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Old 11-06-2004, 12:22
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Eastenders Wedding rings alarm bells for BBC.
Sonia and Martin's big day only brought 9.6 million (53.5%) to BBC1 at 19.30 last night (10 June).

Only just got this news so more when I get it.
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Old 11-06-2004, 12:29
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53% share is their normall share, so whats your point?
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Old 11-06-2004, 12:38
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I don't need ratings to tell me it was cr*p, I watched it so I know for sure
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Old 11-06-2004, 12:43
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Originally Posted by garymonc
53% share is their normall share, so whats your point?
Bad day ?
If it was a special day, they should have had a bigger audience share
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Old 11-06-2004, 12:45
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Its Easties own fault they should know I play footie on a Thursday and kept the wedding for a Friday ....
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Old 11-06-2004, 13:01
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Originally Posted by KidA
Eastenders Wedding rings alarm bells for BBC.
Sonia and Martin's big day only brought 9.6 million (53.5%) to BBC1 at 19.30 last night (10 June).

Only just got this news so more when I get it.

Probably due to the unseasonal hot weather
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Old 11-06-2004, 14:10
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Originally Posted by alan45
Probably due to the unseasonal hot weather
It was because there was nobody there !!
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Old 11-06-2004, 15:17
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ee usually gets 51-54% aud-share for the weeknight episodes, so nothing is wrong with a 53% share!
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Old 11-06-2004, 16:50
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Originally Posted by garymonc
ee usually gets 51-54% aud-share for the weeknight episodes, so nothing is wrong with a 53% share!
Yes but I am sure Soap Weddings pull in more viewers than usual e.g Steve and Karen. It is supposed to be an "occasion".
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Old 11-06-2004, 16:53
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I was going to watch it but I had a temperature and fell asleep so I didn't get the chance to turn it to BBC1 (before I fell asleep)

Obviously the reason why the ratings dropped.
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Old 11-06-2004, 17:04
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53% is good and by the time the omnibus figures are added in, I doubt that's down on normal. People are determined to turn anything into headlines!
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Old 11-06-2004, 17:46
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Originally Posted by Phil2003
53% is good and by the time the omnibus figures are added in, I doubt that's down on normal. People are determined to turn anything into headlines!
To be fair, it's Broadcast magazine's spin on the ratings being quoted here. But the bloke/bird who analyses the overnights on their website is a bit clueless. In terms of audience share, the rating for last night's ep was perfectly reasonable. I think it was a knee-jerk reaction to it pulling in less than 10 million.
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Old 11-06-2004, 18:09
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Originally Posted by Lippincote
I don't need ratings to tell me it was cr*p, I watched it so I know for sure
Good post. I echo your sentiments.

When this storyline was first announced it was billed as being an audience puller. Therefore it should have gained a larger percentage of the viewers than normal.

It truly was dire and a big disappointment.
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Old 11-06-2004, 18:11
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It wasn't a big wedding really was it !
And bomb? maybe a water bomb, that seems normal really.

Oh and I liked what they did with the fading in the wedding sort of bit.
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Old 11-06-2004, 22:48
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Well I'm not particularly shocked about the low audience

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Old 12-06-2004, 11:56
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Last Night's episode was fairly average, but as usual it was the same old crap with the Ferrira's money plight and Pauline Fowler moaning that Martin should stick with her. For heaven's sake the lad is 18 years old, an Adult! Couldn't have Dirty Den bumped off Pauline when he had the chance.

The return of Billy and Robbie is very very desperate for the show, and yet even more cringe-worthy acting from Chirstopher Parker. Can't someone hire a hitman and kill him!

Very rubbish all around, and if this is the future for the show, it won't be seeing its 21st birthday.
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Old 12-06-2004, 13:19
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9.6 million is rather poor for a soap wedding. Weddings usually bring in more viewers. If you look on the BARB website it wasn't long ago that an average episode of Eastenders was getting 15m viewers!

Infact, I just checked the ratings for this week in 2001 - BBC1's top programme was Eastenders and it had 16.67m viewers. They've lost over 6 million is 3 years. Funnily enough, the same week Brookside was Channel 4's top rated show and also beat Big Brother - now, as we all know its gone. Shows you how quickly the mighty can fall.

Somthing needs to be done about EE, but by the sounds of things the BBC are happy with Louise Berridge and co's destruction of the soap.
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Old 12-06-2004, 14:48
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Wow, 6 million in 3 years! Thats really shocking. I know part of it is due to more people having access to more channels, but if you have a good programme it shouldn't matter how many channels there is, people will still watch it if it is good!
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Old 12-06-2004, 18:23
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I watched this right up until Nana Moon's wedding - then finally had the courage to give up!
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Old 12-06-2004, 18:27
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The whole Sonia and Martin wedding storyline was ruined for me due to the amount of screen time given to Dot and Pauline's moaning. The storyline was so dull.
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Old 12-06-2004, 18:55
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Brookside died primarily from a campaign of hate led by Channel 4 itself. In that respect I can't see EastEnders dying a death anytime soon: the BBC WANT it to survive.

However Brookside did also suffer from interference and pressure from Channel 4 to become more youth-oreinted and sensational. In a way by supporting the present creative team at EastEnders, the BBC are doing the same damage C4 did to Brookside. The difference being that the BBC is trying to support the show, C4 was trying to kill Brookside. That is what will ultimately save EastEnders- when the backlash becomes large enough, I believe the BBC will replace the creative team. C4 was never going to act to save Brookside.

I still think the BBC should have picked-up Brookside and teamed it with EastEnders. Two episodes of Brookside coupled with three of EastEnders a week could have benefitted the BBC in the longterm at the very least. Giving Brookie a year to re-establish itself, being led by Phil Redmond without the poison of C4 could have built on the strength of the final year (despite the format it was broadcast in by C4), and EastEnders might feel slightly less drawn-out then it does now.

As EastEnders is now, the show does look in trouble. However I still believe the BBC will (eventually) take steps to repair it. Then the question will be simply: is it too late?
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Old 12-06-2004, 21:46
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Weird... Sonia having a baby and Jamie's death were in the Top 5 of most watched Eastenders episodes.
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Old 12-06-2004, 21:50
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I'm not remotely suprised, I decided to give the eppy a miss but did catch a repeat. Who wants to see two ugly annoying people argue for two and a half episodes about whether they'll get married at all.. It was an uneventful, unrealistic plot that included Pauline Fowler. Therefore it was clearly doomed from the beginning..
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Old 12-06-2004, 23:36
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Originally Posted by teenage-monkey
Weird... Sonia having a baby and Jamie's death were in the Top 5 of most watched Eastenders episodes.
Yeah, but back then the storylined were well-written and worth caring about. Not now. The show is verging deeper into oblivion and I can see it getting under 7 million during Euro 2004.
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Old 13-06-2004, 02:48
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Originally Posted by Dxfatass
Brookside died primarily from a campaign of hate led by Channel 4 itself. In that respect I can't see EastEnders dying a death anytime soon: the BBC WANT it to survive.

However Brookside did also suffer from interference and pressure from Channel 4 to become more youth-oreinted and sensational. In a way by supporting the present creative team at EastEnders, the BBC are doing the same damage C4 did to Brookside. The difference being that the BBC is trying to support the show, C4 was trying to kill Brookside. That is what will ultimately save EastEnders- when the backlash becomes large enough, I believe the BBC will replace the creative team. C4 was never going to act to save Brookside.
Paul Marcus destroyed brookie from around 98 onwards and they let it go too far. I've heard the final months of the show were alright but to be honest I'd lost interest by then, as everyone else. It's a terrible thing to see a show die slowly in front of you and thats what brookie did. I hope eastenders isn't allowed do the same and they take action.

BTW I never even thought about the BBC picking up Brookie but that probably would have been a good idea, think of the spin off's we could have with Grange Hill too... Jimmy could have held his classroom hostage while tucker (or is it togger?) waved a cows tounge in his face.
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