British TV Ratings of the 1960s

TOP TEN TV SHOWS MONTH BY MONTH - 1960 to 1969 (Part 1 1960 - 1963)

Here's the first part of a list of the top ten Britsh TV shows on a month-by-month basis from 1960 to 1969

The top ten was based on how many homes were actually viewing the listed programmes. It wasn't until August 1977 that the figure shown was for individual viewers.
Sources: Television Audience Measurement (TAM) 1955 - 1968
Audits of Great Britain (AGB) 1968 - 1981

January 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Wagon Train	ITV	5.9
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	5.7
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.6
4	Army Game	ITV	5.6
5	Concentration	ITV	5.5
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.5
7	Lord Saville's Crime	ITV	5.2
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.2
9	The Signal	ITV	5.1
10	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.1

February 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.1
2	Wagon Train	ITV	7.0
3	Night Panic	ITV	6.5
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.1
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1
6	Army Game	ITV	5.8
7	Knight Errant	ITV	5.4
8	Rawhide	ITV	5.3
9	Concentration	ITV	5.3
10	Probation Officer	ITV	5.2

March 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Wagon Train	ITV	6.9
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.9
3	The Larkins	ITV	6.8
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.6
5	China Doll	ITV	6.5
6	Football	ITV	5.9
7	Living for Kicks	ITV	5.9
8	Breakaway	ITV	5.8
9	Rawhide	ITV	5.6
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.5

April 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	The Budget	BBC/ITV	7.6
2	Wagon Train	ITV	7.1
3	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.0
4	The Budget Reply	ITV	7.0
5	The Leather Jungle	ITV	6.6
6	Arthur Haynes Show	ITV	6.3
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.2
8	Rawhide	ITV	6.0
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.7
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.7

May 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Wagon Train	ITV	6.9
2	The Innocent	ITV	6.4
3	Probation Officer	ITV	6.3
4	Liberal Party	BBC/ITV	6.1
5	The Green Pack	ITV	5.9
6	Arthur's Treasured Volumes	ITV	5.8
7	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	5.8
8	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.6
9	Double Your Money	ITV	5.4
10	Rawhide	ITV	5.3

June 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.7
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.5
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.8
4	Army Game	BBC/ITV	5.3
5	An Arabian Night	ITV	5.1
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.0
7	Wagon Train	ITV	4.9
8	Spot the Tune	ITV	4.9
9	Rawhide	ITV	4.6
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	4.5

July 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Rawhide	ITV	6.1
2	After the Party	ITV	5.7
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.4
4	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.3
5	Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show	ITV	5.1
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.0
7	Tess	ITV	4.9
8	Tribute to Mr. Bevan	ITV	4.9
9	Deadline Midnight	ITV	4.6
10	Maverick	ITV	4.5

August 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Rawhide	ITV	6.1
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.7
3	Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show	ITV	5.4
4	The Mirror Maze	ITV	5.3
5	False Witness	ITV	5.1
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.0
7	Mess Mates	ITV	4.9
8	The Variety Show	ITV	4.9
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	4.6
10	Ladies of the Corridor	ITV	4.5

September 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Rawhide	ITV	6.5
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.1
3	The Harsh World	ITV	5.8
4	The Larkins	ITV	5.5
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.4
6	Mess Mates	ITV	5.4
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.3
8	Sparrow, Sparrow	ITV	5.0
9	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	5.0
10	77 Sunset Strip	ITV	4.6

October 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.8
2	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.6
3	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.6
4	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.3
5	Arthur Haynes Show	ITV	6.2
6	Thunder on the Snowy	ITV	6.2
7	Double Your Money	ITV	6.1
8	The Larkins	ITV	6.1
9	The Circus Comes to Town	ITV	6.0
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.9

November 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	7.1
2	The Cake Baker	ITV	6.8
3	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.8
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.6
5	Double Your Money	ITV	6.6
6	Independent Man	ITV	6.4
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
8	The Four Dutchmen	ITV	6.2
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1
10	Knight Errant	ITV	6.1

December 1960

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	The Cupboard	ITV	7.7
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.4
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.2
4	The Accomplices	ITV	7.2
5	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.3
6	The Army Game	ITV	6.3
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.2
8	The Arthur Haynes Show	ITV	6.1
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.9
10	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	5.8

January 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Russ Conway Show	ITV	6.8
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.6
3	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
4	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.5
5	Romantic Young Lady	ITV	6.5
6	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.4
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.3
8	The Army Game	ITV	6.3
9	Armchair Theatre	ITV	6.3
10	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.0

February 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.3
2	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.9
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.8
4	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.7
5	The Army Game	ITV	6.5
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
7	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.4
8	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.2
9	Double Your Money	ITV	6.2
10	Armchair Theastre	ITV	6.1

March 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.4
2	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.7
3	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.6
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.6
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.0
8	Armchair Theatre	ITV	6.0
9	Coronation Street	ITV	5.8
10	Hell Hath No Fury	ITV	5.8

April 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.2
2	Conservative Party	BBC/ITV	6.7
3	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.2
5	The Army Game	ITV	6.2
6	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.1
7	Coronation Street	ITV	6.1
8	Play of the Week	ITV	6.0
9	Armchair Theatre	ITV	5.9
10	Drama '61	ITV	5.8

May 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.1
2	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	7.0
3	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.9
4	Conservative Party	BBC/ITV	6.5
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.3
6	Coronation Street	ITV	6.3
7	Tales of Mystery	ITV	6.2
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1
9	Arthur Haynes Show	ITV	6.1
10	The Army Game	ITV	6.0

June 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.4
2	Boyd Q.C.	ITV	6.2
3	President Kennedy	ITV	6.2
4	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.2
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1
6	Probation Officer	ITV	5.9
7	Coronation Street	ITV	5.8
8	Startime	ITV	5.8
9	The Army Game	ITV	5.7
10	Three Live Wires	ITV	5.7

July 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Harpers West One	ITV	5.9
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.7
3	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.6
4	Coronation Street	ITV	5.4
5	Coronation Street	ITV	5.4
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.4
7	Bernard Delfont's Show	ITV	5.3
8	Play of the Week	ITV	5.1
9	Three Live Wires	ITV	5.0
10	Television Playhouse	ITV	5.0

August 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Harpers West One	ITV	5.7
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.7
3	Coronation Street	ITV	5.4
4	Boyd Q.C.	ITV	5.4
5	Abracadabra	ITV	5.0
6	Coronation Street	ITV	4.9
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	4.8
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	4.7
9	Three Live Wires	ITV	4.6
10	Bernard Delfont's Show	ITV	4.6

September 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	6.5
3	Coronation Street	ITV	6.0
4	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.9
5	Harpers West One	ITV	5.9
6	Three Live Wires	ITV	5.6
7	Top Secret	ITV	5.6
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.5
9	Echo Four Two	ITV	5.5
10	Armchair Theatre	ITV	5.5

October 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.1
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.1
3	Coronation Street	ITV	6.7
4	Echo Four Two	ITV	6.7
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
7	Probation Officer	ITV	6.2
8	Double Your Money	ITV	6.2
9	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.7
10	Top Secret	ITV	5.6

November 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Royal Variety Show	ITV	8.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.2
3	Coronation Street	ITV	7.0
4	Top Secret	ITV	6.9
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.8
6	Crime Sheet	ITV	6.6
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
8	Double your Money	ITV	6.4
9	Miss World	BBC	5.9
10	Charlie Drake	ITV	5.8

December 1961

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.3
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.3
3	Coronation Street	ITV	6.2
4	Double Your Money	ITV	5.9
5	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	5.8
6	Dr Kildare	BBC	5.4
7	Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	5.4
8	One Step Beyond	ITV	5.3
9	Here's Harry	BBC	5.2
10	Drama '61	ITV	5.2

January 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.6
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.4
3	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
4	Double your Money	ITV	6.1
5	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	5.9
6	One Step Beyond	ITV	5.7
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.7
8	Drama '62	ITV	5.7
9	Dr Kildare	BBC	5.4
10	Love In Another Land	ITV	5.3

February 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.6
3	One Step Beyond	ITV	6.7
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.4
5	Double Your Money	ITV	6.1
6	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	5.9
7	Rawhide	ITV	5.8
8	Sykes and a...	BBC	5.7
9	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	5.7
10	Bronco	BBC	5.5

March 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.9
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.3
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.0
5	Rawhide	ITV	5.7
6	Take A Letter	ITV	5.7
7	Double Your Money	ITV	5.7
8	Some Talk of Alexander	ITV	5.6
9	Laramie	BBC	5.6
10	Sykes and a...	BBC	5.3

April 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.0
3	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.7
4	The European Cup	ITV	7.3
5	Playdate	ITV	6.3
6	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.0
7	Rawhide	ITV	5.8
8	Double Your Money	ITV	5.7
9	Laramie	BBC	5.6
10	Take A Letter	ITV	5.5

May 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.7
3	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	7.3
4	Conservative Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	7.2
5	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.3
6	Top Secret	ITV	6.2
7	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.1
8	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.9
9	Armchair Theatre	ITV	5.9
10	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	5.6

June 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
3	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	5.9
4	The Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	5.4
5	Play of the Week	ITV	5.3
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.1
7	Top Secret	ITV	5.1
8	Probation Officer	ITV	4.4
9	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	4.4
10	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	4.3

July 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.0
3	Tales of Mystery	ITV	6.0
4	My Three Angels	ITV	5.7
5	Top Secret	ITV	5.3
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	4.9
7	Probation Officer	ITV	4.7
8	This Week	ITV	4.7
9	Bernard Delfont's Show	ITV	4.7
10	The Hard Knock	ITV	4.7

August 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	6.4
2	Bernard Delfont's Show	ITV	5.6
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.3
4	Drama '62	ITV	5.3
5	Coronation Street	ITV	5.1
6	This Week	ITV	5.1
7	Play of the Week	ITV	5.0
8	Tales of Mystery	ITV	4.9
9	Probation Officer	ITV	4.7
10	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	4.6

September 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.6
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.2
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.1
4	Bernard Delfont's Show	ITV	7.1
5	Play of the Week	ITV	6.4
6	Drama '62	ITV	6.4
7	The Verdict is Yours	ITV	5.1
8	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	5.1
9	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	4.9
10	Take a Letter	ITV	4.7

October 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
3	Armchair Theatre	ITV	6.3
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.1
5	Maigret	BBC	6.0
6	Double Your Money	ITV	6.0
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.0
8	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	6.0
9	Take Your Pick	ITV	5.6
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.5

November 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	8.2
3	Miss World	BBC	7.5
4	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
5	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.7
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.4
7	Double Your Money	ITV	6.4
8	Thank You and Good Night	ITV	6.4
9	The Bob Hope Show	ITV	6.3
10	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.2

December 1962

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
3	Double Your Money	ITV	6.8
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.8
5	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.7
6	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	6.7
7	A Letter From the General	ITV	6.6
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
9	Joker	ITV	6.4
10	Bootsie and Snudge	ITV	6.2

January 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.8
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.5
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.0
5	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	6.8
6	Steptoe and Son	BBC	6.7
7	Double Your Money	ITV	6.7
8	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	6.5
9	Bronco	BBC	6.5
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1

February 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Share
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.8
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
3	Steptoe and Son	BBC	8.5
4	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	7.6
5	Laughter USA	BBC	7.5
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.4
7	Play of the Week	ITV	7.1
8	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.1
9	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	6.9
10	Wagon Train	ITV	6.6

March 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
3	Liberal Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	8.3
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.3
5	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	7.1
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.8
7	Lord's, Ladies and Gentlemen	ITV	6.5
8	Double Your Money	ITV	6.4
9	Sykes and a...	BBC	6.4
10	Professional Boxing	ITV	6.3

April 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	The Budget	BBC/ITV	9.5
2	Budget Response	BBC/ITV	8.9
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
4	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
5	The Odd Man	ITV	7.0
6	Sykes and a...	BBC	6.9
7	Take your Pick	ITV	6.9
8	Play of the Week	ITV	6.8
9	The Harry Secombe Show	ITV	6.8
10	Drama '63	ITV	6.7

May 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	8.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
3	Coronation Street	ITV	7.7
4	The Odd Man	ITV	7.6
5	Jungle Juice	ITV	6.7
6	Take your Pick	ITV	6.6
7	Emergency-Ward 10	ITV	6.3
8	Jane Eyre	BBC	6.3
9	The Harry Secombe Show	ITV	6.2
10	Double Stakes	ITV	6.1

June 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.3
2	Playhouse	ITV	5.7
3	Coronation Street	ITV	5.5
4	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.2
5	Pope John XXIII	ITV	5.1
6	Monkey and the Mohawk	ITV	5.1
7	This Week	ITV	5.0
8	Double Your Money	ITV	5.0
9	Val Parnell's Sunday Show	ITV	5.0
10	Crane	ITV	4.8

July 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
3	Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	6.9
4	Summer Spectacular	ITV	5.9
5	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.8
6	Armchair Theatre	ITV	5.8
7	Thank Your Lucky Stars	ITV	5.7
8	Sergeant Cork	ITV	5.6
9	Steptoe and Son	BBC	5.3
10	University Challenge	ITV	5.2

August 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.1
2	This Week	ITV	5.8
3	The Odd Man	ITV	5.7
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.5
5	Television Playhouse	ITV	5.2
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.0
7	Thank Your Lucky Stars	ITV	5.0
8	Take a Letter	ITV	5.0
9	Coronation Street	ITV	4.9
10	Don't Say a Word	ITV	4.7

September 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.2
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.6
3	Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	6.8
4	Love Story	ITV	6.7
5	The Odd Man	ITV	6.3
6	Stars and Garters	ITV	6.2
7	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.1
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.9
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.7
10	University Challenge	ITV	5.3

October 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
3	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.9
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.2
5	Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	7.0
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.0
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.0
8	Armchair Theatre	ITV	7.0
9	Double Your Money	ITV	6.8
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5

November 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Royal Variety Show	ITV	10.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.1
3	Coronation Street	ITV	9.0
4	Miss World	BBC	8.2
5	The Max Bygraves Show	ITV	8.2
6	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.8
7	The Larkins	ITV	7.4
8	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.3
9	London Wall	ITV	7.2
10	Double Your Money	ITV	6.9

December 1963

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.9
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
3	Drama '63	ITV	8.2
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	8.0
5	Take your Pick	ITV	7.8
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.6
7	Juke Box Jury	BBC	7.5
8	Double Your Money	ITV	7.3
9	Stars and Garters	ITV	7.2
10	It's The Beatles	BBC	6.9