TV3 achieves its highest rating of the series for The Great Irish Bake Off final.

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Sharon McHugh
TV3 PRESS OFFICE
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sharon.mchugh@tv3.ie
publicity@tv3.ie

Ciara Byrne
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ciara.byrne@tv3.ie

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IMMEDIATE: Friday 8th November 2013

 

 TV3 achieves its highest rating of the series for

The Great Irish Bake Off final.

 

The final episode of TV3’s hit show The Great Irish Bake Off reached a ratings high of 240,000.

 

TV3 has today released its figures for last night’s The Great Irish Bake Off final, revealing that this was the highest rating episode of the series. An average of 240,000 people watched Stephen Chisholm win the final, peaking at 352,000.

 

The BBC worldwide format, produced by Sideline for TV3, has been a resounding success, averaging 208, 000 viewers each week with last night’s final reaching a new high.

 

Last night’s final took a 16.7% share of Adults 15+, a 20.5% share of Adults 15-34 and a 27.6% share of Housekeepers with Kids. Over the course of its eight week run over 1.9m people have tuned in to watch The Great Irish Bake Off.

 

Speaking about success of The Great Irish Bake Off, TV3 Group Director of Content, Jeff Ford said:

 

“We were delighted to see The Great Irish Bake Off final reaching 240,000 last night. It’s a great programme and has done really well in ratings throughout the series. It’s been a huge success for us and I’m looking forward to the second series already.”

 

TV3 has already confirmed a second series and called for new contestants to apply yesterday. Interested applicants can log onto www.tv3.ie/bakeoff and click the APPLY NOW button to complete the short application process.

 

 

ENDS

 

For further information
Ciara Byrne

Press Officer

00353 1 419 3329

00353 87 319 9732

 

Sharon McHugh
Head of Press & Publicity

00353 1 419 3430
00353 87 922 4143

publicity@tv3.ie                        
www.tv3.ie

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