BARB

Barb

BARB is an acronym for Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.
Barb monitors what the British people watch so they know what the most popular program was of the week/month

From this chart we can see that the final episode of the Great British Bake Off is the highest viewed programme this week

From this chart for BBC 1 in the last week of September The GBBO was again the highest viewed show.

The main people who are watching this programme are people who have an interest in baking.

Out of the top 15 films in the UK this weekend only 4 of them have UK links. 
these are no.2 Legend. No.3 Everest . No.5 Macbeth. No.8 Miss You Already.