Thanks. June wasn't a good month for them it seems.

Anyone interested in a vintage ratings thread where we can discuss ratings from before 2000? I think this is where my real interests lie and I know a few people would be interested.

Wonder if the Djokovic match finishes soon, if they'll move the Ferrer Del Potro match onto centre, it obviously won't be moved to BBC1 but might get some extended coverage on BBC2 (and has the best potential as a match up of any of the quarter finals)

I would be interested.

Yes we can run it seperately from this thread as we had a really lively debate about old ratings a few weeks ago on here. I am very much of the era when everyone called ITV by its regional names, 20 million people watched The Generation Game and soaps were called serials.

Thanks, that is interesting. Using overnight figures, BBC1 averaged 25.0% in the BARB week ending yesterday; ITV had 13.8% (using simple daily averages, so this is only rough). That should see BBC1 rise by a tenth or two and ITV fall by a tenth in next week's comparison.

I would say BBC1 will build up an even bigger lead over the Olympics, which will be whittled away a bit once ITV1's big hitters return from August. Tricky to say if BBC1 will be up YoY for 2012 - it depends how the autumn goes.


For C5 to be barely down year-on-year YTD isn't too bad in this multichannel climate, even though they have +1 added in now.

That's a good idea.

Ken

Look forward to seeing Robbie and GeorgeS bigging up the respective success of The Two Ronnies and Minder.

There's not really much point as...

a) it will consist of the same posters from this thread
b) it means members will have to check two threads
c) discussion in this thread goes round, and eventually discussion in the other thread will 'exhaust' itself

There's only so much you can discuss from before 2000, and inevitably it will all link in again with today in some way.

New ITV show which sounds, awful:

I suppose what those of who are interested could post on here as the thread doesn't say the ratings have to be current. I don't watch a lot of television on the two main channels now and prefer nostalgia.

Play now finished for the day. Huge backlog of matches now, especially in the doubles and junior events which really come to the fore in the second week. All the womens 4th round completed fortunately for the quarters tomorrow. Still 5 mens 4th round to finish, 2 haven't even started yet. And with the forecast remaining poor for the rest of the week that could prove problematic.

Play will resume at noon on Centre and Court 1 to accommodate extra matches, I expect Murray to be second on Court 1. Very seldom they use the opener to finish an already started match.

OK here's what people were watching 25 years ago.
Rank Programme Date Channel Audience (millions)
1 Eastenders
*aggreggated 1+ 04 Jan 1987 BBC1 28.00
2 Coronation Street
*aggregated 25+ 27 Dec 1987 ITV 26.65
3 A Question Of Sport 05 Feb 1987 BBC1 19.05
4 Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 25 Dec 1987 BBC1 18.95
5 Grand Royal Knockout Tournament 16 Jun 1987 BBC1 18.35
6 Wish You Were Here
*aggregated 12+ 16 Jan 1987 ITV 18.05
7 It'll Be Alright On Xmas Night w/e 27 Dec 1987 ITV 17.95
8 Challenge Anneka (Children In Need) 27 Nov 1987 BBC1 17.20
9 Don't Wait Up w/e 05 Apr 1987 BBC1 16.65
10 Film: Love Bug w/e 04 Jan 1987 ITV 16.55

Hardly worse than Dont Tell The Bride, aboiut which I havent heard you express an opinion.

Didnt BBC1 do a fly on the wall on a wedding a few years ago with Su Pollard singing the god awful theme tune? Rated very well IIRC, got a lot of papers coverage too

I stand corrected! Murray opens Court 1 at noon.

Amazing how popular a travel show was back then, I never thought Wish You Were Here was so huge. This week Judith goes to Tenerife....

Classic ratings can be very interesting, channel highs for example...keeping things here is best though, if ever someone comes across a relevant top 20/30 from the 70s,80s,90s - an Olympics week for example,it would be good to compare then and now in this multi-channel era.

Over 25 years ago - 1986 to be precise.

Here's Su singing the theme tune - [gets cotton wool out]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwuCqJtdxpw

I will try to find some weekly ratings as Eastenders and The Street( never Corrie then) were boosted by massive events like Hilda Ogden leaving that added 10 million to the audience.

That was the Royal edition of Knockout that was seriously slated in the press IIRC. The Beeb and Prince Edward were massacred by the tabloids for weeks if not months after transmission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gra...out_Tournament

I feel physically sick after watching that

We're starting together, it was a top 10 hit as well.

Did you buy it?

My Now wife did. And when I found it about 15 years ago I burnt it straight away!

What a horrid piece off music and what a terrible decade the 80's was. Bland,Thatcher,Greed. Oh the strikes of the 70's beat that all the time.

" Mum, Dad the lights have gone off again"
" We Know!"

Oh the 70's!


Ken

Hardly I was a fan of AC/DC.