Ratings Report: 19th-25th October 2026, 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 Celebrity Traitors continued on BBC One with 15,498,300 ad 15,302,000 for its seventh and eighth episodes respectively. It was directly followed by Uncloaked which was watched by 5,441,100 and 5,773,5000 respectively. Prince William's guest appearance on The Graham Norton Show gave the chat show a boost, rising to 4,917,400 viewers.
Elsewhere in non-scripted, The Great British Bake Off reached the mid-way point with 6,504,400 on Channel 4. Strictly Come Dancing continued with 6,151,400 on Saturday night and 5,441,200 for its Sunday night results show. Have I Got News For You continued strong with 5,487,900.
In drama, This City Is Ours returned for its second series to 3,733,200 on Sunday night. Directly opposite, ITV launched new drama Adultery to 3,174,200. Overall, the midweek dramas topped the week with 4,463,100 for Winter on ITV and 4,125,100 for Blue Lights on BBC One.
Elsewhere, Robson Green starred in new BBC daytime drama The Northumbria Mysteries which launched with 2,671,300. Marble Hall Murders continued with 2,935,100 on Saturday night and All Creatures Great & Small reached its series finale with 2,725,800.
All programmes mentioned above are available to stream on their respective broadcaster's platform.



































