The promo though was almost exactly the same as the current TOWIE promos - and ITV2 viewers don't seem to have enough sense to leave that alone!

I don't see the point in it being on Sky Atlantic, stick it on Sky One and strengthen the main channel.
It won't lead to people flocking to Sky and being on Atlantic will hit ratings/press (even with Sky-subs as he doesn't fit what the channel advertises).

Its silly imo. But we'll watch and see I guess.
(I suspect its more to do with how the channels are budgeted; Sky One can't afford/justify another show like this; Sky Atlantic can - which is why its a bad idea to call it 'Sky Atlantic' )

Sky Atlantic is already not doing what it says on the tin with This Is Jinsy and Hit And Miss. You may argue it won't lead to people flocking to Sky - and you may be right - but that is clearly the strategy: use high profile commissions to help drive Sky subscriptions.

Will that work? Who knows ...

I don't think the BBC can afford to completely turn away the non-sports audience for two-and-a-half weeks, so it's important to keep BBC Two primetime Olympics free, and use most of that BBC Two primetime for mainstream stuff such as EastEnders, not just chin-stroking, minority appeal documentaries, or endless cookery programmes.

The BBC is there to cater for all tastes, and that doesn't stop being the case because the Olympics are taking place,

Not chin strokers though apparently. Maybe i'll just take my chin to Sky Arts

Looks like Sinbad, the most expensive original commission in Sky's history, will air on Sundays. Think transmission is scheduled for July.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/...ailer/2tfa86yv

Also news today of an intriguing commission for Sky Arts, featuring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm. Will be part of the 'Playhouse Presents' series which has launched strongly for the channel.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...-hamm-sky-arts

Not just chin-strokers!

I've never had you down as a long-haired Guardian reader, anyway, George.

Maybe I'm a right wing head scratcher then so. Anyway BBC2 is sometime tolerable although its a bit too personality lead - they cant do any documentary without having that Cox guy, Reeves or Peston posturing & preening to the camera every 30 seconds.

BBC Four will still be on the air won't it?

you are right. It just proves that BBC2 isnt really needed now anymore.

Im happy Channel5 have got their hands on Person of Interest, the best drama to come out of American broadcast television this year. But a July launch is risky because of the Olympic Games and non-compatible lead in from Big Brother.

Provisional schedule time...

Saturday 2nd June
19:15 to 21:20 - The Voice Final

Sunday 3rd June
BBC One
13:30 - The Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant
18:00 - BBC News
18:30 - Countryfile
19:30 - Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty’s Service
20:30 - The Apprentice Final
22:30 - BBC News

ITV1
20:00 - Vera

Monday 4th June
BBC One
19:30 - The Diamond Jubilee Concert
22:45 - BBC News

ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale
19:30 - Coronation Street
20:00 - The Queen And I
20:30 - Coronation Street
21:00 and 22:00 - TBA
23:00 - ITV News

Tuesday 5th June
21:00 - The Lemurs Of Madagascar [ITV1]

Wednesday 6th June
BBC One
19:30 - EastEnders
20:30 - DIY SOS
21:30 - TBA

Friday 8th June
ITV1
18:45 - Emmerdale
19:15 - Euro 2012 Live

Thanks to Elgin on Gallifrey Base for the provisional schedules

Other interesting scheduling bits and bobs for Jubilee Weekend:

Saturday
12.50 - 4.30 The Derby; 4.50 Pointless Celebrities; 5.40-7.15 TBA; 9.20 Lottery; 9.30 Casualty.

Sunday
Songs of Praise moves to 12.25, 30 minute News bulletin at 1.00.Thames Pageant highlights at 10.55 for 90 minutes.

Monday
Full hour of News from 5.30. Hour long One Show at 6.30

Tuesday
BBC1
9:15am The Diamond Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving
1:00pm BBC News at One
1:20pm Regional News
1:30pm The Diamond Jubilee Royal Procession
3:45pm The Diamond Jubilee Concert
5:30pm BBC News at Six
5:50pm Regional News
6:00pm The One Show
6:30pm Rolf Paints... The Diamond Jubilee

Then Weekend Highlights at 10.35.

ITV1
6:00am Daybreak
8:30am The Jubilee
3:50pm Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother
5:00pm The Chase
6:00pm Regional News and Weather
6:30pm ITV News and Weather
7:00pm Emmerdale
Popular long-running soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village.
7:30pm Trash to Treasure
8:00pm Countrywise Jubilee
9:00pm Martin Clunes: The Lemurs of Madagascar

Well done ITV - send people over to BBC1 at eight so they won't come back and put a Royal-themed show opposite what's surely going to be the most-watched bit of the entire weekend.

In other news, some stuff in Broadcast about C4 and how they're still desperately looking for a new returning drama and apparently they think they haven't properly replaced Teachers, which ended seven years ago, and want something like that. Apparently Jay Hunt said Embarrassing Bodies was unsuitable for Friday so we seemingly won't be seeing anything like that in that slot again, and Hunt also says The Mad Bad Ad Show had "execution problems", presumably meaning everyone involved should be executed.

Digiguide has a 1h35 min TBA before The Voice: another animated blockbuster will slot in there I reckon. I just wonder if they'll put Toy Story 3 there? Just short of two years after its US release, and the running time fits (1h43 at the cinema would translate roughly to a 1h35 min slot).

You'd think it would be kept until Christmas, but they do need that lead-in! And at Christmas they've still got How to Train Your Dragon and Shrek Forever After (both Dreamworks) and Up! (Pixar) stored up.

Tonights The One Show has been plugged so much, it should be gettng 5million+ as the Olympic Flame has landed on British shores, how exciting :sleep:!

Maybe, but it's opposite an England match so it might not do much.

5 million as an absolute minimum - I think a fair bit more as an average, and a 7m peak for 19.30-45, denting Corrie in the process.

Surely another repeat. You are right about all those other ones stored up. But they all seem more likely for that slot. Toy Story 3 fits the Christmas mood perfectly.

What's wrong with putting it on Sky Atlantic?

And now i don't mind EastEnders being moved out of it's slot for this kind of thing (I don't mind anyway) It's nice to have some LIVE Music on Primetime BBC1 and we get an Hour-Long Wednesday EastEnders

Don't know what this show is, but some BBC English Regions have had a show with exactly the same title


I suppose that makes more sense than moving it to BBC2 as I'd guess it will have a large crossover audience with the river pageant


Odd there is a full hour of news on Monday, but not on Tuesday. The jubilee events on Monday take place after 5.30pm - but on Tuesday they take place before 5.30pm yet the news is shorter

I guess the BBC News at 10 is as normal on the Tuesday with the highlights being at 10.35pm

Why is there an extra hour, when only a half-hour is being displaced from its slot (Monday 4th's)? Is there a big story on the Wednesday?
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They have A BIG wedding/Exit/Death plot running but not sure if it's that week. I assume the Extra 30mins weds ep is to make up for a missing episode the following week?

Euro 2012 begins on the Friday, so normal soap scheduling gets thrown out the window.