Series 9 Newspaper Reviews / Viewing figures etc

[A Cousin]

(02-11-2010 01:07 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  Hmmm, I've just been looking the Spooks episodes guide on Wikipedia and the viewing figures posted on there are much higher than we seem to find on the net each week. They use BARB for their figures. The last figures available on there are for episode 9.5. They give Spooks 6.35 million viewers and Whitechapel 6.21 million. The information released on the net the day after said it was a tie between the two episodes which each had around 5.3 million viewers. I am no expert here, but how come these numbers vary so much? Do BARB take into account iplayer and Sky+ viewings?

http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopPr...rview?_s=4

New Tricks consistently beats Spooks!?! That surprises me a bit. Don't get me wrong, we get New Tricks where I live and it is regular Friday night viewing - mostly because I adore Alun Armstrong and the Husband thinks Amanda Redman is hot - but that does surprise me a bit.