RATINGS REPORT: 04-10 AUGUST 2025, MOST WATCHED PROGRAMMES REVEALED

The latest 7-day consolidated ratings for programmes shown or released for the last week have been released by BARB. The top-50 breakdown can be found on BARB's website here.

The return of Netflix hit Wednesday topped the week, with 4,514,5000 watching the first episode, followed by 3,793,100 for its second episode. The return of ITV drama Ridley, led by Line Of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, was watched by 3,935,000.

MasterChef made its return on Wednesday following months of postponement following a BBC investigation into the show and hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode. The show returned on Wednesday night with 2,715,000 and ended the week with 2,266,000. The Great British Sewing Bee continued with 4,156,000 on BBC One.

In reality, Destination X entered its second week with 3,296,000 on Wednesday night and 2,748,000 on Thursday night. ITV's reality offer The Fortune Hotel returned for its second series with 1.6m and 1.4m respectively - failing to make BARB's top-50 shows of the week. These figures were reported by SuperTV.

In comedy, Mrs Brown's Boys continued with 2,287,000.

In soaps, Coronation Street topped the week on Wednesday night with 3,908,000. Emmerdale's most watched episode was Tuesday night with 3,658,000 and EastEnders hit a weekly high on Monday night with 3,326,000. Casualty continued with 2,650,000.

All programmes mentioned above are available to stream on their respective broadcaster's platform.