BBC Radio 4 - 'Material World'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Material World": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 12 Jan 2012
  • Chart debut: #95 (25 Nov 2009)
  • Highest Position: #40 (09 Apr 2012)
  • Most recent chart position: #100 (11 Apr 2014)
  • Days on UK Podcasts Chart: 441

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Summary: Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Material World" (BBC Radio 4)

UK Podcasts chart performance history for Material World

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2009 Nov 25 Wed 95 new Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings
26 Thu 92 up
27 Fri 78 up
28 Sat 68 up
2009 Dec 6 Sun 65 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
7 Mon 85 down
14 Mon 99 re-entry Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings
15 Tue 89 up
16 Wed 80 up
17 Thu 72 up
18 Fri 78 down
19 Sat 89 down
28 Mon 98 re-entry
29 Tue 100 down
31 Thu 85 re-entry
2010 Jan 2 Sat 97 re-entry
4 Mon 95 re-entry
5 Tue 88 up
6 Wed 97 down
11 Mon 99 re-entry BBC Radio 2
Chris Evans Breakfast - The Best Bits
12 Tue 83 up Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle: Mock The Week Musings
13 Wed 83 no-move
14 Thu 96 down
15 Fri 79 up
16 Sat 82 down
17 Sun 94 down
18 Mon 97 down
19 Tue 89 up
20 Wed 81 up BBC Radio 4
A History of the World in 100 Objects
21 Thu 58 up
22 Fri 75 down
23 Sat 91 down
24 Sun 84 up
25 Mon 86 down
26 Tue 87 down
27 Wed 84 up
28 Thu 81 up Apple Inc.
Apple Keynotes
29 Fri 86 down
30 Sat 82 up BBC Radio 4
A History of the World in 100 Objects
2010 Feb 1 Mon 94 re-entry
2 Tue 83 up
4 Thu 93 re-entry
12 Fri 93 re-entry
21 Sun 96 re-entry
2010 Mar 18 Thu 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
19 Fri 73 up
20 Sat 87 down
24 Wed 86 re-entry
25 Thu 96 down
26 Fri 88 up
27 Sat 73 up
28 Sun 69 up
29 Mon 68 up
2010 Apr 1 Thu 84 re-entry The Stand Comedy Club
Live At The Stand Comedy Club
2 Fri 99 down
3 Sat 99 no-move
4 Sun 77 up
5 Mon 75 up
6 Tue 94 down BBC 6 Music
Adam Buxton
7 Wed 98 down
11 Sun 95 re-entry
12 Mon 69 up
13 Tue 88 down
14 Wed 95 down Mock The Weak : Knocker Productions
Mock The Weak Podcast
15 Thu 94 up
20 Tue 91 re-entry
24 Sat 74 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
25 Sun 84 down
26 Mon 98 down
30 Fri 77 re-entry
2010 May 1 Sat 93 down
7 Fri 96 re-entry
8 Sat 93 up
9 Sun 83 up
10 Mon 88 down
11 Tue 93 down
12 Wed 84 up Times Online
TheGame Podcast
13 Thu 67 up
14 Fri 78 down Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
21 Fri 78 re-entry ChannelFlip.com
David Mitchell's SoapBox
2010 Jun 9 Wed 90 re-entry Absolute Radio
Baddiel & Skinner's Absolute Radio Podcast
10 Thu 60 up
11 Fri 66 down
12 Sat 81 down
14 Mon 83 re-entry
15 Tue 74 up
16 Wed 57 up
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18 Fri 83 down
22 Tue 85 re-entry
28 Mon 97 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
2010 Jul 1 Thu 70 re-entry
2 Fri 99 down
3 Sat 80 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
4 Sun 72 up ITV Sport
ITV Tour de France Podcast
7 Wed 94 re-entry Summit Entertainment
The Twilight Saga
17 Sat 91 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
18 Sun 79 up
21 Wed 95 re-entry
22 Thu 97 down
23 Fri 59 up
24 Sat 80 down
26 Mon 98 re-entry
27 Tue 97 up
2010 Aug 8 Sun 81 re-entry
9 Mon 78 up
11 Wed 82 re-entry LiverpoolFC.tv
The Official Liverpool Football Club Podcast
12 Thu 86 down
17 Tue 82 re-entry guardian.co.uk
Football Weekly
2010 Sep 1 Wed 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
9 Thu 71 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
10 Fri 77 down
13 Mon 92 re-entry
14 Tue 100 down BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
15 Wed 98 up
16 Thu 85 up Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
17 Fri 88 down BBC Radio 1
Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced
18 Sat 99 down BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
22 Wed 100 re-entry
24 Fri 67 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
30 Thu 85 re-entry Karl, Ricky and Stephen
An Idiot Abroad - The Official Podcast from Sky1HD
2010 Oct 1 Fri 64 up
2 Sat 73 down
3 Sun 92 down
4 Mon 95 down
5 Tue 82 up
6 Wed 86 down
7 Thu 93 down
14 Thu 90 re-entry talkSPORT
The Russell Brand Radio Show
15 Fri 80 up Karl, Ricky and Stephen
An Idiot Abroad - The Official Podcast from Sky1HD
16 Sat 85 down talkSPORT
The Russell Brand Radio Show
17 Sun 90 down
18 Mon 88 up
19 Tue 100 down
20 Wed 86 up
24 Sun 77 re-entry
25 Mon 73 up
28 Thu 82 re-entry
30 Sat 97 re-entry
31 Sun 72 up
2010 Nov 5 Fri 100 re-entry
6 Sat 77 up
7 Sun 95 down
8 Mon 97 down
9 Tue 58 up
11 Thu 98 re-entry
12 Fri 60 up Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
13 Sat 59 up
14 Sun 59 no-move
15 Mon 59 no-move
16 Tue 99 down
19 Fri 82 re-entry
20 Sat 84 down
26 Fri 84 re-entry BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
The Ashes with Test Match Special
28 Sun 74 re-entry
30 Tue 92 re-entry
2010 Dec 2 Thu 84 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
3 Fri 65 up BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra
The Ashes with Test Match Special
4 Sat 94 down
5 Sun 71 up
6 Mon 73 down
10 Fri 79 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
11 Sat 61 up guardian.co.uk
Guardian short stories podcast
19 Sun 99 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
20 Mon 91 up
27 Mon 100 re-entry
28 Tue 65 up
29 Wed 67 down
30 Thu 87 down
31 Fri 93 down
2011 Jan 1 Sat 96 down
9 Sun 91 re-entry
10 Mon 96 down
11 Tue 77 up
12 Wed 99 down BBC Radio 4
Comedy of the Week
14 Fri 91 re-entry
15 Sat 66 up
16 Sun 97 down
17 Mon 90 up
18 Tue 76 up
19 Wed 98 down
20 Thu 89 up
28 Fri 77 re-entry
29 Sat 70 up Channel 4
10 O' Clock Live
2011 Feb 5 Sat 98 re-entry
12 Sat 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Comedy of the Week
13 Sun 94 up
14 Mon 96 down
15 Tue 98 down
16 Wed 75 up Channel 4
10 O' Clock Live
23 Wed 74 re-entry Channel 4
10 O’Clock Live
2011 Mar 6 Sun 99 re-entry
17 Thu 61 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
18 Fri 92 down
19 Sat 85 up
20 Sun 88 down BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
21 Mon 93 down Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
2011 Apr 2 Sat 98 re-entry BBC 6 Music
Adam and Joe
9 Sat 83 re-entry
14 Thu 77 re-entry
18 Mon 91 re-entry
19 Tue 89 up
21 Thu 78 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
23 Sat 99 re-entry
2011 May 7 Sat 96 re-entry
21 Sat 99 re-entry
24 Tue 99 re-entry BBC Radio 5 live
The Danny Baker Show
26 Thu 97 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
27 Fri 84 up
28 Sat 93 down
2011 Jun 3 Fri 93 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
9 Thu 90 re-entry Apple Inc.
Apple Keynotes
18 Sat 83 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
22 Wed 60 re-entry
25 Sat 65 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
26 Sun 63 up
27 Mon 80 down
28 Tue 85 down BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
29 Wed 99 down BBC Radio 4
Reith Lectures 2011
30 Thu 82 up
2011 Jul 1 Fri 74 up Rich Herring - Warming Up
Rich Herring - Warming Up
2 Sat 58 up ITV Sport
ITV Tour de France Podcast
3 Sun 63 down
4 Mon 97 down
5 Tue 75 up
8 Fri 89 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
9 Sat 47 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
10 Sun 89 down
11 Mon 68 up
12 Tue 89 down
14 Thu 54 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Torchwood: The Lost Files
16 Sat 78 re-entry
20 Wed 85 re-entry
26 Tue 100 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
27 Wed 76 up
28 Thu 82 down
29 Fri 76 up
30 Sat 64 up Comedy.co.uk
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
31 Sun 73 down
2011 Aug 1 Mon 80 down
2 Tue 80 no-move
4 Thu 94 re-entry
11 Thu 100 re-entry
12 Fri 80 up
13 Sat 95 down
16 Tue 98 re-entry
2011 Sep 6 Tue 93 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Comedy of the Week
6 Tue 86 up
7 Wed 97 down
7 Wed 97 no-move
12 Mon 94 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
14 Wed 99 re-entry
2011 Oct 14 Fri 91 re-entry
15 Sat 96 down
16 Sun 99 down
30 Sun 93 re-entry
2011 Nov 16 Wed 98 re-entry
21 Mon 70 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
23 Wed 99 re-entry
25 Fri 95 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Stephen Fry on the Phone
26 Sat 94 up
29 Tue 88 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2011 Dec 1 Thu 53 re-entry
2 Fri 80 down
3 Sat 79 up
13 Tue 85 re-entry
18 Sun 84 re-entry
19 Mon 91 down
24 Sat 72 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
25 Sun 93 down
26 Mon 90 up
2012 Jan 5 Thu 90 re-entry
11 Wed 93 re-entry
12 Thu 84 up
13 Fri 83 up
14 Sat 83 no-move
22 Sun 96 re-entry
23 Mon 91 up
2012 Feb 1 Wed 100 re-entry
2 Thu 55 up
3 Fri 52 up
4 Sat 57 down
5 Sun 67 down
6 Mon 70 down
12 Sun 88 re-entry
13 Mon 74 up
17 Fri 96 re-entry iTunes
Episode of the Week
18 Sat 81 up
19 Sun 85 down
23 Thu 89 re-entry Iain Lee
The Iain Lee pocket Radio Show
28 Tue 83 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2012 Mar 2 Fri 96 re-entry James Allen
James Allen on F1
3 Sat 84 up BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
4 Sun 82 up
9 Fri 98 re-entry Empire
The Empire Podcast
13 Tue 90 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
14 Wed 90 no-move
17 Sat 80 re-entry BBC Radio 2
Simon Mayo's Confessions
18 Sun 78 up
19 Mon 72 up
20 Tue 85 down
22 Thu 96 re-entry
23 Fri 74 up
27 Tue 63 re-entry
28 Wed 74 down David Guetta
David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat, The Movie
29 Thu 87 down
30 Fri 71 up
31 Sat 66 up
2012 Apr 1 Sun 89 down
2 Mon 91 down
6 Fri 66 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
7 Sat 66 no-move
8 Sun 90 down
9 Mon 40 up
12 Thu 99 re-entry
13 Fri 54 up
14 Sat 89 down
15 Sun 86 up
16 Mon 90 down
17 Tue 78 up BBC Radio 4
Shakespeare’s Restless World
19 Thu 83 re-entry
26 Thu 88 re-entry
2012 May 5 Sat 96 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
6 Sun 99 down
12 Sat 100 re-entry
2012 Jun 21 Thu 76 re-entry BBC Radio 4
James Joyce’s Ulysses
2012 Jul 2 Mon 97 re-entry ITV Sport
ITV Tour de France Podcast
8 Sun 58 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
9 Mon 94 down
10 Tue 72 up
11 Wed 71 up
12 Thu 81 down
13 Fri 82 down
15 Sun 88 re-entry
16 Mon 95 down
26 Thu 82 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2012 Aug 2 Thu 64 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
3 Fri 95 down Comedy.co.uk
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast
17 Fri 70 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
23 Thu 59 re-entry
24 Fri 80 down
26 Sun 94 re-entry
31 Fri 54 re-entry
2012 Sep 1 Sat 84 down
2 Sun 57 up
3 Mon 87 down
4 Tue 77 up BBC Radio 1
Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced
7 Fri 100 re-entry Miles Jacobson
The Football Manager Podcast
8 Sat 100 no-move BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
10 Mon 88 re-entry Ricky Gervais
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
12 Wed 63 re-entry BBC Radio 1
Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced
13 Thu 60 up Apple Inc.
Apple Keynotes
14 Fri 99 down BBC Radio 1
Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced
16 Sun 98 re-entry
17 Mon 80 up
20 Thu 67 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
21 Fri 93 down
23 Sun 73 re-entry
27 Thu 67 re-entry
2012 Oct 10 Wed 98 re-entry
19 Fri 67 re-entry
21 Sun 94 re-entry
22 Mon 83 up
24 Wed 79 up
28 Sun 73 re-entry
2012 Nov 4 Sun 93 re-entry Universal Pictures
Despicable Me 2
7 Wed 73 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
8 Thu 59 up
9 Fri 68 down
10 Sat 61 up
11 Sun 97 down
16 Fri 98 re-entry
20 Tue 64 re-entry BBC 6 Music
Adam and Edith
22 Thu 83 re-entry BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
26 Mon 97 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
29 Thu 72 re-entry
30 Fri 60 up
2012 Dec 1 Sat 62 down
7 Fri 67 re-entry
21 Fri 88 re-entry
22 Sat 78 up
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2013 Jan 3 Thu 96 re-entry
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11 Fri 40 up
29 Tue 91 re-entry
2013 Feb 1 Fri 66 re-entry
2 Sat 88 down
8 Fri 59 re-entry
9 Sat 99 down
12 Tue 85 re-entry
13 Wed 70 up Unknown
Bombcast - Giant Bomb's Gaming Podcast
16 Sat 97 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
17 Sun 94 up
20 Wed 79 re-entry Comedy.co.uk
Richard Herring: Talking Co*k
23 Sat 91 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
26 Tue 86 re-entry
2013 Mar 3 Sun 63 re-entry
4 Mon 71 down
5 Tue 82 down
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6 Wed 80 up
15 Fri 68 re-entry
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2013 Apr 6 Sat 92 re-entry
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2013 May 8 Wed 78 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Tweet of the Day
9 Thu 69 up
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
11 Sat 88 no-move
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29 Wed 97 re-entry
30 Thu 62 up Rooster Teeth Staff
The Patch
2013 Jun 3 Mon 83 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
6 Thu 83 re-entry Comedy.co.uk
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
7 Fri 84 down
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2013 Jul 25 Thu 74 re-entry BBC Radio 4
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
26 Fri 88 down
2013 Dec 19 Thu 98 re-entry
2014 Apr 11 Fri 100 re-entry

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