What Did UK Viewers Watch? Top 100 Factual Programs: Digital, 2H 2012

For your reference, below are the highest-rated UK factual programs in 2H 2012 for digital channels, including BBC3 and BBC4, ITV2 and ITV3, E4, Sky1, More4 and others.

Takeaways and UK broadcast ratings for 2012 to follow — I’m in Adelaide attending AIDC this week.

Top Factual Programs, UK, 2H 2012
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1	I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!	ITV 2	1,577	8.8%
2	OLYMPIC’S MOST AMAZING MOMENTS	BBC Three	1,278	8.3%
3	DON’T TELL THE BRIDE	BBC Three	1,137	4.3%
4	THE TOILET: AN UNSPOKEN HISTORY	BBC Four	1,007	4.0%
5	SUPERSTORM USA: CAUGHT ON CAMERA	BBC Three	889	4.8%
6	IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE	BBC Four	869	3.6%
7	TIMESHIFT: WHEN WRESTLING WAS GOLDEN	BBC Four	832	3.6%
8	GREAT MOVIE MISTAKES 2012	BBC Three	831	3.6%
9	MADE IN CHELSEA	E4	819	4.5%
10	PIXAR: 25 MAGIC MOMENTS	BBC Three	817	2.9%
11	OLYMPICS 2012: 50 GREATEST MOMENTS	BBC Three	815	3.3%
12	OUR WAR: RETURN TO DEATH VALLEY	BBC Three	806	3.0%
13	THE GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM RAILWAYS	BBC Four	806	3.1%
14	ROME: A HISTORY OF THE ETERNAL CITY	BBC Four	803	3.2%
15	OUR WAR: INTO THE HORNET’S NEST	BBC Three	792	2.9%
16	NORMAN WISDOM: HIS STORY	BBC Four	788	3.0%
17	JET! WHEN BRITAIN RULED THE SKIES	BBC Four	779	3.2%
18	DON’T TELL THE BRIDE: CHRISTMAS ON ICE	BBC Three	773	2.9%
19	50 YEARS OF BOND CARS: TOP GEAR…	BBC HD	768	2.6%
20	PREMIER LEAGUE’S MOST AMAZING MOMENTS	BBC Three	766	3.1%
21	KIDNAPPED AND DRUGGED FOR FAMILY…	BBC Three	761	3.0%
22	TAILS YOU WIN: THE SCIENCE OF CHANCE	BBC Four	754	3.0%
23	FILM: KNUCKLE (2011): STORYVILLE	BBC Four	754	4.0%
24	BRITAIN ON FILM	BBC Four	741	2.8%
25	HELL’S KITCHEN	ITV 2	736	2.8%
26	UNSAFE SEX IN THE CITY	BBC Three	735	2.7%
27	CAN ANYONE BEAT BOLT?	BBC Three	728	2.7%
28	OUR WAR: THE LOST PLATOON	BBC Three	719	2.5%
29	DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S FIRST LIFE	BBC Four	712	2.7%
30	ROSS KEMP EXTREME WORLD	Sky1	710	2.4%
31	JULIA BRADBURY’S CANAL WALKS	BBC Four	706	2.8%
32	THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED EGYPT	BBC Four	703	2.6%
33	THE DARK AGES: AN AGE OF LIGHT	BBC Four	702	2.7%
34	WORLD WAR TWO: 1942 AND HITLER’S…	BBC Four	687	2.8%
35	COME DINE WITH ME	More4	681	3.1%
36	GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS	BBC Four	680	2.9%
37	THE 2000 YEAR OLD COMPUTER	BBC Four	672	2.8%
38	TOURETTES: LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU	BBC Three	670	2.4%
39	TRANSSEXUAL TEEN, BEAUTY QUEEN	BBC Three	664	2.4%
40	THE BEST OF KENNY EVERETT’S TELEVISION	BBC Four	651	2.8%
41	THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF	BBC HD	642	2.5%
42	GIRLS BEHIND BARS	BBC Three	640	2.3%
43	ONE BORN: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?	More4	636	3.4%
44	SUN, SEX AND SUSPICIOUS PARENTS	BBC Three	633	2.1%
45	DEATH CAMP TREBLINKA	BBC Four	629	2.5%
46	HORIZON	BBC Four	623	2.4%
47	IS FOOTBALL RACIST?	BBC Three	621	2.5%
48	MARS: A HORIZON GUIDE	BBC Four	618	3.3%
49	THE BRIDGES THAT BUILT LONDON	BBC Four	614	2.7%
50	THE AGE OF THE TRAIN	BBC Four	610	2.6%
51	THE TREASURES OF ANCIENT ROME	BBC Four	603	2.1%
52	RIOTS: THE AFTERSHOCK	BBC Three	598	2.3%
53	HIDCOTE: A GARDEN FOR ALL SEASONS	BBC Four	597	2.3%
54	LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENTS	BBC Four	596	2.1%
55	DOWNTON ABBEY: BEHIND THE DRAMA	ITV 3	595	2.7%
56	SNOG MARRY AVOID?	BBC Three	593	3.4%
57	IMMORTAL? A HORIZON GUIDE TO AGEING	BBC Four	587	2.2%
58	NATURE’S MICROWORLDS	BBC Four	586	2.4%
59	CHERRY HEALEY: HOW TO GET A LIFE	BBC Three	586	2.4%
60	FILM: GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE (2011)	BBC Four	586	3.1%
61	THE RACE THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD	BBC Four	586	2.9%
62	WORLD’S CRAZIEST FOOLS	BBC Three	583	2.8%
63	SHE-WOLVES: ENGLAND’S EARLY QUEENS	BBC Four	581	2.4%
64	FORD’S DAGENHAM DREAM	BBC Four	578	2.9%
65	TIMESHIFT: MAGNIFICENT MACHINES	BBC Four	565	2.1%
66	TIMESHIFT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF LINERS	BBC Four	563	2.4%
67	I’M A CELEBRITY – GET ME OUT OF HERE!	ITV 2	560	4.9%
68	RICH HALL’S INVENTING THE INDIANS	BBC Four	559	2.0%
69	BRITAIN UNZIPPED	BBC Three	558	2.8%
70	SHREK: ONCE UPON A TIME	BBC Three	557	2.3%
71	DON’T TELL THE BRIDE GOES GLOBAL	BBC Three	553	2.1%
72	THE SECRET LIFE OF THE MOTORWAY	BBC Four	550	2.2%
73	SEVEN AGES OF STARLIGHT	BBC Four	549	2.2%
74	ISLANDS OF BRITAIN	ITV 3	549	2.2%
75	THE KENNETH WILLIAMS STORY: A REPUTATION	BBC Four	547	2.0%
76	TOP GEAR	BBC Three	539	2.0%
77	INSIDE THE BODY BEAUTIFUL: HOW COSMETIC	BBC Three	535	2.0%
78	LOVE AND MARRIAGE: A 20TH CENTURY ROMANCE	BBC Four	534	2.1%
79	TIMESHIFT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF COACH TRAVEL	BBC Four	530	2.1%
80	DON’T TELL THE BRIDE: CHRISTMAS REVENGE	BBC Three	530	2.0%
81	THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY	ITV 2	528	5.7%
82	WHO KILLED THE HONEY BEE?	BBC Four	528	2.1%
83	MEET KENNY EVERETT: 1973	BBC Four	527	2.8%
84	GUTS: THE STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS WORLD	BBC Four	527	2.1%
85	RUSSELL BRAND: FROM ADDICTION TO RECOVER	BBC Three	518	2.1%
86	SURVIVORS NATURE’S INDESTRUCTIBLE CREATURES	BBC Four	517	2.0%
87	GREAT NEW MOVIE MISTAKES 2: THE SEQUEL	BBC Three	515	2.3%
88	I WANT TO CHANGE MY BODY	BBC Three	515	2.0%
89	ORDER AND DISORDER WITH JIM AL-KHALILI	BBC Four	513	2.0%
90	THE STORY OF INDIA	BBC Four	511	1.8%
91	MY STORY	Cbeebies	511	4.2%
92	IS OUR WEATHER GETTING WORSE?	More4	507	2.1%
93	THE JOHN THAW STORY	ITV 3	501	1.9%
94	MORE OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES	BBC Four	500	2.5%
95	100 YEARS OF THE LONDON PALLADIUM	BBC Four	499	1.9%
96	TIMESHIFT: BREAD: A LOAF AFFAIR	BBC Four	495	2.6%
97	GREAT MOVIE MISTAKES 2011: NOT IN 3D	BBC Three	493	2.4%
98	THE NATURAL WORLD	BBC Four	493	1.9%
99	JAPAN’S TSUNAMI: CAUGHT ON CAMERA	More4	492	1.8%
100	CARAVANS: A BRITISH LOVE AFFAIR	BBC Four	491	2.5%

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