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RTÉ One TV Highlights, Wednesday 7^th January

The Highlights are:

• Fair City was the most watched soap in Ireland last night with an average audience*  of 569,000 (36%) Irish soap fans tuning in to watch last night’s episode. Fair City had a reach** audience of 735,700 while an additional 31,400 TV viewers watched the episode on RTÉ One+1. 10,057 caught up on the Carrigstown action on RTÉ Player. Fair City was also the second most watched programme among 15 – 34s (24%) after Operation Transformation.

• RTÉ One had 7 of the Top 10 most watched programmes on Irish television last night delivering a peak time share of 30% of all adults.

• The two most-watched programmes on Irish television last night were RTÉ’s news bulletins, with 574,700 and 572,200 tuning in to watch RTÉ One’s Six-One and Nine O’Clock news bulletins respectively.

• The return of Operation Transformation drew an average of 465,300 viewers (26.4% share) with 722,600 viewers tuning in over the course of the show. It was also the No.1 programme for 15 – 34s and for housekeepers. An additional 35,600 watched the first episode on RTÉ One+1, while 7,083 caught up on the first episode on RTÉ Player.

Top 10 Programmes Ireland, Wednesday 7^th January 2015.

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Date: Thursday 7^th January 2015

Source:TAM Ireland Ltd / Nielsen TAM / All figures based on Live + VOSDAL

Contact: Tara O’Brien, Communications Manager, RTÉ Television, 2082287 / 086354481

All figures quoted refer to the average viewership for Individuals 4+ / National / Live + VOSDAL

*The programme  average is the average minute audiences covered by the programme transmission.

**Reach: The net number of people who have seen at least a minute of more of an episode on RTE One and RTE One+1