BB10: Big Brother Viewing Figures Climb For Tenth Anniversary

At last the viewing figures for Big Brother 10 have picked up as viewers tuned in to watch former housemates from the past ten years enter the house to perform tasks. Then five new housemates were added on Friday night, leading to an impressive increase in viewing figures. Here are the viewing figures from Day 42 to Day 47.

Day 47 (Mon 20/07/09) - Big Brother pulled in 2 million and a 12% share between 10pm and 11.10pm, another 156,000 tuning in on Channel 4+1 as the new housemates tried to perform their Secret Mission to get Noirin and Halfwit nominated. Viewing figures were up 200,000 on Day 33 (Mon 6 July).

Day 46 (Sun 19/07/09) - Big Brother picked up an extra 500,000 viewers this Sunday with 2.1 million(9% share)tuning in as the five new housemates settle in, with a further 303,000 on Channel 4 +1. Viewing figures were up 2% share week on week.

Day 45 (Sat 18/07/09) - Another half million increase as Big Brother had 1.6 million (8% share) viewers at 9pm and 233,000 on C4+1. The showed gained 3% share week on week as housemates adapted to life without Karly.

Day 44 (Fri 17/07/09) - The arrival of five new housemates and the eviction of Karly proved popular with viewers as Big Brother continued to improve in the ratings - 2.7 million viewers (13% share) were glued to the first instalment at 9pm. Then Karly Ashworth was told she would be evicted, just after her boyfriend and four other new housemates arrived in the second edition, which picked up 2.8 million and 19% between 10.35pm and 11.05pm. A further 165,000 and 273,000 watched respectively on Channel 4 +1 an hour later. An extra 700,000 viewers were added this Friday.

Day 43 (Thurs 16/07/09) - Big Brother 10th Anniversary celebrations continued as Brian Belo entered the house, lifting viewing figures to 2.1 million (12% share) between 10pm and 11.10pm, up from 1.9m the previous week. A further 136,000 viewers tuned in on Channel 4 +1.

Day 42 (Wed 15/07/09) - The housemates welcomed back Makosi and Craig along with former housemates for this weeks Shopping task. Their arrive helped lift viewing figures to 2 million viewers and an 8.7% share.

*BB official website: www.channel4.com/bigbrother