How bad was it? in relation to this years shows. Better or worse than don't scare the Hare for instance which is the worst thing i've seen so far this year.

Celebrity Love Island that is since its the top of a page.

I think it did fine, actually. I wonder whether the strongly performing 24 Hours in A&E on Channel 4 might have sapped up a decent portion of the relevant audience? And of course, Lewis - especially with an hours head start - is much stiffer competition than any of ITV's new shows at the moment...

Fairly decent for BBC One's new line-up all night, really. Nothing majorly impressive, but solid performances from National Treasures and Village SOS.

I'm fairly suprised anyone knew Lewis was even on it wasn't exactly advertised.

Davina will quit The Million Pound Drop to be replaced by Kate Thornton, I think.

Press Office just updated.

Who'd like a new two-part Drama then ??

Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday for The Field of Blood then.

EDIT - Or not, New Tricks is on. Hmmm. Not sure where then.

8pm !!! Eastenders is scheduled for 7.30pm

EDIT - Or more likely, both parts on the Sunday.

While I am here, Body Farm currently due the week after, Frozen Planet now expected late (i.e. last week of) October.

For real??? I'm not a Davina fan but can put up with her, I'll have to give up on MPD if Thornton gets the job!

What would happen to the 3rd part of Ocean Giants if 'The Field Of Blood' runs 8-10pm on Sunday 28th August?


So it sounds like The Body Farm will be airing on Tuesdays or Sundays, as during that week you mention, the other nights are already filled with shows (NT/WDYTYA/TW/MF). I'd go for Tuesdays as there's weak competition then.

The first one is 90 minutes though, Sunday is highly likely for it.....

Ah right, yeah that means Sundays is most likely for it. Hopefully by the time Downton Abbey returns, it's got a stable audience so it won't be dented too much.

Whilst you're around, do you happen to know when Spooks, Junior Apprentice, Celebrity MasterChef will be airing? I suspect one of the latter two will air on Mondays to pull in a different kind of audience to Doc Martin.

Any reason to think that?

If you want to know why C4 has plenty of money to bid for F1 then look at slide 31/50 of Sky's recent results presentation.

Ignore the Sky numbers - they obviously reflect increased Pay TV penetration and the acquisition of Living in the last year.

What is interesting about this slide is the relative performance of ITV, C4 and C5 (note all figures are for the networks as as whole, ie including digital channels).

It's very easy to get lost in the minutiae of ratings and lose sight of the big picture, which is:

1) Compared to 5 years ago, C4 revenues are up 11%. ITV is down 7% and Five is down 11%. That is a huge outperformance by C4.

2) In 2007, 2008 and 2009, C4 and Five performed pretty much in line, with ITV quite a long way behind (largely caused by a disastrous 2007 from which it didn't recover).

3) In 2010 and 2011 ITV has recovered a bit but only back to its 2008 level.

4) Five had an absolutely disastrous 2010. It has recovered a little bit in 2011 but is still well below its 2009 level.

5) C4 had a steady 2010 but then had an outstanding 2011, resulting in it now being 11% ahead of its 2006 level.

NB All figures are for the year to 30 June.

See slide 31/50:

http://corporate.sky.com/documents/p...sentation_1011

I'm thinking more along the lines of it being later in the evening, it was a 9pm start when in aired in Och Aye the Noo Land so I doubt it'd be suitable for an 8pm start.

Ah, yes. First shown on BBC1 Scotland. Destined for two 10.25pm slots then.

Spooks will come to an end after ten series, it has been announced.

Channel 4 has recommissioned both '24 Hours in A&E' and 'One Born Every Minute' for 14x60' episodes each for 2012: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/c...030777.article

ITV have already announced that Carol Vordemann is replacing Kate Thornton as the alternating anchor.

Their other replacement on the panel (for Zoe Tyler) is Sally Lindsay.

Kate, by the way, had her first new job after Loose Women - presenting the hub on This Morning today.

Like Colleen Nolan said on her last show, she is moving on to bigger things,

I saw five minutes of today's edition: an OB where a group of kids were encouraged to dance to some music, right next to a man confined to a wheelchair by muscular dystrophy.

I kept expecting Alan Partridge to turn up.

I wouldnt mind an episode of Doctor Who.

You can have six if you want, but you'll have to make them last for a while....

Why would EastEnders be on at 7:30pm on Bank Holiday Monday, surely it would clash with Corrie?

can I have the 6 now, watch them this weekend, and then not mention it online?

I would suggest it's a red herring, but that's where it is at the moment.

No, you can have them one at a time, you wouldn't want to make yourself sick would you ??