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I've had a lot of enquiries about this, so rather than send the details to each of you I thought I'd summarise them here. One useful resource is BARB, Broadcasting Audience Research Board. There are headline figures available on their website, but apparently more detailed information can be obtained via the BFI library. Their records only go back as far as 1981, however. For older programmes a good source is The BBC Daily Viewing Barometer - available at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham. For more specific information about the viewing figures for Abigail's Party, Lez Cooke very helpfully pointed me towards the new edition of his excellent book 'British TV Drama: A History', which contains a footnote on exactly this topic. Hope this is helpful. With all best wishes Ruth -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------