The Ratings Thread (Part 36)

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SouthCity

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by ftv:
“You seem to have conveniently overlooked the fact that on all the events you mention most of the pool coverage was provided by...the BBC. Dimbleby doesn't do royal events other than the Cenotaph.”

That may be true, although I thought Sky and ITV had a large technical input into today. ITV is being shown in Trafalgar Square on the big screen.

It remains the fact that viewers judge by what they see on screen and how the pictures are used by each broadcaster.

ITV slightly edging it on Twitter, although BBC & Sky also being praised. Some people seem to be comparing today's ITV coverage with Sunday's BBC coverage, which is unfair.

Fudd

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“He wouldn't have been told anything regarding the health of the Duke. Not if it was intended to be embargoed.”

I know, but the presenters could've been ordered not to mock The Royal Family without being told the reason why.

allthingsuk

05-06-2012

Any ratings for Pointless - BBC1, 4.45pm yesterday?

wizzywick

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by SouthCity:
“That may be true, although I thought Sky and ITV had a large technical input into today. ITV is being shown in Trafalgar Square on the big screen.

It remains that fact that viewers judge by what they see on screen and how the pictures are used by each broadcaster.

ITV slightly edging it on Twitter, although BBC & Sky also being praised. Some people seem to be comparing today's ITV coverage with Sunday's BBC coverage, which is unfair.”

It never fails to baffle me that some people complain about a certain broadcasters coverage of an event, whether it be BBC, ITV or Sky. I think the BBC's coverage overall of the 4 day events has been good. The pageant was an anomaly because the coverage was geared up to be centred around a sunny day. The weather played a defining part of that event so as such the BBC got criticised because their links, had it been sunny would have worked very well, seemed to be random and irrelevant. I think ITV's coverage today would be good as well. I haven't seen any of it but I think people should just watch the events and enjoy and stop analysing it and comparing it.

Glenn A

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“I agree between 2.5-3.5m. I can't wait for the show though (as always).”

I'll go for a round 3 million, with the show settling down in the 1.5-2.0 million range. Also Five at least have learned from the mistakes that dogged BB in its last years on Channel 4: they've ditched the pointless through the night coverage, halved the amount of fanzine shows and cut the show's duration. Also the crowd don't look like they're about to be shot by the SS.

NeilVW

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“2002 ratings
Shares around the same as 2002, but a big lift in average and peak!”

The 2002 concert was on exactly the same night in June, and went on later (peaked at 23:00). I guess this means the weather in 2002 was much better than this year, and that explains why a similar share means a higher rating?

Originally Posted by Cent:
“Did anyone see if ITV put adverts during Bond last night?”

We were discussing this last night in here. The film is about 1h45min without adverts and it was in a 2-hr film slot, suggesting it had adverts. I suggested this would be fewer adverts than normal, but in fact ITV1 would only have been allowed four breaks in a 2-hr timeslot, with a max break length of 3m50s (inc up to 3m30 of ads), so it would have been about 14 minutes of breaks anyway. So probably a normal amount.

While speaking of commercials, this is off-topic and a bit boring to most normal people but Ofcom had a trial period of a year from Feb 2011 when the commercial PSBs could have longer breaks during films (if finally implemented, this was intended to compensate for another change in the rules). As far as I know the period ended as planned in Feb, but C4 had a 5min+ break during Alien the Sunday before last, so maybe the trial is still on. Couldn't find any recent announcement on the Ofcom website.

Well done Dancc; I think you were right about people same-night-timeshifting Corrie and watching before 2am, boosting the figures. I expect we will see a higher-than-usual 7-day timeshift for it as well.

EuroChris

05-06-2012

Amazing rating for last night's concert. Well deserved as it was a great show.

Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“It never fails to baffle me that some people complain about a certain broadcasters coverage of an event, whether it be BBC, ITV or Sky. I think the BBC's coverage overall of the 4 day events has been good. The pageant was an anomaly because the coverage was geared up to be centred around a sunny day. The weather played a defining part of that event so as such the BBC got criticised because their links, had it been sunny would have worked very well, seemed to be random and irrelevant. I think ITV's coverage today would be good as well. I haven't seen any of it but I think people should just watch the events and enjoy and stop analysing it and comparing it.”

So true. Some people will like the BBC's coverage, some will like ITV's coverage and others will like Sky News' coverage. I don't understand why everything in this thread turns in to a 'BBC vs. Other broadcasters' battle.

BigBmad

05-06-2012

Has there been much advertisement for BB? I rarely watch C5 and outside of that i've not seen any hype at all.

2.5-3.5m seems very optimistic. I am going to go with 1.9m. What is the lowest launch ever?

Can be so hard to predict this show tho. I can sense some big controversy coming up in this show, been a while since we have had some

jda135

05-06-2012

Monday 4th June Overnights

ITV4
09:30- French Open Tennis: 511k (4.5%)

Whilst the forum is a wash with talk of the Concert's ratings (which were amazing btw), this rating should be looked at. Yesterday everyone was saying it's a shame that the French Open has not worked out for ITV, but look at this!

Wonder what the peak was?

SamuelW

05-06-2012

Here is the Twitter reaction to the 'BBC coverage':

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DarkCygnet ‏@darkcygnet
Is the BBC on a mission to bore us to death with their interminable,stultifyingly tedious coverage of the Jubilee saga.

9m Mary Taylor Mary Taylor ‏@dearButtercup
No commentary at all on msnbc's coverage of the #Jubilee, maybe they were scared off by all the criticism heaped on the BBC two days ago.
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9m Geri Richards Geri Richards ‏@TheGeriRichards
Brilliant! #Cheers @piersmorgan: To all those dismayed by the BBC's jubilee coverage, I'll be live on CNN from 1.30pm-4pm -

9m donna patterson donna patterson ‏@cupo****offe
@Schofe oh how I'm glad itv have live coverage today the bbc are crap at it. Loving your coverage today phil :) thank you xx

10m Alex Lee Thomson Alex Lee Thomson ‏@alexleethomson
BBC's coverage of a car driving through London is awesome.

10m The Porter-Reeds The Porter-Reeds ‏@ThePorterReeds
@stephenfry I fully agree the bbc let us down with the terrible coverage of the jubilee. Thank god for sky news
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Helen Flemming ‏@HelenFlemming
#bbc #diamondjubilee coverage a million times better today, where were this team on saturday?

1m nick stewart nick stewart ‏@colonelstewart
BBC back on firm ground with today's coverage after the shambles of the River Pageant. H Edwards and J Naughtie informed and authorative

1m Kate Rees Kate Rees ‏@Kate_E_Rees
Actually can't stop watching the Diamond Jubilee coverage on BBC, literally glued to the TV. #queenie

2m jaye tyrrell jaye tyrrell ‏@nursejaye
@Schofe ITV's coverage is way better than the BBC #diamondjubilee

2m Ruth Sidwick Ruth Sidwick ‏@Ruthmidd
watching the ITV coverage of Jubilee-far superior to the BBC coverage of yesterday!

2m Old Leake Old Leake ‏@OldLeake
Diamond jubilee: BBC attacked for 'inane' and 'celebrity-driven' coverage of Queen's Thames Pageant http://bit.ly/KZOqgd

2m Beth Harrison☺ Beth Harrison☺ ‏@halloimbeth
BBC must have made a shitload in the past 2 years with having coverage of the Royal Wedding, the Jubilee and the Olympics.

3m Robert Johnson Robert Johnson ‏@beaubeau888
#JubileeService The BBC coverage is truly awful. They keep cutting back to the studio for more talking heads whilst Sky News films live.

4m Lauri Lauri ‏@Lauri254
@JustHelens Sky News gets my vote - way too much drivel being spouted on the bbc coverage

4m Michal Winner Michael Winner ‏@MrMichaelWinner
@lynnefairy bbc most embarrassing shit coverage of pageant ever, total arseholes

4m Leia Swan Leia Swan ‏@LeiaSwan
Tuned into the BBC coverage #diamondJubilee

4m Bob James Bob James ‏@bobjames
It's very rare I agree with @piersmorgan but his comments with respect to the BBC Jubilee coverage are spot on!
from Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Hove

5m Alice Ellwood Alice Ellwood ‏@Alice_Ellwood
Addicted to Jubilee coverage on the BBC #Notmovingallday

5m Donna Ah-Choon Donna Ah-Choon ‏@choolip2010
Sky coverage of jubilee wkend has outshone the bbc..... Well done @EamonnHolmes @SkyCharlotte @SkyNews #diamondjubilee

6m David Archibald David Archibald ‏@GlasgowsDA
I wonder if any of the people responsible for the obsequious #BBC coverage of #Jubilee describe themselves as journalists.

6m George Morrall George Morrall ‏@GeorgeMorrall
Sky Jubilee coverage is brilliant. So fun but intelligent all at the same time. Not at all like the BBC's. #diamondjubilee

7m Dom Jenks Dom Jenks ‏@Category_Domino
Watching BBC live coverage ... It's scary/exciting to think that there is a real possibility that 3 months from now London will be my home.

7m Kev Wrapson Kev Wrapson ‏@KevinWrapson
@TheCheekyMissB No idea am watching the BBC coverage

7m kerry kerry ‏@beastieblue
#pompey mentioned on BBC #jubilee coverage #nelson

7m Helen S Helen S ‏@HellsJBells
After getting hacked off with #BBC coverage this w/end am enjoying #ITV's - Mark Austin is v funny :)

8m Luke Luke ‏@its_luke_
I'm seeing a lot of bad comments about the BBC's Jubilee coverage today compared to Sky/ITV. Is it that bad again?

8m Steven Gordon-Wilson Steven Gordon-Wilson ‏@stevengw
I'm a big fan of the #BBC but I have to say that #ITVJubilee have got the coverage of the celebrations in the bag!!

8m Craig Craig ‏@brainimpact
BBC coverage of the Queens Jubilee is some of the worst Broadcasting I've seen from BBC in living Memory #cringeworthy @BBC_HaveYourSay

9m Ian Watson Ian Watson ‏@MrIanWatson
@craftymiss yah, got that. Also loved the sergeant asking Natasha out- probably for a bet! Love it! Itv coverage us way better than the bbc

9m Max Max ‏@m5rcc
Good! RT @thejamesmax: BBC coverage is poor because they have binned nearly all of their live shows & replaced them with cookery progs.

9m Daniel Suggate Daniel Suggate ‏@beckssuggate
The sky news coverage of the jubilee has been consistently better than bbc.

9m Ed West Ed West ‏@edwestonline
republicans who cant stand Jubilee royal-fawning – now you know how the BBC's coverage of Barack Obama in 2008 felt like to the rest of us

9m Cara Knight Cara Knight ‏@cakahkie
Watching the BBC coverage of queens jubilee...awesome event x

10m James Max James Max ‏@thejamesmax
The #bbc coverage is poor because they have binned nearly all of their live shows and replaced them with cookery progs. #jubilee

10m deedyi deedyi ‏@deedyi
The #BBC coverage of the river pageant was chaotic and largely irrelevant. . .

10m Vicks McQ Vicks McQ ‏@Vickstermcq
@itv1 doing a much better job than #bbc for jubilee coverage. But what's with the microphones on there faces??

10m Matt Cunningham Matt Cunningham ‏@mattymatician
Today's BBC Jubilee coverage is much better than Sunday's. Informative and a little fluff but not so much to dominate.

11m Annie Kennedy Annie Kennedy ‏@Veritas28
Brilliant BBC Coverage of The Queens Jubilee.

11m Guy Craft Guy Craft ‏@GuyCraft
"Every man, woman and child in the UK thinks that the Queen is so utterly brilliant and our coverage will reflect that” http://newsthump.com/2012/06/03/other-news-given-day-off-as-bbc-celebrates-queens-jubilee/

12m AlphaConnectUK AlphaConnectUK ‏@AlphaConnectUK
Markets trading down a little, watching final day Jubilee celebrations, Sky doing a better job than BBC at moment with live coverage.

12m Adrian Luscombe Adrian Luscombe ‏@AdrianLuscombe
Sky News , consistently this #jubilee weekend, have had superior coverage of events. BBC has been generally dire.

12m Bob James Bob James ‏@bobjames
It's amazing how many inaccuracies in the BBC coverage of the jubilee, you'd think that they of all people should get it right

13m Max Edwards Max Edwards ‏@Max10_10
@schofe no - coverage gone downhill with #tweedboy .... #bbc have marching bands bye .... #diamondjubilee

13m Londoncanals Londoncanals ‏@Londoncanals
BBC blames rain Thames Pageant Producer behind 'inane' & 'celebrity-driven drivel' says weather's fault http://bit.ly/KZOqgd via @MailOnline

14m James Clarke James Clarke ‏@JamesClarke75
Mail attacks BBC "inane celebrity-driven" jubilee coverage on page full of links to own inane celebrity-driven stories http://bit.ly/KZOqgd

15m jeanette jeanette ‏@mcdowall1
Watching bbc coverage not usual standard Hugh Edwards seems to rather sideline Scotland surprised at that mcdowall1

15m Matt Hannah Matt Hannah ‏@ThisisMannah
Jake Humphreys is not even wearing a tie on the BBC Jubilee coverage. I've switched to ITV cos @schofe is wearing a brilliant 3 piece suit

15m Ms SGJ Ms SGJ ‏@mia_smith_uk
@Schofe enjoying watching your coverage of the diamond jubilee. Million times better than the BBC.

16m Donna Barber Donna Barber ‏@DonnasDoodles
Gotta love #itv1 #itvjubilee for their amazing coverage of today's celebrations, so much more enjoyable than the BBC on Sat :) x

16m dan slipper dan slipper ‏@dj_slipper
@juliantelly Maybe good viewing figures but the general view of the #BBC coverage has been it has been v v poor.

16m mephistocles mephistocles ‏@mephistocles
#bbc #jubilee Beeb coverage has too many pundits what's the point in the gazebo you pompous idiots? Itv and sky much better!

Millions of Londoners flee their living rooms and attend #jubilee celebrations in order to escape inane mind-numbing BBC coverage

17m DebB DebB ‏@SleepyVole
#bbcjubilee BBC getting it right today! Well done - wonderful coverage of the service and the celebrations.

17m Lois Hyett Lois Hyett ‏@loishyett
@julieetchitv @Schofe coverage fantastic, wish you had done the river pageant, BBC coverage was shocking.

17m Mohammad Ali Khan Mohammad Ali Khan ‏@jaykhan24
#bbcjubilee watching BBC coverage and loving it

17m Vimbai Vimbai ‏@ViTrvs
@thejamesmax @skynews Plz praise Sky 4brilliant coverage #DiamondJubilee espec River Pageant n savage BBC fo blundering shambles #skypapers

18m Ash Elford Ash Elford ‏@ashelford
Surprisingly perhaps, ITV's coverage of the Diamond Jubilee is a lot slicker than BBC. Shame as many probably wouldn't give ITV a chance.

18m David Baines David Baines ‏@davidebaines
Sky's coverage of the #jubilee so much better than #bbc - Beeb obsessed with features instead of just showing us what's happening!

19m Adam Jones Adam Jones ‏@adamthomasjones
Been watching ITV's coverage of #jubilee. Wouldn't even consider BBC with their presenters. News events should be covered by news reporters.

19m Carelle Carelle ‏@carellemusic
I want to watch more of the Jubilee coverage but don't know whether to watch the ITV coverage or the BBC. What's the difference? Help me plz

19m toby macfarlaine toby macfarlaine ‏@tobelorone
I wish the BBC would adopt a more American sports commentary style for their Jubilee coverage. "How about that Queen, Bob?"

20m Robert Hewitt Robert Hewitt ‏@Robert296hewitt
This ITV coverage of the jubilee is just as bad as the bbc stuff. Terrible.

20m Scott D. Foy Scott D. Foy ‏@ScottDFoy
@royalwbassett Sky News coverage is really putting the BBC to shame during the jubilee.

20m Pits Take Pits Take ‏@PitsTakeF1
#BBCF1 's Jake Humphrey paired with Fearne Cotton on BBC's jubilee coverage - my nightmare presenting combo made real!

21m Michael Canning Michael Canning ‏@michaelcanning
What a battle! Looks as if ITV & the BBC have every available newsreader & presenter working for today's coverage of the Diamond Jubilee!

21m Charlie :) Charlie :) ‏@HighOnHiddles
The BBC Jubilee Coverage on Sunday was appalling compared to ITV's coverage today! Plus, they didn't have Rice Crispie microphones!

21m Katie Olivia Katie Olivia ‏@katieolivia0
Is it me or is Natasha Naplinksky completely cringeworthy? Its not just the BBC who r dumbing down the coverage! #itvjubilee #jubilee

22m Terry Jones Terry Jones ‏@k9plums
Cant believe how poor the #BBC has been with coverage this weekend. A great firework display ruined by mucking about with different camera

22m dan slipper dan slipper ‏@dj_slipper
Again #Sky coverage better than the #BBC

23m Mandi Millen Mandi Millen ‏@Mandi112
BBC World News gave no live coverage of last night's Jubilee concert outside UK, despite 4-5 hours coverage of Sunday's river procession

23m The Jeremy Vine The Jeremy Vine ‏@theejeremyvine
Producer Ben Weston plucked from obscurity to mastermind the BBC's 4 day coverage. The Beebs desperate attempt to appeal to it's precious

23m Simon Emmett Simon Emmett ‏@simonemmett
Comparing tv coverage between BBC and Sky, it has to be said that I'd rather pay m licence fee to Sky.

23m George Rankin George Rankin ‏@gcdrankin
Is anyone still watching the BBC coverage? If so, poor you. #DiamondJubliee

23m Scott Keenan Scott Keenan ‏@scott_keenan
Good seeing some of the BBC's best on the #DiamondJubilee coverage on UKTV. Just need a cup of tea and a scone now.

23m James Payton James Payton ‏@TheActorJPayton
The BBC coverage of the #jubileeservice is like the bastard lovechild of Blue Peter, That's Life & The One Show. I'm lost.

23m Deborah Lee Deborah Lee ‏@debsylee
I have to say ... The BBC coverage of the Diamond Jubilee has been brilliant. Another Great British institution!

24m Eric Simpson Eric Simpson ‏@albaonthego
Kudos to the #BBC for coverage of Diamond Jubilee Service. Different day, different event, today our national broadcaster did us proud.

25m Various Cruelties Various Cruelties ‏@v_cruelties
Chemicals used on BBC Jubilee coverage! Where is ones #royalties?

25m Luke Basford Luke Basford ‏@LukusPukas
Me and my mum celebrating the #diamondjubilee. Watching the #bbc coverage. #bbcjubilee http://pic.twitter.com/2MreZnO5

25m Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett ‏@royalwbassett
Once again the BBC has prerecorded and studio material whereas Sky has live coverage of the #Jubilee parades. Aaaargh!

26m Paul Paul ‏@pw2tweets
Interviews on bbc jubilee coverage aren't really improving today! #Jubilee2012 Random 'tv stars' !

26m racybaldhero racybaldhero ‏@racybaldhero
#BBC coverage is so sycophantic, obsequious and vacuous the presenters might as well masturbate to camera shouting "God save the Queen"

@Schofe you coverage is blowing the bbc out of the water
from Manchester, Manchester

26m Jason Jason ‏@jasonbetts
Sky News have excelled themselves over the past few days - BBC and ITV coverage has been dire!

26m Tim Lewis Tim Lewis ‏@tim_lewis85
Fearne Cotton is on the Diamond Jubilee service coverage on BBC. Well that's ruined it. She's an absolute ****.

26m CarolCarysforthNeild CarolCarysforthNeild ‏@CarolNeild
Given up on BBC coverage of #jubilee. Now enjoying David Starkey!

27m David Wood David Wood ‏@davidjewood
The BBC Jubilee coverage is like a crap version of the One Show

27m Dukesy Dukesy ‏@dukesy12
can the BBC explain why they think interviewing Angela Griffin should be part of their Jubilee coverage

27m Tom Beckerton Tom Beckerton ‏@Tomoos
LOVING all of the BBC coverage today :)

36m Nina Nina ‏@swanseninaellie
#BBC #jubilee coverage now on mute

36m David Steel David Steel ‏@dasteelman
Fearne Cotton / Angela Griffin on #BBC 's coverage ? WTF? bbc have totally missed th beat this weekend #TodayisNationalHugYourCatDay

36m Russell Russell ‏@RussellSFC
Was enjoying the intellectual side of the BBC's coverage. Now they've gone to T4 format on a sofa with Fearne Cotton. Turning over.

37m Ludmila Garcia Ludmila Garcia ‏@TigerLudz
bet the BBC is glad #JonStewart did not watch their jubilee coverage haha

37m Richard Sampson Richard Sampson ‏@rmasampson
Hurrah for HM The Queen, now buck up BBC, pretty patchy quality coverage over the weekend... Make us prouder!
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37m Scripturelink SItes Scripturelink SItes ‏@scripturelink
Off with their heads? BBC in hot water over inadequate coverage of Diamond Jubilee! http://bit.ly/NDoxDR

37m Raf Raf ‏@RFatani
BBC stewardship towards the coverage of the Jubilee has been appalling!

37m Barry Shaw Barry Shaw ‏@nlper123
Let's hope the BBC up their game for the coverage of the Jubilee procession in London. Their coverage of river pageant received lots critics

38m Bob Shepherd Bob Shepherd ‏@bob_shepherd
Jubilee coverage excellent this morning BBC. So much better than the River coverage #BBCJubilee

38m Neil Ogden Neil Ogden ‏@neilogden
bbc coverage of the Jubilee the best as always #bbcjubilee

39m stephanie buckley stephanie buckley ‏@buckers22
Loving the bbc coverage of the jubilee! Great day to be british

Fudd

05-06-2012

Quick question reading the tweets - does anyone know why BBC One was slightly behind ITV1's feed during the service?

GeorgeS

05-06-2012

My only comment re the BBC Jubilee coverage is that always seem to be over-reacting to the last screw up and vere wildly between the over formal and the too informal. Why cant they judge the tone needed for an event in advance? Cant be that difficult.

NeilVW

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“My only comment re the BBC Jubilee coverage is that always seem to be over-reacting to the last screw up and vere wildly between the over formal and the too informal. Why cant they judge the tone needed for an event in advance? Cant be that difficult.”

A Service of Thanksgiving is always going to be more formally handled than a load of boats.

Glenn A

05-06-2012

By accident I switched to ITV2 and they were showing highlights of BGT. I bet the ratings for that will be low.

Fudd

05-06-2012

The BBC is slightly behind ITV again in Westminster Hall. I'm unsure about Sky's coverage, but it does seem strange when it's the same footage.

KennyT

05-06-2012

Must be the "stodgy" commentary slowing it down

NeilVW

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Sky News' coverage of The Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant between 13:30-18:15 on Sunday 3rd June averaged 415k.
...
BBC1 had an audience 25 times bigger than Sky News.”

The highest BBC1:Sky ratios were towards the end of the broadcast, disproving the notion that viewers in any significant numbers were turned off by the BBC's coverage of the flotilla. They can't all have been unaware of Sky's alternative, which struggled to scrape 500,000. Haven't seen any BBC News channel ratings: that simulcast should add another few hundred K.

D.M.N.

05-06-2012

Breakdown: https://twitter.com/chrisckmedia/sta.../photo/1/large

From what I can make out, it looks like The One Show did not quite beat Emmerdale last night.

Also, from Sunday: http://t.co/A9JemCkr + http://t.co/AKx1nj71

sn_22

05-06-2012

Amazing numbers for the concert last night - we were lining up for a very big evening after the great Pageant numbers on Sunday, but thats still supremely impressive. Surprised, actually, that there wasn't a bigger difference between the peak and average. Thought the beginning of the concert might have done averagely, followed by a huge turn-on towards the end. Evidently it was a little more stable than that. Last night seemed like the "event" of this Jubilee, though, and I think the thing everyone will remember - memories of the soggy Pageant will, I imagine, be put to one side rather quickly.

Going to be interesting to see how the rest of the big summer of 2012 matches up - that's set a hell of a benchmark!

Rooftopcowboy

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by BigBmad:
“Has there been much advertisement for BB? I rarely watch C5 and outside of that i've not seen any hype at all.

2.5-3.5m seems very optimistic. I am going to go with 1.9m. What is the lowest launch ever?

Can be so hard to predict this show tho. I can sense some big controversy coming up in this show, been a while since we have had some”

I think BB will really struggle tonight, it has been completely lost in all the Jubilee hype.

NeilVW

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Breakdown: https://twitter.com/chrisckmedia/sta.../photo/1/large

From what I can make out, it looks like The One Show did not quite beat Emmerdale last night.

Also, from Sunday: http://t.co/A9JemCkr + http://t.co/AKx1nj71”

You've got better eyesight than I, DMN! I've tweeted Roger Mosey at the BBC to ask him if he's got the figures.

ronant

05-06-2012

Hmm I think that huge rise between 7.15 and 7.30 made sure The One Show beat Emmerdale. If I'm reading the graph right Emmerdale was only ahead for the first few minutes.

Fudd

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by ronant:
“Hmm I think that huge rise between 7.15 and 7.30 made sure The One Show beat Emmerdale. If I'm reading the graph right Emmerdale was only ahead for the first few minutes.”

I agree, I think The One Show beat Emmerdale.

Cent

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Regarding Phillip - and I hate to sound morbid here - if he did take a turn for the worse, he's on the "Category 1" list, meaning that if he did pass away all of the BBC's services would be interrupted immediately: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1220475”

An interesting list, but I would have assumed Prince Harry, The PM and perhaps the President of the USA would make Category 1 too.

I still remember BBC1 being suspended after the Queen Mother died.

That was when had only just started using the new idents and they realised they could only use the ballet ident because it was the only one that appropriate, initially just a freeze of it, then running the whole ident. It then became so associated with that event it was never to be used again unless there was another death. I think it may have only been used once more, I can't remember what it was for though.

Brekkie

05-06-2012

Originally Posted by grahamzxy:
“The concert deserves a huge rating, it was in short the best Royal Variety Performance ever.....Could it challenge the #1 spot for 2012 (until the Olympics Opening Ceremony?)”

Best Royal Variety Performance ever - minus the variety that would be.

Originally Posted by Cent:
“It has just been announced that The Queen will broadcast to the nation at 6pm tonight.

It's been so long since she last did this I can't remember how many channels usually take it?”

I'd imagine BBC1, ITV1, Sky News and the odd digital channel, with BBC2 probably repeating it later. I doubt C4 or C5 will air it live, but might air it later at the end of the news.

Originally Posted by rzt:
“A peak of 17.09m (65.71%) watched the finale of the Diamond Jubilee Concert.

Source: Michael Rosser

Wow, massive peak.”

Truly massive.

Originally Posted by rzt:
“The Diamond Jubilee Concert averages a whopping 14.7m/57.4%, peaking at 17m #BBC1

Source: Sam Hodges”

Amazing figures, but well deserved.

Originally Posted by Saturn:
“The Royal Family are much more popular now than they were in 2002 and the figures show that.”

So true - and William and Harry (plus the death of Diana) has a lot to do with that IMO with the younger generation having grown up with them. I think Charles is also much more appreciated now than he was 10-15 years ago when Diana was still fresh in the mind and him having to raise William and Harry single handledly (ignoring the dozens of servants!) kind of made him somebody people could identify with more.

It remains to be seen whether we reach a Platinum Jubilee but I guess the next big royal celebration could well be the coronation of King Charles.

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Sky News' coverage of The Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant between 13:30-18:15 on Sunday 3rd June averaged 415k.

Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant Breakdown

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Time....BBC1....SkyN....Ratio (BBC1: SkyN) 1330 * 5.87 0.319 18.4 1335 * 6.16 0.377 16.4 1340 * 6.41 0.328 19.5 1345 * 6.86 0.271 25.3 1350 * 7.04 0.263 26.8 1355 * 7.33 0.326 22.5 1400 * 8.04 0.325 24.7 1405 * 8.73 0.320 27.3 1410 * 9.07 0.306 29.7 1415 * 9.55 0.331 28.9 1420 * 9.63 0.405 23.8 1425 * 9.84 0.442 22.2 1430 * 10.23 0.443 23.1 1435 * 10.28 0.452 22.8 1440 * 10.31 0.468 22.1 1445 * 10.51 0.431 24.4 1450 * 10.69 0.411 26.0 1455 * 10.92 0.397 27.5 1500 * 11.09 0.423 26.2 1505 * 11.28 0.422 26.7 1510 * 11.14 0.442 25.2 1515 * 10.87 0.501 21.7 1520 * 10.96 0.498 22.0 1525 * 11.18 0.466 24.0 1530 * 11.08 0.471 23.5 1535 * 11.22 0.410 27.4 1540 * 11.19 0.413 27.1 1545 * 11.10 0.468 23.7 1550 * 11.28 0.472 23.9 1555 * 11.45 0.470 24.4 1600 * 11.31 0.429 26.4 1605 * 11.45 0.429 26.7 1610 * 11.70 0.427 27.4 1615 * 11.77 0.424 27.8 1620 * 11.98 0.442 27.1 1625 * 11.95 0.461 25.9 1630 * 11.93 0.469 25.4 1635 * 11.40 0.452 25.2 1640 * 11.25 0.461 24.4 1645 * 11.31 0.497 22.8 1650 * 11.13 0.482 23.1 1655 * 11.23 0.415 27.1 1700 * 11.00 0.454 24.2 1705 * 10.70 0.534 20.0 1710 * 10.47 0.516 20.3 1715 * 10.61 0.373 28.4 1720 * 10.43 0.408 25.6 1725 * 10.24 0.432 23.7 1730 * 10.19 0.344 29.6 1735 * 10.16 0.427 23.8 1740 * 10.45 0.417 25.1 1745 * 10.52 0.397 26.5 1750 * 10.71 0.369 29.1 1755 * 11.10 0.412 26.9 1800 * 11.45 0.378 30.3 1805 * 11.03 0.406 27.2 1810 * 9.93 0.350 28.4

BBC1 had an audience 25 times bigger than Sky News.”

So Twitter clearly had no bearing on ratings with the BBC extending their lead throughout the afternoon as the criticism came in.

Originally Posted by Agent F:
“Do people think the Olympics opening ceremony will top that then? I thought that would have been a given but some people not so sure.”

No reason why it couldn't - all comes down to scheduling, but 7m people watched Steve Redgrave win his gold medal after midnight back in 2000, so I'd expect more to be watching as the flame is lit in just a few weeks time.

Originally Posted by SouthCity:
“It is a 9pm start, to satisfy NBC.

Many of the athletics finals are also after 9pm.

http://www.london2012.com/schedule-a...july/list.html”

It's nothing to do with NBC - they'll screen it delayed four hours later rather than live, and the same with the athletics finals, even though flagship events like the 100m final will be at 5pm ET in the USA.

It was moved to 9pm so it takes place in darkness - and I think last night showed that is a wise move as the concert didn't really kick into gear until darkness fell last night.

It's scheduled to finish at midnight - but these opening ceremonies always seem to be scheduled for 3 hours but generally go on past the 4 hour mark. Everything we've seen so far of the torch relay and the turnout this weekend though suggests to me the ratings really will be huge though - and I think based on anticipation of the event should beat the Jubilee.

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