Considering the weather country wide last Friday Saturday its no surprise TV rating are down, but still when the actual figures come out i have no doubt they will be will into the 5mil plus....which is still good stuff all round.
But in the past when the weather was just as hot and sunny, the ratings never got that bad! It should be based on the population that bothered to tune in, and not so much emphasis put on 'shares'. Where's the 1-2 million viewers gone who tuned in to episode 8 of seasons 1-4 on comparably sunny days?
Well those are only the unofficial over night figures, and as we have seen from previous over night figures the official figures are always higher, so i would not be surprised if we see well into the 6 mill plus.
As for viewing figures if i remember correctly episodes from previous series since the relaunch in 2005 have been roundabout 6 million in the summer months, I'm sure in Tennants first year his summer episodes with in the 6 mill figure.