I have to say I thought Bruces hall of fame was a great show. Call me an old fart but I thought that was a proper bit of saturday night telly, great stuff.
Culshaw is very good with his impression but the problem was they were always tring to make him up to look like the celebs and it never worked. Doing a straight piece to camera like Yarwood did would be fine but could you get a show out of that?
The scripting on these impression shows were always the issue, it's one thing doing the impression, but then they have to script some daft scenario for the impression to be done in, and they were always a bit rubbish. You can't just walk on and do the impression.
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I wonder how Live at the Apollo will do tonight, will it do as poorly as normal, or will the festive season cause it to rate much better?
Nice choices. I agree with most of them, especially the one quoted. I think ITV will struggle without Dancing on Ice in Q1. They had no choice but to axe it, but as low-rating as it was in its last years there's little I believe will do better for them next year, apart from maybe Stars in Their Eyes which is more of a replacement for Splash anyway.
I thought it was more Torvill and Dean wanted out and without them there was no show.
Very strange programme on BBC1 at the moment. Half an hour of outtakes from Not Going Out.
Normally these outtakes would appear as a DVD extra or as part of a general outtakes show, not in a show of its own, and it's odd out of all the shows it is NGO that has got this treatment.
Knowing how ratings work these days, I bet the outtakes get higher ratings than half the episodes!
Very strange programme on BBC1 at the moment. Half an hour of outtakes from Not Going Out.
Normally these outtakes would appear as a DVD extra or as part of a general outtakes show, not in a show of its own, and it's odd out of all the shows it is NGO that has got this treatment.
Knowing how ratings work these days, I bet the outtakes get higher ratings than half the episodes!
You said it Andy. I just switched off the regular episode as I only wanted to watch the outtakes.
Very strange programme on BBC1 at the moment. Half an hour of outtakes from Not Going Out.
Normally these outtakes would appear as a DVD extra or as part of a general outtakes show, not in a show of its own, and it's odd out of all the shows it is NGO that has got this treatment.
Knowing how ratings work these days, I bet the outtakes get higher ratings than half the episodes!
I am sure we have seen outtakes from other shows before now but I cant honestly remember.
Watching the Darcy Oake show on ITV and he has a lot of potential to build a series out of this- Maybe not in this format, but he's charismatic and a very accomplished magician so it would be a shame to waste him (Now watch this tank like the other BGT specials)
I agree, I thought it was pretty good. A pity one of his tricks wasn't to make Christine Bleakley disappear though!
I was quite impressed though. I suspect it will have done very badly though. It's had no promotion at all from what I can see and was on too late for what it was. A pity as there's potential there.
The scripting on these impression shows were always the issue, it's one thing doing the impression, but then they have to script some daft scenario for the impression to be done in, and they were always a bit rubbish. You can't just walk on and do the impression.
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I wonder how Live at the Apollo will do tonight, will it do as poorly as normal, or will the festive season cause it to rate much better?
Dead Ringers on radio and TV gets it right just by spoofing the programmes themselves. Same with Spitting Image although that was more satire than merely impressions. French and Saunders and Lenny Henry used to mix original sketches with their impressions of celebrities and that seemed to be the right balance.
It'll be interesting what new shows will be successful in 2015. I think BBC Two has a hit on their hands with Wolf Hall although I've yet to see any promos yet but I imagine they'll be coming soon,
Going into Christmas Day I thought that BBC1 schedule was decent but viewers didn't bother and even less bothered with ITV. Nobody saw that coming.
I'd go as far to say the excuse of 'watching via tablets ect' is exactly that an excuse, we'll all know soap fans with catchup services will watch their shows again and again and while I don't doubt there are folk who do watch shows for the first time via mobile, tablet ect it's not in any great numbers.
I believe it's fair to say a lot of people now have no interest in being a slave to tv, it's quite telling when the soaps in general are now getting a third of what they did 15/20 years ago, a lot of folk have broken the habit.
And last nights lineup from all sides was nothing short of a disgrace, no way should that vile Forsyth thing ever had an airing, I hope it's ratings reflect what a steaming pile of excrement it was.
@TVRatingsUK: The #TopGear Patagonia special won its slot with 4.70m/20.7%. Against it, #BrucesHallOfFame on BBC1 drew 3.85m/17.0%.
A little lower for Top Gear than I thought that it would get. I guess the one everyone is going to watch is tonight.
Last night we watched the absolutely wonderful Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot. If that doesn't get some good ratings for BBC One - then ...... well ...... there is not much hope left.
We will watch both of the Top Gear episodes tonight.
A little lower for Top Gear than I thought that it would get. I guess the one everyone is going to watch is tonight.
Last night we watched the absolutely wonderful Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot. If that doesn't get some good ratings for BBC One - then ...... well ...... there is not much hope left.
We will watch both of the Top Gear episodes tonight.
You watched Esio Trot? Did you have a preview copy?
Top Gear did well considering the promotion was rubbish.
A little lower for Top Gear than I thought that it would get. I guess the one everyone is going to watch is tonight.
Last night we watched the absolutely wonderful Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot. If that doesn't get some good ratings for BBC One - then ...... well ...... there is not much hope left.
We will watch both of the Top Gear episodes tonight.
So jealous! I'm taking you had preview copies of it? It looks absolutely wonderful and I can't wait to see it.
You watched Esio Trot? Did you have a preview copy?
Top Gear did well considering the promotion was rubbish.
Yes it was a preview
I don't understand the BBC at times with their promos. They just seem to lack any sense of planning and thought. With Eastenders they threw together some very good promos but just for online viewing. People need to see them on TV at the junctions of some of their most popular programming.
An utterly predictable flop for Brucie. As I predicted a month ago.
Very strong for MBB. Wonder how many people saw it before xmas day in their guides and planned to watch last night instead? Note that all timeshift of the Xmas day showing after 1010 last night will now get added to this 4.45m, stupidly, so the Saturday repeat could end up with 6.5m+ in the inaccurate and credibility lacking BARB officials.
Ok for TG in the circumstances of botched scheduling and botched promotion.
So Brucie flops in what was apparently a very well produced and entertaining show as did Sunday night at the Palladium. I fear we are not going to see many more attempts at this kind of thing now.
We keep being told people want something different but whenever its tried it flops along with all the other so called 'unimaginitive' programming.
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I was sure there was going to be another series of TIS but it never showed up.
The scripting on these impression shows were always the issue, it's one thing doing the impression, but then they have to script some daft scenario for the impression to be done in, and they were always a bit rubbish. You can't just walk on and do the impression.
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I wonder how Live at the Apollo will do tonight, will it do as poorly as normal, or will the festive season cause it to rate much better?
I thought it was more Torvill and Dean wanted out and without them there was no show.
Normally these outtakes would appear as a DVD extra or as part of a general outtakes show, not in a show of its own, and it's odd out of all the shows it is NGO that has got this treatment.
Knowing how ratings work these days, I bet the outtakes get higher ratings than half the episodes!
You said it Andy. I just switched off the regular episode as I only wanted to watch the outtakes.
I am sure we have seen outtakes from other shows before now but I cant honestly remember.
That's what was said, but I think it was more of a mutual decision to be honest. It can't have been a cheap show to make for ITV.
I agree, I thought it was pretty good. A pity one of his tricks wasn't to make Christine Bleakley disappear though!
I was quite impressed though. I suspect it will have done very badly though. It's had no promotion at all from what I can see and was on too late for what it was. A pity as there's potential there.
Dead Ringers on radio and TV gets it right just by spoofing the programmes themselves. Same with Spitting Image although that was more satire than merely impressions. French and Saunders and Lenny Henry used to mix original sketches with their impressions of celebrities and that seemed to be the right balance.
It'll be interesting what new shows will be successful in 2015. I think BBC Two has a hit on their hands with Wolf Hall although I've yet to see any promos yet but I imagine they'll be coming soon,
I'd go as far to say the excuse of 'watching via tablets ect' is exactly that an excuse, we'll all know soap fans with catchup services will watch their shows again and again and while I don't doubt there are folk who do watch shows for the first time via mobile, tablet ect it's not in any great numbers.
I believe it's fair to say a lot of people now have no interest in being a slave to tv, it's quite telling when the soaps in general are now getting a third of what they did 15/20 years ago, a lot of folk have broken the habit.
And last nights lineup from all sides was nothing short of a disgrace, no way should that vile Forsyth thing ever had an airing, I hope it's ratings reflect what a steaming pile of excrement it was.
Major Corrie spoiler:
My Family used to show out-takes at the end; in MBBs of course they leave the out-takes in:D
@TVRatingsUK: The #TopGear Patagonia special won its slot with 4.70m/20.7%. Against it, #BrucesHallOfFame on BBC1 drew 3.85m/17.0%.
16:40 - FILM: Kung Fu Panda 2: 2.83m (17.0%)
18:00 - BBC News: 4.98m (26.2%)
18:10 - BBC Regional News: 5.56m (28.8%)
18:20 - Celebrity Mastermind: 4.19m (21.3%)
18:50 - Pointless Celebrities: 5.04m (24.1%)
19:40 - Lottery: 4.00m (19.2%)
20:30 - Bruce's Hall of Fame: 3.85m (17.0%)
21:40 - Mrs Brown's Boys: 4.45m (21.5%)
22:15 - BBC News: 4.35m (22.6%)
22:35 - Live at the Apollo: 2.48m (15.1%)
23:05 - Not Going Outtakes: 2.04m (16.2%)
A little lower for Top Gear than I thought that it would get. I guess the one everyone is going to watch is tonight.
Last night we watched the absolutely wonderful Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot. If that doesn't get some good ratings for BBC One - then ...... well ...... there is not much hope left.
We will watch both of the Top Gear episodes tonight.
@TVRatingsUK: A repeat of the #MrsBrownsBoys Christmas special averaged 4.45m/21.5%. 7.6m had already watched on Christmas Day.
You watched Esio Trot? Did you have a preview copy?
Top Gear did well considering the promotion was rubbish.
So jealous! I'm taking you had preview copies of it? It looks absolutely wonderful and I can't wait to see it.
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Yes it was a preview
I don't understand the BBC at times with their promos. They just seem to lack any sense of planning and thought. With Eastenders they threw together some very good promos but just for online viewing. People need to see them on TV at the junctions of some of their most popular programming.
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Very strong for MBB. Wonder how many people saw it before xmas day in their guides and planned to watch last night instead? Note that all timeshift of the Xmas day showing after 1010 last night will now get added to this 4.45m, stupidly, so the Saturday repeat could end up with 6.5m+ in the inaccurate and credibility lacking BARB officials.
Ok for TG in the circumstances of botched scheduling and botched promotion.
We keep being told people want something different but whenever its tried it flops along with all the other so called 'unimaginitive' programming.