation St – 16.5, 3 – Robin’s Nest – 16, 4 – Crossroads – 15.2, 5 – Sale Of The Century – 15.1, 6 – Crossroads – 15, 7 – This Is Your Life – 15, 8 – Edward & Mrs Simpson – 14.9, 9 – Coronation St – 14.8, 10 – Mixed Blessings – 14.8, 11 – Crossroads – 14.6, 12 – Return Of The Saint – 14.6, 13 – Lillie – 14.6, 14 – George & Mildred – 14, 15 – Professionals – 13.9
December 1978:
1 – Coronation St – 18.6, 2 – Robin’s Nest – 17.8, 3 – Coronation St – 16.8, 4 – Wednesday At Eight – 16.7, 5 – George & Mildred – 15.9, 6 – The Sweeney – 15.8, 7 – This Is Your Life – 15.4, 8 – Edward & Mrs Simpson – 15.2, 9 – Crossroads – 15.1, 10 – Crossroads – 14.9, 11 – Crossroads – 14.8, 12 – Bernie – 14.7, 13 – Emmerdale Farm – 14.1, 14 – Crossroads – 13.9, 15 – Lillie – 13.7
January 1979:
1 – Alright On The Night – 17.1, 2 – This Is Your Life – 16.9, 3 – Muppet Show – 16.6, 4 – Carry On Henry – 16.5, 5 – Coronation St – 16.4, 6 – Sale Of The Century – 16.2, 7 – Charlie’s Angels – 15.7, 8 – Celebrity Squares – 15.7, 9 – Bullitt – 15.4, 10 – Crossroads – 15.4, 11 – Room Service – 15.4, 12 – Crossroads – 15.3, 13 – Return Of The Saint – 15, 14 – Dick Turpin – 14.5, 15 – General Hospital – 14.4
February 1979:
1 – Coronation St – 17.9, 2 – ITV Sport – 17.4, 3 – Coronation St – 16.3, 4 – Danger UXB – 16, 5 – Crossroads – 15.8, 6 – Crossroads – 15.5, 7 – This Is Your Life – 15.1, 8 – Crossroads – 15, 9 – Sale Of The Century – 14.9, 10 – Crossroads – 14.7, 11 – Return Of The Saint – 14.6, 12 – Charlie’s Angels – 14.4, 13 – Emmerdale Farm – 14
March 1979:
1 – Benny Hill – 18, 2 – This Is Your Life – 17.2, 3 – Coronation St – 16.9, 4 – Coronation St – 16, 5 – Crossroads – 15.1, 6 – Crossroads – 15, 7 – Life Begins At 40 – 14.6, 8 – Play Your Cards Right – 14.4, 9 – Crossroads – 14.3, 10 – Crossroads – 13.9, 11 – Jim Davidson – 13.6, 12 – Hart To Hart – 13.2, 13 – Kenny Everett – 13, 14 – Leave It To Charlie – 12.8, 15 – Emmerdale Farm – 12.5
April 1979:
1 – This Is Your Life – 17.6, 2 – Coronation St – 17.4, 3 – Chalk & Cheese – 16.7, 4 – Coronation St – 16.6, 5 – Danger UXB – 16, 6 – Crossroads – 15.5, 7 – Crossroads – 15.4, 8 – Flambards – 15.4, 9 – Thomas & Sarah – 14.6, 10 – Winner Takes All – 14.6, 11 – Crossroads – 14.3, 12 – Crossroads – 14.3, 13 – Jesus Of Nazareth – 14, 14 – Emmerdale Farm – 13.6, 15 – Kenny Everett – 13.5
May 1979:
1 – TV Times Awards – 16.7, 2 – Coronation St – 16, 3 – Crossroads – 15.1, 4 – Crossroads – 15, 5 – Fire In The Sky – 14.9, 6 – Crossroads – 14.2, 7 – Holiday On The Buses – 13.7, 8 – Coronation St – 13.6, 9 – Don’t Just Sit There – 13.2, 10 – Emmerdale Farm – 13.1, 11 – Crossroads 12.7, 12 – Chalk & Cheese – 12.5, 13 – Emmerdale Farm – 12.5, 14 – Hazel – 12.5, 15 – News At Ten – 12
June 1979:
1 – Dick Emery Hour – 15.3, 2 – Coronation St – 15.3, 3 – In Loving Memory – 14.8, 4 – Coronation St – 14.5, 5 – Crossroads – 13.4, 6 – Crossroads – 13.1, 7 – Crossroads – 12.8, 8 – Crossroads – 12.3, 9 – Singalonga Max – 12.2, 10 – World In Action – 12.2, 11 – Hazel – 11.9, 12 – Emmerdale Farm – 11.7, 13 – Winner Takes All – 11.2, 14 – The Mallens – 11.2, 15 – Emmerdale Farm – 11.1
July 1979:
1 – Coronation St – 13.1, 2 – Coronation St – 12.7, 3 – In Loving Memory – 12.1, 4 – The Mallens – 11.9, 5 – Mr Horn – 11.8, 6 – Winner Takes All – 11.8, 7 – News At Ten – 11.7, 8 – Only Young Twice – 11.6, 9 – Crossroads – 11.3, 10 – Oh Boy! – 11.2, 11 – Crossroads – 11, 12 – Crossroads – 11, 13 – Crossroads – 10.7, 14 – The Lovers – 10.3, 15 – Celebrity Squares – 10
August 1979:
1 – Coronation St – 11.4, 2 – Crossroads – 9.9
August, September and October 1979: ITV Production staff go on strike, the regional IBA stations go off air.
November 1979:
1 – George & Mildred – 15.9, 2 – Professionals – 14.9, 3 – Only When I Laugh – 14.8, 4 – London Night Out – 14.4, 5 – Coronation St – 13.9, 6 – 3-2-1 – 13.8, 7 – Crossroads – 13.3, 8 – Coronation St – 13.2, 9 – Crossroads – 13.1, 10 – Crossroads 13.1
December 1979:
1 – Coronation St – 18.1, 2 – Only When I Laugh – 16.9, 3 – Coronation St – 16, 4 – This Is Your Life – 15.3, 5 – 3-2-1 – 15, 6 – Give Us A Clue – 14.4, 7 – Crossroads – 14, 8 – The Big Top – 13.9, 9 – The Comedians – 13.7, 10 – George & Mildred – 13.7, 11 – Crossroads – 13.5, 12 – Crossroads – 13.4, 13 – Britain’s Strongest Man – 13.2, 14 – Crossroads – 13.1, 15 – News at Ten – 11.9
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| With thanks to Darren Gray and Ben Oakley for additional material. |