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See broadcasts for BBC OneKerblam! (7/10 Series 11)

Last updated 23 November 2019
Broadcast: Sunday 18th November 2018
6:30pm-7:20pm GMT < > « » Premiere < > « »
(actually broadcast at 18:30:00)
BBC One
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Featuring: Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Bradley Walsh, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Lee Mack

A mysterious message arrives in a package addressed to the Doctor, which sends the gang on an expedition to the home of the galaxy's biggest retailer.


Synopsis Source: Radio Times
Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:


Initial figures: 5.930m viewers (overnight), 28.5% audience share, 4th place day, 10th place week
Consolidated figures: 7.458m viewers (+7 days), 31.8% audience share, 9th place - BARB Week (Four Screen), AI 81
Additional figures: 8.055m viewers (+28 days) (5th place)

Overnights: Highest for the day was ITV’s celebrity show, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here which had 11.03 million watching. Strictly Come Dancing - Results Show had 8.99 million viewers, while Dynasties, the David Attenborough series had 6.13 million. The BBC Drama The Little Drummer Girl had 2.29 million.On ITV The Chase: Celebrity Special had 4.04 million viewers.Saturdays Strictly Come Dancing had 10.22 million viewers. [source: Doctor Who News]

Consolidated ratings: Top for the week was Sundays edition of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here getting 14.17 million watching.Kerblam! had an Appreciation Index score of 81, again scoring higher with female viewers. [source: Doctor Who News]

 

BARB Reports

BARB TV: Live: 4.040m(timeslot)/4.02m(actual); Timeshift+7: 3.185m(ts)/3.21m(a) (7.225m total); Timeshift+28: tbc
[first week breakdown: 1.895m(VOSDAL), 0.530m(Mo), 0.199m(Tu), 0.145m(We),0.084m(Th), 0.133m(Fr),0.147m(Sa)]

4 Screen +7 breakdown:
Initial: 7,225,000(TV set), 119,964(PC/laptop), 60,930(Tablet), 51,906(Smartphone); 4 Screen total: 7,457,800
19 Dec: 7,225,000(TV set), 119,965(PC/laptop), 60,932(Tablet), 51,906(Smartphone); 4 Screen total: 7,457,803

4 Screen +28 breakdown:
Initial: 7,776,300(TV set), 138,454(PC/laptop), 76,366(Tablet), 64,343(Smartphone); 4 Screen total: 8,055,463


Notes


DRAMA Another Broadchurch alumnus joins the Doctor Who universe this week alongside Jodie Whittaker and series boss Chris Chibnall - Julie Hesmondhaigh, probably still best known for her role as Hayley Cropper in Corrie.

Here, though, she's a long way from Weatherfield or Dorset, as a woman working for a moon-based intergalactic delivery company, who may be involved with a mysterious conspiracy the Doctor and her chums are trying to uncover.

Lee Mack also guest stars in the Pete McTighe-scripted episode and, if you listen carefully, you might notice another of Whittaker's old murder mystery co-stars in a subtle voice cameo...

Credit: Radio Times, p54