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Yet the New Year's Day 2006 episode of The Mystery of the Blue Train attracted a high 30 percent audience rating ( 7. 4 million viewers ), and the show's enduring popularity was shown once again in August 2008, when a repeat received 3. 2 million viewers and a 16 percent of the viewing population.

The 2008 series drew a 23. 5 percent share of the viewing population, although only reaching 9. 8 percent of the viewers between the ages of 16 – 34.

The total figures were up on its previous slot average of 4. 5 million viewers.