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Top 10 telemovies shown on television, 2004–2009

Five-city metro average: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

Programs listed here include overseas as well as Australian titles, where relevant. Australian programs highlighted and in bold.

Archived  lists of the top five Australian telemovies each year are available under Australian content.

2009

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 The 39 Steps ABC1 1,147 7.9
2 A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne 10 1,058 7.3
3 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple ABC1 1,041 7.1
4 3 Acts of Murder ABC1 963 6.6
5 Da Kath and Kim Code (repeat) 7 941 6.5
6 My House In Umbria ABC1 941 6.5
7 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple (repeat) ABC1 872 6.0
8 Ballet Shoes ABC1 822 5.6
9 The Last Templar 7 792 5.4
10 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story ABC1 790 5.4

Source: OzTAM; compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2009.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
ABC's main channel was renamed ABC1 in February 2008.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2008

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Nemesis ABC1 1,186 8.3
2 Scorched 9 1,119 7.9
3 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – At Bertram’s Hotel ABC1 1,077 7.6
4 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Towards Zero ABC1 1,068 7.5
5 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Ordeal By Innocence ABC1 1,049 7.4
6 Valentine’s Day ABC1 1,037 7.3
7 The Commander ABC1 944 6.6
8 Persuasion ABC1 939 6.6
9 A Most Mysterious Murder ABC1 935 6.6
10 Northanger Abbey ABC1 931 6.5

Source: OzTAM; compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2008.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
ABC's main channel was renamed ABC1 in February 2008.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2007

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Da Kath & Kim Code 7 1,265 9.0
2 Curtin ABC 1,189 8.5
3 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – The Moving Finger ABC 1,088 7.7
4 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – The Sittaford Mystery ABC 1,076 7.7
5 Murder in the Outback 10 1,067 7.6
6 Housewife 49 ABC 1,027 7.3
7 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Sleeping Murder ABC 992 7.1
8 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – By the Pricking of My Thumbs ABC 981 7.0
9 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (repeat) ABC 942 6.7
10 My Family and Other Animals ABC 863 6.1

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2007.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2006

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 The Society Murders 10 1,407 10.1
2 Da Kath & Kim Code ABC 1,315 9.4
3 High School Musical 7 1,230 8.8
4 Blackjack V: Dead Memory 10 946 6.8
5 Small Claims – The Reunion 10 938 6.7
6 Blackjack IV: Ace Point Game 10 850 6.1
7 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story 9 794 5.7
8 Pollyanna 7 770 5.5
9 Blackjack VII: At the Gates 10 743 5.3
10 High School Musical – Sing-a-Long! 7 730 5.2

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2006.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2005

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating1
1 Da Kath & Kim Code ABC 2,101 15.2
2 Little Oberon 9 1,541 11.2
3 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking ABC 1,244 9.0
4 Absolutely Fabulous Christmas Special 2004 ABC 937 6.8
5 A Touch of Frost – A Near Death Experience 7 919 6.7
6 A Touch of Frost – Held in Trust 7 917 6.6
7 Reversible Errors 9 865 6.3
8 Elvis: The Early Years 10 852 6.2
9 A Touch of Frost – Not with Kindness 7 850 6.2
10 A Touch of Frost – Care and Protection 7 838 6.1

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2005.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001. See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.
1. Rating is equal to TARP (Target Audience Rating Point).

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2004

Rank Title Network Total people (‘000) Rating
1 The Alice 9 1,801 13.2
2 The Murray Whelan Series – Stiff 7 1,333 9.8
3 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 7 1,188 8.7
4 Small Claims (Part 1) 10 1,183 8.7
5 Go Big 10 1,141 8.4
6 A Touch of Frost – Dancing in the Dark 7 1,129 8.3
7 Big Reef 9 1,123 8.2
8 Blackjack II 10 1,101 8.1
9 Cadet Kelly 7 1,024 7.5
10 Code 11-14 7 1,007 7.4

Source: OzTAM; compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
All people, five-city metro average, 1 January to 31 December 2004.
Ranked by rating. Programs with the same rating are ranked by unrounded total number of people viewing, if known.
Although not identified as such, the screening listed may be a repeat screening of the program. Repeats are indicated when known.
Any comparison of ratings data should take into account that different methodology was used to compile top-program lists before January 2005 and that a different audience measurement system applied before January 2001.
See About the data for more information, including definitions of terms.

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