Originally Posted by southlad:
“Anyone know how Daybreak and Breakfast are doing this week?”
“Anyone know how Daybreak and Breakfast are doing this week?”
I know that breakfast would do better in the ratings as no-one watches daybreak
The Ratings Thread (Part 39)
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Originally Posted by hyperstarsponge:
“I know that breakfast would do better in the ratings as no-one watches daybreak”
“I know that breakfast would do better in the ratings as no-one watches daybreak
”
Last I heard (few weeks ago) Daybreak was on about 0.4m (
) with Breakfast getting 1.7m.I know Daybreak tends to be lower in kids holidays but didn;t realise it was that low.
Originally Posted by grimshaw:
“ITV dramas are timeshifting more and more. It used to be odd that they didn't timeshift as much but I think that was about who watched ITV1 and how they watched it.
But they've caught up, and afterall Downton holds the biggest timeshift record.”
“ITV dramas are timeshifting more and more. It used to be odd that they didn't timeshift as much but I think that was about who watched ITV1 and how they watched it.
But they've caught up, and afterall Downton holds the biggest timeshift record.”
Don't forget that, apart from there being more timeshifting in general, the amount of apparent timeshifting is higher for commercial channels because their overnight ratings are "depressed" by the generally lower viewing figures for the ad breaks, that are stripped out of the "official" figures.
K
Originally Posted by KennyT:
“Don't forget that, apart from there being more timeshifting in general, the amount of apparent timeshifting is higher for commercial channels because their overnight ratings are "depressed" by the generally lower viewing figures for the ad breaks, that are stripped out of the "official" figures.
K”
“Don't forget that, apart from there being more timeshifting in general, the amount of apparent timeshifting is higher for commercial channels because their overnight ratings are "depressed" by the generally lower viewing figures for the ad breaks, that are stripped out of the "official" figures.
K”
Yeah that is true. I've never really liked how they do that, but oh well.
CBB Eviction- 2.25m
CBB Live From The House- 1.29m
Brilliant for the eviction. On par with CBB9's first eviction, right?
CBB Live From The House- 1.29m
Brilliant for the eviction. On par with CBB9's first eviction, right?
Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“I think its quite shrewd to fill Corrie's old slot with a Corrie spin off, particularly with the EmFm lead in and Waterloo Road to kill off. Coro obsessives who are used to their Thursday night fix will tune in by habit and when they realise its Corrie Years rather than Coro St, they could well stay tuned anyway.
Incidentally I caught a bit of the Corrie Years they were repeating tonight. The Diedrie Barlow trial and the "national campaign" to free her from prison. What a load of sad rubbish for saddoes who need to get out more.
It's ITV's equivalent of Doctor Who Confidential....
”
“I think its quite shrewd to fill Corrie's old slot with a Corrie spin off, particularly with the EmFm lead in and Waterloo Road to kill off. Coro obsessives who are used to their Thursday night fix will tune in by habit and when they realise its Corrie Years rather than Coro St, they could well stay tuned anyway.
Incidentally I caught a bit of the Corrie Years they were repeating tonight. The Diedrie Barlow trial and the "national campaign" to free her from prison. What a load of sad rubbish for saddoes who need to get out more.
It's ITV's equivalent of Doctor Who Confidential....
”
I don't like it either - but remind us again of which tv channel has brought back a has-been character to its soap? And trumpeted it with a ridiculous trailer with the other characters wondering who is coming throught the "whirlwind" - oh excuse me whiIe I :yawn: at that, then laugh as I remind myself of those who throw stones and live in (BBC) glass houses. :sleep:
Originally Posted by grimshaw:
“ITV dramas are timeshifting more and more. It used to be odd that they didn't timeshift as much but I think that was about who watched ITV1 and how they watched it.”
“ITV dramas are timeshifting more and more. It used to be odd that they didn't timeshift as much but I think that was about who watched ITV1 and how they watched it.”
The increase in the amount of ads per hour hasn't helped ITV's live viewing.
I just had a look at ITV dramas on Sky Anytime+ where they are shown without ads.
The original Prime Suspect episodes were 52m, hour long dramas now are 44m.
Even Lewis which started in 2007 had 93m episodes and they're now down to 88m.
If someone has a PVR, why would they waste half an hour's evening viewing time?
Originally Posted by TheIllusionist:
“The story might have been. The dialogue was cringe worthy though. I felt as if it was targeted towards 11-12 year olds.
If they just improved the cringe worthy dialogue, it might actually be worth watching...”
“The story might have been. The dialogue was cringe worthy though. I felt as if it was targeted towards 11-12 year olds.
If they just improved the cringe worthy dialogue, it might actually be worth watching...”
Davies and Moffatt don't write every episode, there are many other writers, all of whom presumably write their own dialogue while Davies and Moffatt take a wider view. And no Russell T Davies - no Doctor Who.
Wednesday 22nd August 2012
BBC One
13:45 - Doctors: 1.22m (17.4%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 4.09m (26%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 4.98m (29%)
19:00 - The One Show: 3.28m (18%)
19:30 - Helicopter Heroes: 3.24m (18%)
20:00 - The Flowerpot Gang: 2.77m (14%)
21:00 - Who Do You Think You Are?: 4.80m (21.4%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 4.78m (25%)
22:35 - The National Lottery Draws: 2.82m
BBC Two
20:00 - Restoration Home: 2.13m (10.7%)
21:00 - Vexed: 887k (4%)
ITV1
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 3.25m (18%) inc +1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 5.88m (33.0%) , +1: 302k (1.6%)
19:30 - The Corrie Years: 3.56m (20.0%) , +1: 110k (0.5%)
20:00 - Midsomer Murders: 3.28m (15.4%) , +1: 240k (1.2%)
Channel 4
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.34m inc +1
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 704k (4.1%) , +1: 134k (0.7%)
20:00 - Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not: 1.46m (7.4%) , +1: 165k (0.7%)
21:00 - 24 Hours in A&E: 2.07m inc +1
Channel 5
13:45 - Neighbours: 657k (9.3%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 945k (7.4%)
20:00 - Secret Interview: 653k (3.3%)
21:00 - Celebrity Big Brother: 2.14m (10%) , +1: 111k (0.7%)
22:30 - Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House: 1.29m (10.1%)
23:30 - Celebrity Big Brother's Bit On The Side: 627k (9.4%)
Primetime Shares
BBC One: 18.7%
ITV1: 16.5% (+1: 1%)
Channel 5: 6.5% (+1: 0.3%)
BBC Two: 6.1%
Channel 4: 5.7% (+1: 0.9%)
Multichannel
5*
18:00 - Home and Away: 148k (1.0%)
18:30 - Home and Away: 142k (0.8%)
BBC Three
20:10 - Raiders of the Lost Ark: 950k (4.5%)
22:30 - Family Guy: 620k (4%)
22:50 - Family Guy: 831k (7%)
23:15 - American Dad!: 820k (8.9%)
23:35 - American Dad!: 731k (9.8%)
BBC Four
21:00 - Jet! When Britain Ruled The Skies: 752k (3.4%)
Dave (inc +1)
21:00 - Qi XL: 289k
E4
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 760k inc +1
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 512k (2.9%) , +1: 191k (1.0%)
20:00 - Volcano: 640k inc +1
Film4 (inc +1)
21:00 - The Time Traveller's Wife: 398k
ITV2
22:00 - The Only Way is Essex: 727k (4.1%) , +1: 205k (2.1%)
More4 (inc +1)
19:55 - Grand Designs: 253k
21:00 - The Hurt Locker: 241k
Really (inc +1)
22:00- The Sex Inspectors: 101k
Sky Living
21:00 - Mount Pleasant: 267k (1.2%)
Yesterday (inc +1)
19:20 - Last of the Summer Wine: 322k
BBC One
13:45 - Doctors: 1.22m (17.4%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 4.09m (26%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 4.98m (29%)
19:00 - The One Show: 3.28m (18%)
19:30 - Helicopter Heroes: 3.24m (18%)
20:00 - The Flowerpot Gang: 2.77m (14%)
21:00 - Who Do You Think You Are?: 4.80m (21.4%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 4.78m (25%)
22:35 - The National Lottery Draws: 2.82m
BBC Two
20:00 - Restoration Home: 2.13m (10.7%)
21:00 - Vexed: 887k (4%)
ITV1
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 3.25m (18%) inc +1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 5.88m (33.0%) , +1: 302k (1.6%)
19:30 - The Corrie Years: 3.56m (20.0%) , +1: 110k (0.5%)
20:00 - Midsomer Murders: 3.28m (15.4%) , +1: 240k (1.2%)
Channel 4
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.34m inc +1
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 704k (4.1%) , +1: 134k (0.7%)
20:00 - Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not: 1.46m (7.4%) , +1: 165k (0.7%)
21:00 - 24 Hours in A&E: 2.07m inc +1
Channel 5
13:45 - Neighbours: 657k (9.3%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 945k (7.4%)
20:00 - Secret Interview: 653k (3.3%)
21:00 - Celebrity Big Brother: 2.14m (10%) , +1: 111k (0.7%)
22:30 - Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House: 1.29m (10.1%)
23:30 - Celebrity Big Brother's Bit On The Side: 627k (9.4%)
Primetime Shares
BBC One: 18.7%
ITV1: 16.5% (+1: 1%)
Channel 5: 6.5% (+1: 0.3%)
BBC Two: 6.1%
Channel 4: 5.7% (+1: 0.9%)
Multichannel
5*
18:00 - Home and Away: 148k (1.0%)
18:30 - Home and Away: 142k (0.8%)
BBC Three
20:10 - Raiders of the Lost Ark: 950k (4.5%)
22:30 - Family Guy: 620k (4%)
22:50 - Family Guy: 831k (7%)
23:15 - American Dad!: 820k (8.9%)
23:35 - American Dad!: 731k (9.8%)
BBC Four
21:00 - Jet! When Britain Ruled The Skies: 752k (3.4%)
Dave (inc +1)
21:00 - Qi XL: 289k
E4
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 760k inc +1
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 512k (2.9%) , +1: 191k (1.0%)
20:00 - Volcano: 640k inc +1
Film4 (inc +1)
21:00 - The Time Traveller's Wife: 398k
ITV2
22:00 - The Only Way is Essex: 727k (4.1%) , +1: 205k (2.1%)
More4 (inc +1)
19:55 - Grand Designs: 253k
21:00 - The Hurt Locker: 241k
Really (inc +1)
22:00- The Sex Inspectors: 101k
Sky Living
21:00 - Mount Pleasant: 267k (1.2%)
Yesterday (inc +1)
19:20 - Last of the Summer Wine: 322k
Keith Lemon is currently 'interviewing' Peter Fincham..well really it's a roast!
@Jake_Kanter has tweeted some of the best quotes.
Lemon to Fincham: "You edited the Queen once, didn't you Peter? Could have been DG, if that didn't happen." #edtvfest
Lemon: "You're in a band, Peter. What they called?" Fincham: "No Expectations." Lemon: "Should've called them Daybreak." #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
And BBC3 Controller Zai Bennett is there and couldn't nameThe Voice UK winner! Tut Tut!
BBC3 boss Zai Bennett doesn't know who won The Voice UK. Lemon: "Simon Cowell won it." #edtvfest
@Jake_Kanter has tweeted some of the best quotes.
Lemon to Fincham: "You edited the Queen once, didn't you Peter? Could have been DG, if that didn't happen." #edtvfest
Lemon: "You're in a band, Peter. What they called?" Fincham: "No Expectations." Lemon: "Should've called them Daybreak." #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
And BBC3 Controller Zai Bennett is there and couldn't nameThe Voice UK winner! Tut Tut!
BBC3 boss Zai Bennett doesn't know who won The Voice UK. Lemon: "Simon Cowell won it." #edtvfest
Yesterday's line up was shocking. How can the British public put up with such trash on their TV screens?
Horrific ratings.
Horrific ratings.
Originally Posted by TheIllusionist:
“Yesterday's line up was shocking. How can the British public put up with such trash on their TV screens?
Horrific ratings.”
“Yesterday's line up was shocking. How can the British public put up with such trash on their TV screens?
Horrific ratings.”
Don't despair, 'Whatever happened to Harry Hill?' is on tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
I hope Channel 4 commission a full series of 'Toast of London', it was excellent.
BRAND NEW COMMISSIONS FROM CHANNEL 5 FOR 2012/13
C5's 16-34s up 20% yoy; take out Big Brother & it's still 7% says Jeff Ford
Quote:
“Channel 5 announced today a raft of new commissions for winter 2012/13.
Covering a broad range of topics the programmes include Chris Tarrant tackling some of the world’s most extreme railway journeys, the issue of ex-soldiers in the criminal justice system and the challenges they face coming to terms with civilian life and Dominic Monaghan traversing the globe to seek out and examine a host of incredible insects.
SOLDIERS BEHIND BARS (2x60)
The number of ex-servicemen in our prisons is increasing. In fact military veterans now constitute the largest occupational group in the British prison system. Psychiatrists and criminologists are battling to understand this worrying trend that some say it is just the tip of an iceberg. So why do ex-servicemen run a greater risk of falling foul of the law? Is it the brutalising effect of war, the hardened self-image, the macho do-or-die ethos, the predisposition to confront a threat? Is this why most ex-servicemen in jail or on probation have committed a violent crime or a sexual crime? Chris Terrill, the only military trained documentary maker in Britain, immerses himself in the often sad and lonely world of the veteran to investigate this worrying phenomenon. What he finds is both shocking and surprising. Produced, directed and filmed by Chris Terri Executive producer Christine Hal
EXTREME RAILWAYS (working title) (4x60)
Extreme Railways (w/t) sees presenter Chris Tarrant undertaking an extreme railway journey each week. Chris, who's a keen traveller, will be meeting the passengers and people who work on railways which cross some of the most extreme environments on earth. He will discover the history of the railways and find out how they were built, often against all the odds. In his first adventure Chris rides through the jungles of the Congo, he then attempts to cross the high Andes by train and in the final episodes he heads off to the heat of the desert and learns about the drama of building a railway beside an ocean. Driven by his passion and curiosity Chris sees how ingenuity, engineering skills and occasionally just sheer determination have overcome the harshest environmental odds - to build and run these remarkable railway lines. Production Company: The Gamma Project, Executive Producers: Nina Carbone, Hugh Whitworth, Executive Producer, Series Producer: Dale Templar, Producer-Directors: Rosalind Bain, Neil Ferguson. Production Manager: Sarah Gowers
DOMINIC MONAGHAN’S WILD THINGS (8X60)
In a series of spectacular and epic adventures, British actor Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) travels the globe to find – and then handle – some of the biggest, baddest and scariest creatures on the planet. Among his potentially lethal quests… a journey deep into a toxic cave in Venezuela to find Scolopendra – a giant and highly venomous flesh-eating centipede; a head-on encounter in the Amazon Jungle with a multi-million-strong colony of lethal army ants – reputedly capable of killing and devouring an animal the size of a cow ; a hunt for Africa’s largest and deadliest scorpion in the searing deserts of Namibia; and a trek through the Cameroon highlands in search of one of the world’s largest and rarest insects - the White Goliath Beetle. Guided by locals and expert scientists, Dominic immerses himself in the local cultures he encounters – and he needs all the help he can get, because his journeys lead him into real danger as he takes on jungles, swamps, deserts and mountains, and a terrifying cast of lethal animals that live in them. Produced by Wildfire Television Ltd and Cream Productions Ltd. Executive Producers: Simon Raikes, Philip Clarke, David Brady Series producer/Director: Paul Kilback Producers: Sarah Zammitt, Alice Robinson, Matt Booi
RORY AND WILL CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD (4X60)
People across the UK are blazing a trail as world champions in some of the oddest events - everything from pea-shooting to pole-climbing. Now it’s the turn of Rory McGrath and Will Mellor. They’ll be competing in the most left-field World Championships and will be door-stepping the world’s best to take them on. In each episode they travel to a different part of the country competing in World Championship events in the local area and meeting Britain’s weirdest world champions. Production Executive: Helen Nightingale, Series Producer: Gerard Costello, Production Manager: Sara Cameron, Directors Peter Campion and Matt Richard. Made by IWC Media, a Zodiak Media company production.
GREAT NORTHERN COOKBOOK (4 x 60)
Sean Wilson, the actor best known to British TV viewers for playing Martin Platt in Coronation Street, worked in a Michelin-starred kitchen and has become a cheese maker of distinction collecting a Gold Medal at the World Cheese Awards in 2011. Great Northern Cookbook sees him explore the gastronomic heritage of towns in the north of England. In each episode, the culinary connoisseur visits different northern towns, experiencing the regional quirks that form the backdrop to the area’s industrial and gastronomic heritage, with a mission to take on four very distinct competitive challenges in each region. The challenges will see Sean follow centuries-old recipes without a modern gadget in sight, endure back-breaking jobs to source ingredients, replicate the best local dishes and finally attempt to outsell local rivals in the marketplace with his produce. Throughout Sean judged will be by the most critical of audiences – the local people. Executive produced by Jazz Gowans and Richard Hughes for Transparent Television
BOMB PATROL: AFGHANISTAN (10 x 60)
Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan gives viewers an unprecedented first person view of one of the most dangerous jobs in the world in one of the most dangerous places on earth. We follow the U.S. Military's most elite Navy EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Unit as it trains prior to deployment. In war-torn Afghanistan, helmet and body mounted cameras and state-of-the-art robotics bring you a never before seen look at the intensity of war. Viewers will witness as the elite team searches out, disarms and destroys an array of deadly explosives with one goal: to save civilian and military lives and return home safely. Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan is produced by Big Fish Entertainment with Doug DePriest and Dan Cesareo serving as executive producers. Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan is distributed outside of the U.S. and Canada by NBCUniversal International Television Distribution.
In addition, after a successful first series BIG BODY SQUAD (6x60) returns. The programme will again join the supersized ambulance teams, fire crews, equipment specialists, builders and carers across the UK as they deal with all the associated complications and risks that come with mobilising an obese nation. Big Body Squad gives a thorough insight into all aspects of the specialist training and the risks associated with dealing with these patients. And in a brand new three part x 60 series we return to the story of the main protagonist from Big Body Squad, Keith Martin, who at the time was referred to in the press as being the biggest man in the world. We’ll follow Keith as he attempts the huge task of losing weight and getting back on his feet. Both programmes are a co-production by IWC Media and GroupM Entertainment. Executive Producer for GroupM Entertainment Richard Foster, Executive Producer for IWC Media Elspeth O’Hare, Consulting Producer for GroupM Entertainment Melanie Darlaston, Series Producer Jo Scott
Jeff Ford, Director of Programmes Channel 5 said "I'm pleased to announce another batch of really strong programmes. We're covering issues from the national obesity crisis to ex-servicemen in the criminal justice system. We're working with people who have a real passion for their subject like Chris Tarrant, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Wilson. It's a really exciting time for Channel 5.””
“Channel 5 announced today a raft of new commissions for winter 2012/13.
Covering a broad range of topics the programmes include Chris Tarrant tackling some of the world’s most extreme railway journeys, the issue of ex-soldiers in the criminal justice system and the challenges they face coming to terms with civilian life and Dominic Monaghan traversing the globe to seek out and examine a host of incredible insects.
SOLDIERS BEHIND BARS (2x60)
The number of ex-servicemen in our prisons is increasing. In fact military veterans now constitute the largest occupational group in the British prison system. Psychiatrists and criminologists are battling to understand this worrying trend that some say it is just the tip of an iceberg. So why do ex-servicemen run a greater risk of falling foul of the law? Is it the brutalising effect of war, the hardened self-image, the macho do-or-die ethos, the predisposition to confront a threat? Is this why most ex-servicemen in jail or on probation have committed a violent crime or a sexual crime? Chris Terrill, the only military trained documentary maker in Britain, immerses himself in the often sad and lonely world of the veteran to investigate this worrying phenomenon. What he finds is both shocking and surprising. Produced, directed and filmed by Chris Terri Executive producer Christine Hal
EXTREME RAILWAYS (working title) (4x60)
Extreme Railways (w/t) sees presenter Chris Tarrant undertaking an extreme railway journey each week. Chris, who's a keen traveller, will be meeting the passengers and people who work on railways which cross some of the most extreme environments on earth. He will discover the history of the railways and find out how they were built, often against all the odds. In his first adventure Chris rides through the jungles of the Congo, he then attempts to cross the high Andes by train and in the final episodes he heads off to the heat of the desert and learns about the drama of building a railway beside an ocean. Driven by his passion and curiosity Chris sees how ingenuity, engineering skills and occasionally just sheer determination have overcome the harshest environmental odds - to build and run these remarkable railway lines. Production Company: The Gamma Project, Executive Producers: Nina Carbone, Hugh Whitworth, Executive Producer, Series Producer: Dale Templar, Producer-Directors: Rosalind Bain, Neil Ferguson. Production Manager: Sarah Gowers
DOMINIC MONAGHAN’S WILD THINGS (8X60)
In a series of spectacular and epic adventures, British actor Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) travels the globe to find – and then handle – some of the biggest, baddest and scariest creatures on the planet. Among his potentially lethal quests… a journey deep into a toxic cave in Venezuela to find Scolopendra – a giant and highly venomous flesh-eating centipede; a head-on encounter in the Amazon Jungle with a multi-million-strong colony of lethal army ants – reputedly capable of killing and devouring an animal the size of a cow ; a hunt for Africa’s largest and deadliest scorpion in the searing deserts of Namibia; and a trek through the Cameroon highlands in search of one of the world’s largest and rarest insects - the White Goliath Beetle. Guided by locals and expert scientists, Dominic immerses himself in the local cultures he encounters – and he needs all the help he can get, because his journeys lead him into real danger as he takes on jungles, swamps, deserts and mountains, and a terrifying cast of lethal animals that live in them. Produced by Wildfire Television Ltd and Cream Productions Ltd. Executive Producers: Simon Raikes, Philip Clarke, David Brady Series producer/Director: Paul Kilback Producers: Sarah Zammitt, Alice Robinson, Matt Booi
RORY AND WILL CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD (4X60)
People across the UK are blazing a trail as world champions in some of the oddest events - everything from pea-shooting to pole-climbing. Now it’s the turn of Rory McGrath and Will Mellor. They’ll be competing in the most left-field World Championships and will be door-stepping the world’s best to take them on. In each episode they travel to a different part of the country competing in World Championship events in the local area and meeting Britain’s weirdest world champions. Production Executive: Helen Nightingale, Series Producer: Gerard Costello, Production Manager: Sara Cameron, Directors Peter Campion and Matt Richard. Made by IWC Media, a Zodiak Media company production.
GREAT NORTHERN COOKBOOK (4 x 60)
Sean Wilson, the actor best known to British TV viewers for playing Martin Platt in Coronation Street, worked in a Michelin-starred kitchen and has become a cheese maker of distinction collecting a Gold Medal at the World Cheese Awards in 2011. Great Northern Cookbook sees him explore the gastronomic heritage of towns in the north of England. In each episode, the culinary connoisseur visits different northern towns, experiencing the regional quirks that form the backdrop to the area’s industrial and gastronomic heritage, with a mission to take on four very distinct competitive challenges in each region. The challenges will see Sean follow centuries-old recipes without a modern gadget in sight, endure back-breaking jobs to source ingredients, replicate the best local dishes and finally attempt to outsell local rivals in the marketplace with his produce. Throughout Sean judged will be by the most critical of audiences – the local people. Executive produced by Jazz Gowans and Richard Hughes for Transparent Television
BOMB PATROL: AFGHANISTAN (10 x 60)
Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan gives viewers an unprecedented first person view of one of the most dangerous jobs in the world in one of the most dangerous places on earth. We follow the U.S. Military's most elite Navy EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Unit as it trains prior to deployment. In war-torn Afghanistan, helmet and body mounted cameras and state-of-the-art robotics bring you a never before seen look at the intensity of war. Viewers will witness as the elite team searches out, disarms and destroys an array of deadly explosives with one goal: to save civilian and military lives and return home safely. Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan is produced by Big Fish Entertainment with Doug DePriest and Dan Cesareo serving as executive producers. Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan is distributed outside of the U.S. and Canada by NBCUniversal International Television Distribution.
In addition, after a successful first series BIG BODY SQUAD (6x60) returns. The programme will again join the supersized ambulance teams, fire crews, equipment specialists, builders and carers across the UK as they deal with all the associated complications and risks that come with mobilising an obese nation. Big Body Squad gives a thorough insight into all aspects of the specialist training and the risks associated with dealing with these patients. And in a brand new three part x 60 series we return to the story of the main protagonist from Big Body Squad, Keith Martin, who at the time was referred to in the press as being the biggest man in the world. We’ll follow Keith as he attempts the huge task of losing weight and getting back on his feet. Both programmes are a co-production by IWC Media and GroupM Entertainment. Executive Producer for GroupM Entertainment Richard Foster, Executive Producer for IWC Media Elspeth O’Hare, Consulting Producer for GroupM Entertainment Melanie Darlaston, Series Producer Jo Scott
Jeff Ford, Director of Programmes Channel 5 said "I'm pleased to announce another batch of really strong programmes. We're covering issues from the national obesity crisis to ex-servicemen in the criminal justice system. We're working with people who have a real passion for their subject like Chris Tarrant, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Wilson. It's a really exciting time for Channel 5.””
C5's 16-34s up 20% yoy; take out Big Brother & it's still 7% says Jeff Ford
Originally Posted by TheIllusionist:
“Yesterday's line up was shocking. How can the British public put up with such trash on their TV screens?
Horrific ratings.”
“Yesterday's line up was shocking. How can the British public put up with such trash on their TV screens?
Horrific ratings.”
I agree. Primetime TV on the main channels got the ratings they deserved between 8-9pm. The Flowerpot Gang!?! Seriously!?! *SHUDDER*
Originally Posted by morph1970:
“But overnights of 5-6 million are pretty good though, aren't they? Not amazingly fantastic, but good. And if you're judging it in Doctor Who's own terms – well, that's what it tends to get (except at Christmas), and as long as they stay in that region, I think that's fine. If it gets 7 or 8 million in overnights, that's great, but those figures will always be the exception, not the rule. You can't really compare back to 2005, because everything's changed since then – and not just for Doctor Who, for EastEnders, X Factor, everything.”
“But overnights of 5-6 million are pretty good though, aren't they? Not amazingly fantastic, but good. And if you're judging it in Doctor Who's own terms – well, that's what it tends to get (except at Christmas), and as long as they stay in that region, I think that's fine. If it gets 7 or 8 million in overnights, that's great, but those figures will always be the exception, not the rule. You can't really compare back to 2005, because everything's changed since then – and not just for Doctor Who, for EastEnders, X Factor, everything.”
I'm not particularly looking to compare to 2005 or any other previous series. The point I'm raising is twofold
1 – That so much of Doctor Who's audience isn't counted in over night figures is potentially a massive PR problem for it. We saw this begin to emerge with the previous series where the narrative become that the show is now too complicated for the audience to follow and they're bailing. This notion that its going to crush Red or Black in the over nights and win the PR battle with Red or Black (and The X Factor) isn't locked in.
2 – The fact that around 50% of Doctor Who's audience are watching via various catch-up services and methods is an incredibly interesting phenomena that I think people should be much more engaged with than they are. As I mentioned the attitude toward Doctor Who's numbers seems to be that 'it doesn't matter because people watch it eventually' and not why the hell is its audience so disproportionately skewed toward catch-up and not live (or near live) viewing? I think its important to know what's going on there and why.
Originally Posted by Steve Williams:
“And as I said before, there are several lottery quizzes so you can't just say Oh, It's A Lottery Quiz because some of them have flopped and been axed because the formats weren't up to much.”
“And as I said before, there are several lottery quizzes so you can't just say Oh, It's A Lottery Quiz because some of them have flopped and been axed because the formats weren't up to much.”
But they're all still quizzes and that's the point.
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“And the BBC1 schedule for September 1st of game show, family drama, shiny floor quiz, drama and football is a bit more interesting than the ITV schedule of comedy, shiny floor quiz, shiny floor talent show, shiny floor quiz and shiny floor chat show. And for what it's worth I don't really think comedy works on a Saturday night, it's too frequently shoved around the schedules to get a loyal audience.”
“And the BBC1 schedule for September 1st of game show, family drama, shiny floor quiz, drama and football is a bit more interesting than the ITV schedule of comedy, shiny floor quiz, shiny floor talent show, shiny floor quiz and shiny floor chat show. And for what it's worth I don't really think comedy works on a Saturday night, it's too frequently shoved around the schedules to get a loyal audience.”
I'm not suggesting that they should put comedy on Saturday night merely that it would be nice to see more variety in their Saturday night content. For the record I'm not suggesting that ITV's Saturday night schedule is particularly brilliant either merely that they tend to actually make an effort to build their schedules around their bigger shows so that it doesn't feel like they've just been dumped into the regular Saturday night line-up.
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“But if they drop The One Show you'll only get the same stuff you get on The One Show anyway - consumer shows, history, nature...”
“But if they drop The One Show you'll only get the same stuff you get on The One Show anyway - consumer shows, history, nature...”
Which is an incredibly broad pallet of shows. And an incredibly broad pallet of shows that would allow them to hit the same quotas and targets whilst adding some variety and depth to their schedule.
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“The other thing about Doctor Who is that it may be a flagship drama but it's on Saturday nights which no other drama is on (apart from Merlin), so it will obviously have different ratings expectations than a 9pm series. And a lot of it is really quite complicated and unusual for a Saturday night slot.”
“The other thing about Doctor Who is that it may be a flagship drama but it's on Saturday nights which no other drama is on (apart from Merlin), so it will obviously have different ratings expectations than a 9pm series. And a lot of it is really quite complicated and unusual for a Saturday night slot.”
But again the issue I raised isn't that people aren't watching it but that people aren't watching it on Saturday night. 50% of the audience is watching via catch-up and I think to simply not address that and look at why that is or might be is crazy. Additionally that its a big flagship drama means that the expectation is that its numbers will be big and its over nights haven't been. That gives the press license to report ratings drops etc.
Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“Who cares about the overnights, it's the proper ratings that matter.”
“Who cares about the overnights, it's the proper ratings that matter.”
I think everybody should care when half of the audience for a flagships drama aren't watching live or even on the same day as broadcast. And that a large proportion of them aren't watching via a television at all. The issue isn't that people aren't watching Doctor Who (although that will be an immediate issue for press coverage of the over nights) but how they're choosing to watch and why. The idea that there's no valuable information or reason to look at this is crazy.
Originally Posted by derek500:
“Exactly. As long as licence payers believe they're getting value, it doesn't matter when and how they watch.”
“Exactly. As long as licence payers believe they're getting value, it doesn't matter when and how they watch.”
Only potentially it does matter a great deal for BBC funding. If huge sections of the audience aren't going to watch television via traditional methods but using online catch-up this is something the BBC is going to need to know more about. Its something that commercial broadcasters are going to need to know as well. Is Doctor Who simply ahead of the curve or is it just a one-off?
Originally Posted by derek500:
“NBC's Sherlock remake Elementary is going to Living too.”
“NBC's Sherlock remake Elementary is going to Living too.”
Its a CBS show. None the less a slot on Living makes no sense to me.
Originally Posted by Steve Williams:
“Davies and Moffatt don't write every episode, there are many other writers, all of whom presumably write their own dialogue while Davies and Moffatt take a wider view. And no Russell T Davies - no Doctor Who.”
“Davies and Moffatt don't write every episode, there are many other writers, all of whom presumably write their own dialogue while Davies and Moffatt take a wider view. And no Russell T Davies - no Doctor Who.”
It should be noted that Davies in particular is a prolific re-writer of other people's work. Moffat to will re-write scripts although its not entirely clear to me how extensive his re-writes are at this point. Pretty much every episode of Who for the past couple of years has had Moffat's fingerprints all over it though (and I don't think that's a bad thing).
The upcoming Channel 5 slate looks good although I think 5 needs to be a bit more ballsy and start looking at developing original drama and comedy and maybe getting comedy back onto the schedule. I think something like Partners or The Mindy Project would be good, maybe sandwiched between CBB on Fridays in January rather than shows like The Bachelor or Celebrity Wedding Planner.
Originally Posted by VirginMediaPhil:
“Don't despair, 'Whatever happened to Harry Hill?' is on tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
I hope Channel 4 commission a full series of 'Toast of London', it was excellent.”
“Don't despair, 'Whatever happened to Harry Hill?' is on tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
I hope Channel 4 commission a full series of 'Toast of London', it was excellent.”
I'll be amazed if Toast Of London doesn't become a series along with The Function Room.
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Keith Lemon is currently 'interviewing' Peter Fincham..well really it's a roast!
@Jake_Kanter has tweeted some of the best quotes.
Lemon to Fincham: "You edited the Queen once, didn't you Peter? Could have been DG, if that didn't happen." #edtvfest
Lemon: "You're in a band, Peter. What they called?" Fincham: "No Expectations." Lemon: "Should've called them Daybreak." #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
And BBC3 Controller Zai Bennett is there and couldn't nameThe Voice UK winner! Tut Tut!
BBC3 boss Zai Bennett doesn't know who won The Voice UK. Lemon: "Simon Cowell won it." #edtvfest”
“Keith Lemon is currently 'interviewing' Peter Fincham..well really it's a roast!
@Jake_Kanter has tweeted some of the best quotes.
Lemon to Fincham: "You edited the Queen once, didn't you Peter? Could have been DG, if that didn't happen." #edtvfest
Lemon: "You're in a band, Peter. What they called?" Fincham: "No Expectations." Lemon: "Should've called them Daybreak." #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
Lemon covers Fincham in white sheet and asks: "What does a posh ghost sound like?" Poor Peter's getting a roasting. #edtvfest
And BBC3 Controller Zai Bennett is there and couldn't nameThe Voice UK winner! Tut Tut!
BBC3 boss Zai Bennett doesn't know who won The Voice UK. Lemon: "Simon Cowell won it." #edtvfest”
I thought the Festival was meant to be serious.I hope Francis agreed the sheet stunt with Fincham beforehand, otherwise he won't be getting yet another shot at the Talent lead-in on ITV1 next spring.
Originally Posted by Mr Sirs:
“I don't like it either - but remind us again of which tv channel has brought back a has-been character to its soap? And trumpeted it with a ridiculous trailer with the other characters wondering who is coming throught the "whirlwind" - oh excuse me whiIe I :yawn: at that, then laugh as I remind myself of those who throw stones and live in (BBC) glass houses. :sleep:”
“I don't like it either - but remind us again of which tv channel has brought back a has-been character to its soap? And trumpeted it with a ridiculous trailer with the other characters wondering who is coming throught the "whirlwind" - oh excuse me whiIe I :yawn: at that, then laugh as I remind myself of those who throw stones and live in (BBC) glass houses. :sleep:”
I wasnt having a pop at Corrie, rather the pompous self importance of The Corrie Years and the saddoes for whom the characters in the show are real people and a real part of their lives.
I am allowed to cast such aspersions, with some of the closest members of my family being amongst such saddoes!
Originally Posted by TheIllusionist:
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Perhaps a fan engrossed in the series might think so, but if you take a step back you'll quickly realise they have the same train of thought. It's a good job they are both good actors and can distinguish themselves from each other in that way. But it feels as if the writers have not adapted to this. Both are goofy, think aloud when they shouldn't, have a terrible sense of humour and seem to be either cranked up on 6 cans of Red Bull or overly melodramatic.
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Perhaps a fan engrossed in the series might think so, but if you take a step back you'll quickly realise they have the same train of thought. It's a good job they are both good actors and can distinguish themselves from each other in that way. But it feels as if the writers have not adapted to this. Both are goofy, think aloud when they shouldn't, have a terrible sense of humour and seem to be either cranked up on 6 cans of Red Bull or overly melodramatic.
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Maybe that's because they're playing the same character.
Meanwhile, back in the world of ratings.....
Oh dear for The Flowerpot Gang last night. BBC1 may be looking even more longingly at the Great British Bake Off ratings this morning than they were yesterday morning.
And maybe BBC1 should have left Waterloo Road on Wednesdays. That would have meant soap against light entertainment when All Star Mr & Mrs returns in September whereas with the current schedule it means soap against soap on Thursdays at 8. Tut tut, BBC1.
I like the idea of ITV screening Mr & Mrs on Wednesdays at 8. It brings back memories of the good old days** when ITV would regularly screen light entertainment in this slot - Benny Hill, the variety show Wednesday At Eight, maybe a double bill of sitcoms.
**Good old days for ITV when they had less competition than North Korean Television News.
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“I'll be amazed if Toast Of London doesn't become a series along with The Function Room.”
“I'll be amazed if Toast Of London doesn't become a series along with The Function Room.”
Hope so, it was really promising. Needs a bit of minor surgery and a better name. They might be better just calling it Toast.
But that might be tempting fate with those launch numbers....
BBC have also announced a lot of stuff for BBC Two:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...invention.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...mmissions.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...ading-out.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...invention.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...mmissions.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...ading-out.html
To sit through one 80s ITV sitcom - unfortunate.
To sit through a double bill - manic depressive. Or telly broke!
To sit through a double bill - manic depressive. Or telly broke!
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