The Affair - 'Episode 1'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Episode 1": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 12 Oct 2014
  • Chart debut: #21 (17 Aug 2015)
  • Highest Position: #2 (21 Aug 2015)
  • Most recent chart position: #74 (04 Mar 2023)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 406

'Episode 1' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada and Australia.

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Episode 1: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 17 Aug 2015 to 09 Jan 2016.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Episode 1" (The Affair)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Episode 1

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2015 Aug 17 Mon 21 new I Am Cait
The Road Trip – Part 2
18 Tue 6 up Made In Chelsea
Episode 2
19 Wed 5 up Ex On The Beach
302
20 Thu 3 up
21 Fri 2 up
22 Sat 2 no-move
23 Sun 2 no-move Suits
Denial
24 Mon 3 down I Am Cait
Family Interference
25 Tue 5 down Suits
No Refills
26 Wed 7 down Ex On The Beach
303
27 Thu 8 down
28 Fri 9 down
29 Sat 10 down Suits
No Refills
30 Sun 7 up
31 Mon 5 up I Am Cait
Take Pride
2015 Sep 1 Tue 6 down Suits
No Puedo Hacerlo
2 Wed 9 down Ex On The Beach
304
3 Thu 9 no-move
4 Fri 11 down
5 Sat 8 up
6 Sun 9 down Suits
No Puedo Hacerlo
7 Mon 9 no-move I Am Cait
The Dating Game
8 Tue 9 no-move Suits
Toe to Toe
9 Wed 11 down Ex On The Beach
305
10 Thu 25 down
11 Fri 47 down
12 Sat 13 up
13 Sun 10 up
14 Mon 15 down
15 Tue 37 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 6
16 Wed 33 up Ex On The Beach
306
17 Thu 41 down
18 Fri 50 down
19 Sat 49 up
20 Sun 30 up South Park
Stunning and Brave
21 Mon 23 up Downton Abbey
Episode One
22 Tue 58 down
23 Wed 52 up Ex On The Beach
307
24 Thu 41 up
28 Mon 51 re-entry Downton Abbey
Episode Two
29 Tue 53 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
It Feels Good to be Home
30 Wed 46 up Ex On The Beach
308
2015 Oct 2 Fri 95 re-entry
3 Sat 57 up
4 Sun 24 up Downton Abbey
Episode Two
5 Mon 28 down Downton Abbey
Episode Three
6 Tue 36 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Vanity Unfair
7 Wed 40 down
8 Thu 57 down Ex On The Beach
309
9 Fri 89 down
10 Sat 51 up The Affair
Episode 1
11 Sun 55 down
12 Mon 61 down
13 Tue 29 up
14 Wed 49 down Ex On The Beach
310
15 Thu 59 down
16 Fri 39 up
17 Sat 55 down Homeland
Seperation Anxiety
18 Sun 34 up
19 Mon 43 down Homeland
The Tradition of Hospitality
20 Tue 45 down
21 Wed 37 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1101
22 Thu 49 down
23 Fri 43 up
24 Sat 53 down
25 Sun 27 up Homeland
The Tradition of Hospitality
26 Mon 30 down Homeland
Super Powers
27 Tue 36 down The Walking Dead
Thank You
28 Wed 49 down Geordie Shore, Season 11
1102
29 Thu 26 up
30 Fri 18 up
31 Sat 18 no-move
2015 Nov 1 Sun 18 no-move
2 Mon 34 down Homeland
Why Is This Night Different?
3 Tue 21 up The Walking Dead
Here's Not Here
4 Wed 16 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1103
5 Thu 8 up
6 Fri 11 down
7 Sat 9 up
8 Sun 8 up Homeland
Why Is This Night Different?
9 Mon 12 down Downton Abbey
Episode Eight
10 Tue 16 down The Walking Dead
Now
11 Wed 22 down Geordie Shore, Season 11
1104
12 Thu 29 down
13 Fri 27 up
14 Sat 33 down
15 Sun 24 up Homeland
Separation Anxiety
16 Mon 21 up Homeland
Parabiosis
17 Tue 34 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
That Was Then This Is Now
18 Wed 34 no-move Geordie Shore, Season 11
1105
19 Thu 37 down
20 Fri 34 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
That Was Then This Is Now
21 Sat 46 down
22 Sun 42 up
23 Mon 34 up Homeland
Oriole
24 Tue 63 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Price You Pay
25 Wed 41 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1106
26 Thu 75 down
27 Fri 71 up
29 Sun 43 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Price You Pay
30 Mon 46 down Homeland
All About Allison
2015 Dec 1 Tue 47 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Rites of Passage
2 Wed 57 down Geordie Shore, Season 11
1107
3 Thu 85 down
4 Fri 68 up
5 Sat 68 no-move Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Rites of Passage
6 Sun 48 up
7 Mon 51 down Homeland
The Litvinov Ruse
8 Tue 88 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
All Grown Up
9 Wed 75 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1108
10 Thu 43 up
11 Fri 39 up
12 Sat 29 up
13 Sun 27 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
All Grown Up
14 Mon 28 down Homeland
New Normal
15 Tue 41 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Lions and Tigers and Texts
16 Wed 26 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1109
17 Thu 55 down
18 Fri 34 up
19 Sat 44 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Lions and Tigers and Texts
20 Sun 73 down
21 Mon 62 up Homeland
Our Man in Damascus
22 Tue 29 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Non-Bon Voyage
23 Wed 27 up Geordie Shore, Season 11
1110
24 Thu 15 up
25 Fri 23 down
26 Sat 16 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Non-Bon Voyage
27 Sun 18 down
28 Mon 13 up Homeland
A False Glimmer
29 Tue 7 up
30 Wed 17 down
31 Thu 9 up
2016 Jan 1 Fri 10 down
2 Sat 9 up
3 Sun 7 up
4 Mon 5 up
5 Tue 9 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Return From Paradise
6 Wed 26 down
7 Thu 41 down
8 Fri 34 up
9 Sat 20 up
10 Sun 25 down
11 Mon 29 down
12 Tue 13 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Big Launch
13 Wed 23 down
14 Thu 12 up
15 Fri 11 up
16 Sat 12 down
17 Sun 8 up
18 Mon 13 down
19 Tue 16 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fear of the Unknown
20 Wed 25 down Ex On The Beach
401
21 Thu 34 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fear of the Unknown
22 Fri 50 down
23 Sat 59 down
24 Sun 46 up
25 Mon 74 down
26 Tue 46 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Miscommunication
27 Wed 64 down Ex On The Beach
402
28 Thu 73 down
29 Fri 86 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Miscommunication
30 Sat 56 up
31 Sun 42 up
2016 Feb 1 Mon 38 up
2 Tue 48 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Great Kris
3 Wed 75 down Ex On The Beach
403
5 Fri 84 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Great Kris
6 Sat 41 up
7 Sun 36 up
8 Mon 63 down War and Peace
Episode 6
9 Tue 87 down The X-Files
My Struggle
10 Wed 97 down Ex On The Beach
404
17 Wed 82 re-entry Ex On The Beach
405
23 Tue 17 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Unforeseen Future
24 Wed 9 up Ex On The Beach
406
25 Thu 7 up
26 Fri 7 no-move Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Unforeseen Future
27 Sat 8 down The Affair
Episode 1
28 Sun 6 up
29 Mon 7 down The Night Manager
Episode 2
2016 Mar 1 Tue 8 down The Walking Dead
Knots Untie
2 Wed 10 down Ex On The Beach
407
3 Thu 15 down
4 Fri 18 down
5 Sat 11 up
6 Sun 10 up The Affair
Episode 1
7 Mon 12 down The Night Manager
Episode 3
8 Tue 18 down The Walking Dead
Not Tomorrow Yet
9 Wed 19 down Ex On The Beach
408
10 Thu 17 up
11 Fri 15 up
12 Sat 11 up The Walking Dead
Not Tomorrow Yet
13 Sun 12 down The Affair
Episode 1
14 Mon 16 down The Night Manager
Episode 4
15 Tue 14 up The Walking Dead
The Same Boat
16 Wed 16 down Geordie Shore
1201
17 Thu 19 down
18 Fri 34 down
19 Sat 18 up
20 Sun 14 up
21 Mon 18 down The Night Manager
Episode 5
22 Tue 23 down The Walking Dead
Twice As Far
23 Wed 29 down Geordie Shore
1202
24 Thu 24 up
25 Fri 27 down The Affair
Episode 1
26 Sat 44 down
27 Sun 36 up
28 Mon 52 down
29 Tue 42 up
30 Wed 73 down Geordie Shore
1203
31 Thu 47 up The Affair
Episode 1
2016 Apr 1 Fri 37 up
2 Sat 27 up
3 Sun 29 down
4 Mon 33 down
5 Tue 58 down The Walking Dead
Last Day On Earth
6 Wed 40 up Geordie Shore
1204
7 Thu 51 down
8 Fri 41 up
9 Sat 44 down The Affair
Episode 1
10 Sun 62 down
11 Mon 76 down
13 Wed 80 re-entry Geordie Shore
1205
14 Thu 56 up
15 Fri 37 up
16 Sat 42 down
17 Sun 29 up The Affair
Episode 1
18 Mon 38 down
19 Tue 54 down Made In Chelsea
Episode 2
20 Wed 65 down Geordie Shore
1206
21 Thu 62 up
22 Fri 84 down
23 Sat 63 up
24 Sun 69 down
25 Mon 83 down The Affair
Episode 1
27 Wed 66 re-entry Geordie Shore
1207
28 Thu 43 up
29 Fri 67 down
30 Sat 55 up The Affair
Episode 1
2016 May 1 Sun 55 no-move
2 Mon 78 down
3 Tue 93 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Out with the Old, In with the New
6 Fri 78 re-entry Geordie Shore
1208
11 Wed 71 re-entry Geordie Shore
101
14 Sat 74 re-entry
15 Sun 96 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
A New York Family Affair
20 Fri 83 re-entry Geordie Shore
102
23 Mon 79 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Significant Others and Significant Brothers
2016 Jul 24 Sun 98 re-entry Suits
To Trouble
2016 Aug 25 Thu 73 re-entry Ex On The Beach
Episode 2
2016 Oct 8 Sat 75 re-entry The Fall
Episode 2
31 Mon 98 re-entry The Walking Dead
The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be
2016 Nov 2 Wed 70 re-entry Geordie Shore
Episode 2
3 Thu 50 up
4 Fri 80 down The Walking Dead
The Well
7 Mon 83 re-entry Planet Earth
Islands
22 Tue 76 re-entry The Walking Dead
Go Getters
23 Wed 85 down Geordie Shore
Episode 5
2016 Dec 5 Mon 78 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
27 Tue 61 re-entry Westworld
Pilot
29 Thu 46 re-entry Geordie Shore
Episode 10
30 Fri 31 up
31 Sat 49 down Westworld
Pilot
2017 Jan 1 Sun 48 up
2 Mon 40 up Sherlock
The Six Thatchers
3 Tue 33 up
4 Wed 64 down
8 Sun 96 re-entry
11 Wed 61 re-entry Taboo
Episode One
12 Thu 64 down
15 Sun 84 re-entry
16 Mon 97 down Sherlock
The Final Problem
27 Fri 99 re-entry Homeland
Fair Game
28 Sat 61 up Homeland
The Man in the Basement
29 Sun 79 down
2017 Mar 31 Fri 13 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Aftermath
2017 Apr 1 Sat 4 up
2 Sun 2 up
3 Mon 8 down Homeland
The Flag House
4 Tue 14 down The Walking Dead
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
5 Wed 17 down Geordie Shore
Episode 2
6 Thu 12 up
7 Fri 13 down
8 Sat 12 up The Good Fight
Inauguration
9 Sun 12 no-move
10 Mon 12 no-move Homeland
R for Romeo
11 Tue 15 down Broadchurch
Episode 7
12 Wed 13 up Geordie Shore
Episode 3
13 Thu 14 down
14 Fri 13 up
15 Sat 11 up The Good Fight
The Schtup List
16 Sun 14 down Broadchurch
Episode 7
17 Mon 14 no-move Homeland
America First
18 Tue 24 down Broadchurch
Episode 8
19 Wed 27 down Geordie Shore
Episode 4
20 Thu 29 down
21 Fri 34 down
22 Sat 42 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
When It Rains, It Pours Pt. 2
23 Sun 69 down
24 Mon 68 up Line of Duty
Episode 5
25 Tue 94 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Ex Files
27 Thu 70 re-entry Big Little Lies
Somebody's Dead
28 Fri 85 down
29 Sat 59 up
30 Sun 39 up
2017 May 1 Mon 70 down The Affair
Episode 1
2 Tue 78 down
4 Thu 90 re-entry Geordie Shore
Episode 6
5 Fri 49 up
9 Tue 46 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Family Trippin', Pt.1
10 Wed 68 down Geordie Shore
Episode 7
11 Thu 38 up
12 Fri 60 down
13 Sat 67 down Big Little Lies
Somebody's Dead
15 Mon 76 re-entry
16 Tue 60 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Family Trippin', Pt. 2
18 Thu 47 re-entry Geordie Shore
Episode 8
19 Fri 49 down
20 Sat 80 down Big Little Lies
Somebody's Dead
22 Mon 52 re-entry
23 Tue 43 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Classic Cars and Vintage Eggs
24 Wed 42 up Geordie Shore
Episode 9
25 Thu 36 up
26 Fri 85 down
28 Sun 82 re-entry Big Little Lies
Somebody's Dead
29 Mon 77 up
2017 Jun 1 Thu 73 re-entry Geordie Shore
Episode 10
2018 Jan 26 Fri 97 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
2018 Jun 24 Sun 68 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
June
25 Mon 76 down
27 Wed 65 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
First Blood
2018 Jul 4 Wed 80 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
After
6 Fri 94 re-entry
2018 Aug 7 Tue 93 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Photo Shoot Dispute
9 Thu 74 re-entry
15 Wed 50 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Art of the Prank
2018 Nov 29 Thu 64 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Vegas, Baby!
2018 Dec 27 Thu 32 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
28 Fri 14 up
29 Sat 26 down
30 Sun 22 up
31 Mon 12 up
2019 Jan 1 Tue 14 down
4 Fri 85 re-entry Luther
Episode 1
5 Sat 95 down Luther
Episode 4
6 Sun 54 up
8 Tue 79 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
9 Wed 48 up
19 Sat 68 re-entry Cleaning Up
Episode 2
2019 Mar 10 Sun 88 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
2019 Aug 4 Sun 92 re-entry Big Little Lies
What Have They Done?
2019 Sep 6 Fri 48 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
7 Sat 59 down
8 Sun 32 up
9 Mon 54 down Peaky Blinders
The Loop
2019 Nov 19 Tue 50 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Hard Candy
20 Wed 25 up
21 Thu 14 up
22 Fri 8 up
23 Sat 15 down The Affair
Episode 1
24 Sun 8 up Rick and Morty
Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat
25 Mon 7 up His Dark Materials
Armour
26 Tue 10 down The Walking Dead
The World Before
27 Wed 9 up
28 Thu 4 up The Affair
Episode 1
29 Fri 13 down
30 Sat 13 no-move
2019 Dec 1 Sun 8 up
2 Mon 9 down His Dark Materials
The Lost Boy
3 Tue 19 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Gifted
4 Wed 18 up
5 Thu 37 down
6 Fri 18 up
7 Sat 28 down
8 Sun 46 down Rick and Morty
One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty
9 Mon 18 up His Dark Materials
The Daemon-Cages
10 Tue 18 no-move Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Show Must Go On
11 Wed 31 down
12 Thu 29 up
13 Fri 54 down
15 Sun 35 re-entry
16 Mon 48 down His Dark Materials
The Fight to the Death
17 Tue 48 no-move Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Cattle Drive Me Crazy
18 Wed 59 down
19 Thu 43 up
20 Fri 19 up Watchmen (2019)
It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice
21 Sat 25 down
22 Sun 27 down
23 Mon 49 down His Dark Materials
Betrayal
26 Thu 49 re-entry Gavin and Stacey
A Special Christmas
28 Sat 63 re-entry
2020 Jan 1 Wed 67 re-entry
14 Tue 77 re-entry Vera
Blood Will Tell
15 Wed 93 down Succession
Celebration
2020 Feb 2 Sun 87 re-entry
2020 Mar 8 Sun 65 re-entry The Sinner
Part V
13 Fri 66 re-entry The Outsider
Fish in a Barrell
2020 Apr 16 Thu 89 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
20 Mon 62 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
In the Blink of an Eye
2020 Jul 29 Wed 93 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
2021 Jan 24 Sun 87 re-entry The Affair
Episode 1
2021 Jul 29 Thu 44 re-entry Rick and Morty
Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular
2021 Oct 4 Mon 66 re-entry The White Lotus: Miniseries
Arrivals
2021 Dec 11 Sat 51 re-entry Star Trek: Discovery
All Is Possible
2023 Mar 4 Sat 74 no-move The Affair
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Episode Synopsis: Episode 1

welcome to the end of the world noah solloway has escaped the city with his family to his in-laws' estate in eastern long island he's joined by his loving wife helen and their four precocious children at the same time...

...montauk waitress alison struggles with her husband cole lockhart to move past a recent tragedy in a chance encounter noah and alison meet and connect but in this bucolic beach town it's impossible to avoid someone you yearn to see again

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