British TV Ratings of the 1960s part 2

Here's the second 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 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Steptoe and Son	BBC	9.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.0
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.8
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.1
5	Take your Pick	ITV	8.0
6	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	8.0
7	Armchair Theatre	ITV	7.9
8	Dick Powell Theatre	BBC	7.6
9	Double Your Money	ITV	7.4
10	It's Dark Outside	ITV	7.0

February 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Steptoe and Son	BBC	9.7
2	Liberal Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	9.3
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.8
4	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
5	Dick Powell Theatre	BBC	8.3
6	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.9
7	Crane	ITV	7.8
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.8
9	Double Your Money	ITV	7.5
10	The Avengers	ITV	7.5

March 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.0
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.1
4	Crane	ITV	7.3
5	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.3
6	Double Your Money	ITV	7.1
7	Sportsview	BBC	7.0
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
9	The Villians	ITV	6.5
10	Thank Your Lucky Stars	ITV	6.5

April 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	9.6
2	Conservative Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	9.0
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
4	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
5	Ready, Steady Go-Mod Ball	ITV	7.9
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.8
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.2
8	Double Your Money	ITV	6.6
9	The Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	6.5
10	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.5

May 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Conservative Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	9.1
2	Labour Party Broadcast	BBC/ITV	9.0
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.1
5	Coronation Street	ITV	8.0
6	Around The Beatles	ITV	7.6
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.3
8	Double Your Money	ITV	6.9
9	Love Story	ITV	6.6
10	A Fear of Strangers	ITV	6.4

June 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.0
4	Double Your Money	ITV	6.8
5	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.8
6	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.5
7	Thank Your Lucky Stars	ITV	6.3
8	Play of the Week	ITV	6.1
9	Love Story	ITV	6.1
10	This Week	ITV	6.0

July 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Room at the Top	ITV	8.3
2	Coronation Street	ITV	6.5
3	Sunday Mystery Theatre	ITV	6.5
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.9
5	The Villians	ITV	5.9
6	Opportunity Knocks	ITV	5.6
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.5
8	Blackpool Night Out	ITV	5.5
9	Don't Say A Word	ITV	5.3
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.2

August 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	6.5
2	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.1
3	Armchair Mystery Theatre	ITV	5.9
4	The Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	5.8
5	Love Story	ITV	5.5
6	The Celebrity Game	ITV	5.5
7	Blackpool Night Out	ITV	5.5
8	Opportunity Knocks	ITV	5.4
9	The Larkins	ITV	5.4
10	Room Down Under	ITV	5.1

September 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.8
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.8
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.4
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.0
7	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.9
8	Love Story	ITV	6.8
9	Drama '64	ITV	6.8
10	Double Your Money	ITV	6.7

October 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
3	No Hiding place	ITV	8.2
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.5
5	Double Your Money	ITV	7.2
6	They Sold A Million	ITV	6.8
7	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.6
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
10	Cinema	ITV	6.4

November 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.3
3	The Royal Variety Show	BBC	8.3
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.9
5	Crane	ITV	7.6
6	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	6.7
7	Play of the Week	ITV	6.7
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.7
9	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.7
10	Dave's Kingdom	ITV	6.4

December 1964

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.2
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.2
3	Armchair Theatre	ITV	8.2
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.1
5	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.5
6	Crane	ITV	7.4
7	Double Your Money	ITV	7.3
8	The Villians	ITV	7.1
9	The Plane Makers	ITV	6.9
10	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.9

January 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.2
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.1
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.1
4	Crane	ITV	7.8
5	Double Your Money	ITV	7.8
6	It's Tarbuck	ITV	7.2
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.0
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.9
9	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	6.6
10	Perry Mason	BBC	6.6

February 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.2
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.2
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.4
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.3
5	Double Your Money	ITV	8.0
6	The Villains	ITV	7.2
7	This Week	ITV	7.2
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
9	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	7.0
10	Stars and Garters	ITV	6.9

March 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	9.4
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.4
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.4
5	Double Your Money	ITV	8.2
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.0
8	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	6.9
9	Stars and Garters	ITV	6.8
10	The Worker	ITV	6.6

April 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.5
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.2
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.8
5	This Week	ITV	7.6
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
7	Stars and Garters	ITV	6.5
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
9	It's Dark Outside	ITV	6.5
10	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.5

May 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.8
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.8
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.5
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.7
6	The Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.6
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.4
8	Six Shades of Black	ITV	6.3
9	Our Man at Saint Mark's	ITV	6.3
10	This week	ITV	6.2

June 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	7.8
2	Take Your Pick	ITV	6.5
3	Double Your Money	ITV	6.4
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	6.4
5	Coronation Street	ITV	6.3
6	The Man In Room 17	ITV	6.2
7	Cinema	ITV	6.2
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.0
9	This Week	ITV	5.8
10	No Hiding Place	ITV	5.7

July 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.1
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	7.4
4	Blackpool Night Out	ITV	6.5
5	Our Man at Saint Mark's	ITV	6.4
6	Pardon the Expression	ITV	6.1
7	Front Page Story	ITV	5.9
8	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	5.6
9	This Week	ITV	5.6
10	All our Yesterdays	ITV	5.5

August 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Riviera Police	ITV	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.8
3	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
4	Our Man at Saint Mark's	ITV	6.4
5	Blackpool Night Out	ITV	5.9
6	Cinema	ITV	5.7
7	Play of the Week	ITV	5.5
8	Love Story	ITV	5.5
9	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	5.4
10	World In Action	ITV	5.3

September 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	9.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
3	Riviera Police	ITV	8.4
4	This Week	ITV	7.7
5	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
6	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	7.2
7	The Dickie Henderson Show	ITV	6.8
8	Blackmail	ITV	6.7
9	Sing a Song of Sixpence	ITV	6.6
10	Cinema	ITV	6.5

October 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Riviera Police	ITV	8.0
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.8
4	Love Story	ITV	7.7
5	Double Your Money	ITV	7.0
6	Cliff Richard and the Shadows	ITV	6.8
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.5
8	Blackmail	ITV	6.5
9	The Big Valley	ITV	6.5
10	Cinema	ITV	6.3

November 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
2	Double Your Money	ITV	8.0
3	Steptoe and Son	BBC	7.8
4	Love Story	ITV	7.7
5	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.3
6	University Challenge	ITV	6.4
7	Emergency Ward 10	ITV	6.3
8	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	6.2
9	The Man Who Never Was	ITV	6.1
10	The Avengers	ITV	6.1

December 1965

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.5
2	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.4
3	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.3
4	Love Story	ITV	8.1
5	Double Your Money	ITV	8.1
6	Hello Dolly	ITV	8.1
7	The Avengers	ITV	7.3
8	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
9	All Our Yesterdays	ITV	6.8
10	University Challenge	ITV	6.7

January 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.6
2	Double Your Money	ITV	8.5
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.4
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.0
5	Coronation Street	ITV	7.8
6	The Liars	ITV	7.3
7	Cinema	ITV	7.3
8	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.1
9	The Power Game	ITV	7.0
10	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.0

February 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
2	Double Your Money	ITV	8.6
3	Coronation Street	ITV	8.5
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.5
5	The Avengers	ITV	8.4
6	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.8
7	Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	7.8
8	The Power Game	ITV	7.6
9	The Rat Catchers	ITV	7.5
10	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.4

March 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
2	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.6
3	Double Your Money	ITV	8.5
4	Coronation Street	ITV	8.5
5	The Avengers	ITV	8.4
6	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.8
7	Morecambe and Wise Show	ITV	7.8
8	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	7.6
9	The Liars	ITV	7.5
10	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.4

April 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Mrs Thursday	ITV	8.9
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.3
3	Double Your Money	ITV	8.2
4	Coronation Street	ITV	7.7
5	Cinema	ITV	7.7
6	The Man in Room 17	ITV	7.3
7	Weavers Green	ITV	6.9
8	The Des O'Connor Show	ITV	6.8
9	Pardon the Expression	ITV	6.7
10	Emergency Ward Ten	ITV	6.5

May 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.5
2	No Hiding Place	ITV	8.2
3	Mrs Thursday	ITV	8.0
4	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
5	Double Your Money	ITV	6.8
6	Football	BBC	6.8
7	It's Tarbuck	ITV	6.6
8	Play of the Week	ITV	6.6
9	Checkmate	ITV	6.5
10	The Man in Room 17	ITV	6.4

June 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Mrs Thursday	ITV	7.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.3
3	Coronation Street	ITV	7.0
4	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	7.0
5	Pardon the Expression	ITV	6.7
6	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.7
7	Cinema	ITV	6.6
8	The Man in Room 17	ITV	6.4
9	Seven Deadly Sins	ITV	6.2
10	Double Your Money	ITV	6.2

1966 World Cup Final
The 1966 World Cup Final does not appear in the July ratings as one might expect. An estimated 30 million people watched this transmission in the UK alone with the BBC claiming an audience of 26 million. However, the research organisation at this time, TAM (Television Audience Measurement) claimed that the programme only reached number 13 in their chart because they only metered homes with a choice of channels, which means that in places where ITV was still not available, viewing households were not taken into consideration. It wasn't until August 1977 that figures were counted in actual viewer numbers rather than households and it wasn't until 1980 that disputes of this nature became a thing of the past.

July 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	The Blackpool Show	ITV	7.7
2	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
3	Cilla at the Savoy	ITV	6.9
4	No Hiding Place	ITV	6.8
5	Our Man at Saint Mark's	ITV	6.6
6	Cinema	ITV	6.2
7	Love Story	ITV	6.1
8	The Dickie Valentine Show	ITV	6.1
9	Coronation Street	ITV	6.0
10	You Can't Win	ITV	5.7

August 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	The Informer	ITV	7.0
2	Coronation Street	ITV	6.9
3	Play of the Week	ITV	5.9
4	The Blackpool Show	ITV	5.8
5	Professional Boxing	ITV	5.8
6	This Week	ITV	5.7
7	Love Story	ITV	5.6
8	You Can't Win	ITV	5.5
9	The Dickie Valentine Show	ITV	5.5
10	Cinema	ITV	5.5

September 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Heavyweight Boxing	BBC	8.1
2	Coronation Street	ITV	7.6
3	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
4	The Bruce Forsyth Show	ITV	7.3
5	The Informer	ITV	7.1
6	Cinema	ITV	6.9
7	Our Man at Saint Mark's	ITV	6.7
8	Till Death Us Do Part	BBC	6.6
9	This Week	ITV	6.0
10	University Challenge	ITV	5.9

October 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.6
2	Sunday Night London Palladium	ITV	8.5
3	Double Your Money	ITV	8.2
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.7
5	Coronation Street	ITV	7.4
6	Hippodrome	ITV	7.1
7	The Love Affair	ITV	6.6
8	University Challenge	ITV	6.6
9	Blackmail	ITV	6.6
10	This Week	ITV	6.3

November 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Secombe and Friends	ITV	9.4
2	Coronation Street	ITV	8.9
3	Double Your Money	ITV	8.8
4	Take Your Pick	ITV	7.7
5	Cinema	ITV	7.7
6	Blackmail	ITV	7.3
7	Coronation Street	ITV	7.1
8	University Challenge	ITV	7.1
9	Hippodrome	ITV	6.9
10	The Des O'Connor Show	ITV	6.8

December 1966

Pos	Show	Ch.	Mil.
1	Coronation Street	ITV	8.7
2	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ITV	8.7
3	Take Your Pick	ITV	8.6
4	Double Your Money	ITV	7.6
5	The Morecambe and WiseShow	ITV	7.2
6	Blackmail	ITV	7.2
7	Coronation Street	ITV	7.1
8	University Challenge	ITV	7.0
9	The Val Doonican Show	BBC	6.3
10	Cinema	ITV	6.1