The week at a glance

Totals across every analysed broadcast this week.

Biggest story

Total solar eclipse to be visible across Europe and Arctic

5h 25m 19s of coverage

Broadcasts analysed

88

Topics covered

173

Busiest day

Wednesday 12 August 2026

8h 41m 54s of topic coverage

The week’s superlatives

Deterministic awards computed from the week’s coverage — every claim carries its receipt.

Most divergent channel

BBC Two

Its agenda overlapped least with the other channels — only BBC Two put Nightlife and High Street among its top stories.

Closest channel pair

BBC One & ITV

They ran the week’s closest agendas (83% similar), both leading with Solar Eclipse and Heatwave.

Biggest blind spot

BBC Two on “Heatwave”

BBC Two never covered “Heatwave” all week — 149 min across 7 channels.

Most contested quote

Channel 4

“After days of mounting criticism over its failure to take meaningful action, Israel's army says it's now clearing the settlers. But these were soldiers earlier this week praying alongside them”

Vanished fastest

A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year

Peaked at 45 min on Thursday 13 August 2026, then never mentioned again that week.