RATINGS REPORT: 26 JANUARY-01 FEBRUARY 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.

In the first week of the year without The Traitors, the BBC continued to dominate the week with 7 of the top-10 shows. The series finale of The Night Manager topped the week with 6,088,900 on Sunday night. It was preceded by Call The Midwife with 6,049,700.

The return of Death In Paradise was watched by 5,650,300 on Friday night, whilst new series of The Apprentice launched with 5,217,200. Saturday nights continued strong with Gladiators and Michael McIntyre's Big Show watched by 4,753,200 and 5,178,600 respectively.

In drama, Lynley concluded with 4,183,600, After The Flood continued with 3,516,000 and 3,589,600 respectively, Patience with 3,161,300, Grantchester with 2,770,300 and Can You Keep A Secret with 2,907,600.

In entertainment, The Masked Singer and The 1% Club continued with 3,088,100 and 3,715,700 respectively. Dragons Den returned to BBC One with 3,169,400. Amanda & Alan's Greek Job was watched by 2,916,300 whilst The Great Pottery Throwdown continue with 2,670,800.

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