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"The new series of Doctor Who added 1 million viewers at the weekend, according to early ratings figures. Saturday&amp;#039;s third outing drew an average of 8.34 million (36.7%) to BBC One between 7pm and 7.45pm, up from the previous week&amp;#039;s 7.3 million but still down on the 9.9 million who saw the debut. Ant and Dec&amp;#039;s Saturday Night Takeaway remained behind with an average of 7.14 million (32.3%) between 6.45pm and 7.55pm. Casualty was the day&amp;#039;s second most-watched show with 8.05 million (34.8%) at 8.20pm. Elsewhere, BBC One&amp;#039;s Strictly Dance Fever continued to hold the edge over ITV1&amp;#039;s Hit Me Baby One More Time, with audiences of 4.9 million (26.9%) and 4.21 million (24%) respectively. The later results shows pulled in 4.06 million (18.1%) and 4.85 million (21%). Channel 4&amp;#039;s movie presentation of Vanilla Sky thrilled 2.25 million (11.8%) from 9.10pm, while Five&amp;#039;s new episode of CSI: New York averaged 2.75 million (12.4%). Earlier in the day, BBC One&amp;#039;s coverage of the Charles-Camilla wedding beat ITV1 by around 7 million to 1 million viewers; click here for a detailed roundup. Top programme on multichannel was ITV2&amp;#039;s spinoff Queen Mania: The Show Must Go On, with 641,000 viewers (7%) from 10.10pm. BBC Three&amp;#039;s Doctor Who: Confidential put in a 542,000 (3.6%) average for fourth place. ITV3 had another steady performance with 489,000 (3.4%) for David Jason thriller March in Windy City, which aired over two hours from 9pm. The Sky Movies 1 premiere of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World pulled in 364,000 (2.4%) at 8pm, with a further 219,000 (1.6%) for a timeshifted encore on Sky Movies 3. Sky&amp;#039;s PPV channel Premiership Plus enjoyed another strong afternoon with an average of 338,000 (2.8%) tuning in for its coverage of the game between Norwich City and Manchester United. Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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