TELEVISION / Statistics

Casualty continues to climb up the ratings charts. The latest set of viewing figures shows it as the third most-watched programme on BBC 1 behind EastEnders and ahead of all five episodes of Neighbours with an audience of 14.17 million.

Also doing well in the new autumn schedules is that perennial, Blind Date; its audience of 12.66 million makes it ITV's sixth most-watched programme, though it is three million short of what it would regularly receive two years ago.

More people watched the international Olympic bid results (4.54 million) than the last day of the Ryder Cup (4.08 million).

All figures for week ending 26 Sept.