Is The Apprentice the BBC's biggest show outwith Eastenders

DUNDEEBOY

17-07-2011

Just wondered this, although with possibly 10 million watching its arguably the biggest show for the BBC

Lenitive

17-07-2011

Doctor Who must be up there, too.

Kyle123

17-07-2011

I think it's certainly up there yes. I can't think of many other current BBC shows that get the public talking like The Apprentice does these days. It's top five at very least.

Oojamaflip

17-07-2011

Doctor Who and Top Gear will be miles ahead.

The apprentice is a US format franchised in the UK, and as most terrorities have their own version there isn't much international revenue in it. Doctor Who / Top Gear have massive international sales and Top Gear is a franchised format overseas as well, so the revenue is massive.

You would probably add the David Attenborough nature docs are massive sellers as well, often with the narration replaced by a local voice.

Fringo

17-07-2011

Originally Posted by Oojamaflip:
“Doctor Who and Top Gear will be miles ahead.

The apprentice is a US format franchised in the UK, and as most terrorities have their own version there isn't much international revenue in it. Doctor Who / Top Gear have massive international sales and Top Gear is a franchised format overseas as well, so the revenue is massive.

You would probably add the David Attenborough nature docs are massive sellers as well, often with the narration replaced by a local voice.”

Strictly will be huge as that is a massive franchise.

Muttley76

17-07-2011

Originally Posted by Oojamaflip:
“Doctor Who and Top Gear will be miles ahead.”

Not miles ahead, but the fact they are UK made shows that get sold worldwide will give them a bit of a lead over The Apprentice, although in terms of UK profile, it would be on a par with Doctor Who and ahead of Top Gear.

But yeah, if you look at this info from BBC Worldwides report it shows which programmes are the most successful commercially worldwide:

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/07...st-seller.html

Quote:
“BBC Worldwide's Annual Review for 2011 has been released, and figures show that Doctor Who has led the way for the BBC's commercial arm's success in the last year.

The series was the biggest show sold internationally last year, and is now available in over fifty territories. It saw significant growth within the United States, including becoming the third-biggest seller in the US iTunes charts (behind Mad Men and Glee). Overall, the Doctor Who franchise saw its revenue increase by 49%.

Series Five was one of the top five selling series for BBC Worldwide, with the others being the first series of Sherlock, series 15 and 16 of Top Gear, and Human Planet. In terms of revenue, the top three series were Top Gear, Doctor Who, and Waking the Dead.

Doctor Who is one of the five "power brands", along with Top Gear, Lonely Planet, BBC Earth and Dancing with the Stars; together their revenue reached £308.1m, accounting for 27% of BBC Worldwide's total of £1.16 billion.”

DUNDEEBOY

17-07-2011

But on simple viewing figures UK only its bigger than the other shows mentioned

grahamzxy

17-07-2011

Originally Posted by DUNDEEBOY:
“Just wondered this, although with possibly 10 million watching its arguably the biggest show for the BBC”

Yes it is level with Eastenders as the highest viewed BBC programme in the UK, the other posters thought you meant biggest (BBC) franchise, it is of course a Mark Burnett production. Although SCD can get 12 million viewers for final.

Agent F

17-07-2011

Originally Posted by DUNDEEBOY:
“But on simple viewing figures UK only its bigger than the other shows mentioned”

On viewing figures alone it's definitely up there, yes.

PythonFang

17-07-2011

Strictly must bring in lots of money internationally surely? It's what Dancing with the Stars, a huge brand, is based on is it not? Well I say based on, they're pretty much identical.