The Sun recorded an impressive 10.2% increase in its web traffic in March, equating to an extra 208,000 visitors a day.

While its weekly following isn’t significant it has continually proved rigid enough to overthrow the lacklustre competition.

Monday night saw seriously muddled and highly dangerous copper Marcella (9pm) stagger confusedly back onto the nation’s screens, with the third episode securing the 9pm – 10pm slot for ITV.

After last week’s sword swallowing madness saw Britain’s Got Talent net the weekend’s biggest audience, the second episode managed to improved on that.

Thursday night brought some prime time victory to the screens of BBC One with a combination of a accustomed cooking competition and an educational magazine show stealing the biggest audience share.

Manchester’s dynamic duo returned to ITV’s screens last night with 9pm bringing a brand new series of crime drama Scott & Bailey, albeit in a much shorter form.

A fresh week of prime time TV kicked off last night with a fairly sobering batch of programming, ranging from hard-hitting dramas to a number of truly difficult to watch exposés.

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This weekend’s television line-up threw up a plethora of sporting action, as well as the return of a perennially popular Saturday night favourite.

Thursday night saw the sixth episode of urine-downing adventure show Bear Grylls: Mission Survive bring the second series to an end, with some good and bad news for its hard-working presenter.