RATINGS REPORT: 15-21 SEPTEMBER 2025, MOST WATCHED SHOWS 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 Great British Bake Off just beat the launch of Strictly Come Dancing to claim the top spot for the week, with the baking competition reaching 6,717,600 viewers on Tuesday night. Directly opposite, the final of The Great British Sewing Bee was watched by 4,586,600.

The return of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night was watched by 6,551,600, whilst ITV's Saturday night offering continued to fail, with all shows consolidating to fewer than 2 million viewers. The final of MasterChef was watched by 2,192,200 on Friday evening.

Elsewhere, Married At First Sight UK launched with 2,499,200. Long Lost Family returned to ITV for its fifteenth series to 2,159,200 viewers. Stacey & Joe were watched by 2,294,000, Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams by 2,378,600 and Rob & Rylan's Passage To India continued strong with 2,558,300.

In drama, The Guest was the most watched scripted title of the week with 3,996,800 viewers. Meanwhile, ITV drama Coldwater continued quietly with 3,030,200 and 3,013,400 for its next two episodes.

In soaps, Coronation Street hit a high on Monday night with 3,958,100. Emmerdale's most watched episode was also Monday night with 3,763,10. EastEnders followed with 3,315,000. The final episode in the series of Casualty was watched by 2,747,000.

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