I'm sp glad Our Girl had good ratings. It deserved to be at least a million higher but It will timeshift to 6.5million which is great and it gained viewers throughout the hour and a half which is fantastic.
The Ratings Thread (Part 46)
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I'm sp glad Our Girl had good ratings. It deserved to be at least a million higher but It will timeshift to 6.5million which is great and it gained viewers throughout the hour and a half which is fantastic.
I am hoping that Doctor Who makes 6million plus and The Voice makes around 8-9million.
I am hoping that Doctor Who makes 6million plus and The Voice makes around 8-9million.
Originally Posted by ronant:
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.”
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.”
Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 although his Top of the Tower DVD, which C4 now regularly shows, actually premiered on TV on Channel 5, at eleven o'clock at night in 2001.
Although I thought his continued presence on C4 was ridiculous anyway, he's far too mainstream a performer and it completely undermined everything C4 said about being committed to new and upcoming talent. When you think of all the talent C4 gave their big break to who had to go to other channels to actually get famous - Simon Amstell, Lucas and Walliams - who C4 never seemed that bothered with nurturing or finding the right format for.
And indeed Kay's early years on C4 hardly saw him get the channel's full backing, the first series of Phoenix Nights was dumped out on Sunday nights and it was only after the second repeat they actually seemed interested.
Think Allen is fighting a losing battle trying to find a vehicle for Frankie Boyle, mind. He used to be a good stand-up but these days he comes across as just an idiot, and his C4 series was truly awful. Not cos it was controversial, cos it was boring.
Originally Posted by Fudd:
“Don't tell me they're still sorting out the 'ITV/ITV1' issue.
”
“Don't tell me they're still sorting out the 'ITV/ITV1' issue.
”
Yep, Channel 4's sales force seem to be as inept as their commissioners and schedulers .
Originally Posted by NeilVW:
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392k (2.0%), barely half the 675k (3.7%) it got last week.
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392k (2.0%), barely half the 675k (3.7%) it got last week.
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That'll be because it overlapped with the BBC3-type drama on BBC1. They didn't think it through, as the Pub Landlord would say.
Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Rating of the day for me was Countryfile's. Delivering 6.3m against Corrie when it's in the middle of a big plot. Maybe BBC1 should stick CF on every weeknight at 7pm in place of The One Show. Mix it in with Coast. Anything to get rid of Matt Baker and Alex Jones' consistently mind-numbingly terrible interviews with "tonight's studio guest". They look as if they've won a competition to interview a celebrity in a Newsround competition.”
“Rating of the day for me was Countryfile's. Delivering 6.3m against Corrie when it's in the middle of a big plot. Maybe BBC1 should stick CF on every weeknight at 7pm in place of The One Show. Mix it in with Coast. Anything to get rid of Matt Baker and Alex Jones' consistently mind-numbingly terrible interviews with "tonight's studio guest". They look as if they've won a competition to interview a celebrity in a Newsround competition.”
I think Countryfile might be a stumbling block if ITV ever wanted to bring back C/S on Sunday nights as a half hour from 7.30. Countryfile starting at 7.00 would be a niggling opposition.
EDIT: Ofcourse you realise you wouldnt be getting rid of Matt Baker in that case
Originally Posted by ronant:
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.
Very intriguing the iPlayer experiment, will be very interesting to see how it affects ratings.”
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.
Very intriguing the iPlayer experiment, will be very interesting to see how it affects ratings.”
It is, though having got him lets hope the show is worth the wait.
Originally Posted by Steve Williams:
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 although his Top of the Tower DVD, which C4 now regularly shows, actually premiered on TV on Channel 5, at eleven o'clock at night in 2001.
Although I thought his continued presence on C4 was ridiculous anyway, he's far too mainstream a performer and it completely undermined everything C4 said about being committed to new and upcoming talent. When you think of all the talent C4 gave their big break to who had to go to other channels to actually get famous - Simon Amstell, Lucas and Walliams - who C4 never seemed that bothered with nurturing or finding the right format for.
And indeed Kay's early years on C4 hardly saw him get the channel's full backing, the first series of Phoenix Nights was dumped out on Sunday nights and it was only after the second repeat they actually seemed interested.
Think Allen is fighting a losing battle trying to find a vehicle for Frankie Boyle, mind. He used to be a good stand-up but these days he comes across as just an idiot, and his C4 series was truly awful. Not cos it was controversial, cos it was boring.”
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 although his Top of the Tower DVD, which C4 now regularly shows, actually premiered on TV on Channel 5, at eleven o'clock at night in 2001.
Although I thought his continued presence on C4 was ridiculous anyway, he's far too mainstream a performer and it completely undermined everything C4 said about being committed to new and upcoming talent. When you think of all the talent C4 gave their big break to who had to go to other channels to actually get famous - Simon Amstell, Lucas and Walliams - who C4 never seemed that bothered with nurturing or finding the right format for.
And indeed Kay's early years on C4 hardly saw him get the channel's full backing, the first series of Phoenix Nights was dumped out on Sunday nights and it was only after the second repeat they actually seemed interested.
Think Allen is fighting a losing battle trying to find a vehicle for Frankie Boyle, mind. He used to be a good stand-up but these days he comes across as just an idiot, and his C4 series was truly awful. Not cos it was controversial, cos it was boring.”
Channel 4 did well with The Eleven O'Clock Show which brought us people like Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen, they managed to do well with Alan Carr who I imagine has had offers to jump ship, same with Jimmy Carr although I don't think he's exclusive to Channel 4.
I wonder if Ricky Gervais offered Derek to The BBC or was it always intended for Channel 4.
Originally Posted by Chris1964:
“I think Countryfile might be a stumbling block if ITV ever wanted to bring back C/S on Sunday nights as a half hour from 7.30. Countryfile starting at 7.00 would be a niggling opposition.”
“I think Countryfile might be a stumbling block if ITV ever wanted to bring back C/S on Sunday nights as a half hour from 7.30. Countryfile starting at 7.00 would be a niggling opposition.”
I could well imagine that if ITV did that, then, in the Autumn, BBC1 would quite happily carry on with their normal schedule - i.e
6.20 Countryfile
7.20 Strictly Results
8.00 Antiques Roadshow
just to scare ITV off. I'm convinced ITV moved their soap hour from Sunday purely because Emmerdale kept getting trouched by Strictly in their head-to-head clash.
Originally Posted by Chris1964:
“EDIT: Ofcourse you realise you wouldnt be getting rid of Matt Baker in that case”
“EDIT: Ofcourse you realise you wouldnt be getting rid of Matt Baker in that case
”
Yes, but at least he wouldn't be conducting any mind-numbingly terrible studio interviews with bored actors who quite clearly want to be "anywhere-but-here". He's bareable in CountryFile. I'd even be happy for Alex Jones to sent a few reports for various country festivals, just as long as she's not asking Matt Lucas or Jack Dee what he thinks about Matt Allwright's report on Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms.
BBC1 just ran a trailer for its Easter Weekend. The Voice, The Village, Jonathan Creek, Miranda Hart On Eric Morecambe and Dr Who all together in one tuneful trailer.
Noticed this earlier... https://twitter.com/officialcharts/s...74931849629697
Official Charts @officialcharts
.@antanddec could be on course to knock @TheSaturdays off #Number1 on Sunday: http://goo.gl/lPgp8 #LetsGetReadyToRhumble
7:46 PM - 25 Mar 13
I would be surprised if this doesn't have any effect on Saturday Night Takeaway's rating if momentum continues in the latter part of the week.
Bad news for The Voice, if Ant and Dec to number 1 does continue to gain traction. I'm not sure who would benefit more ratings wise from the continued bad weather, I think ITV would.
I do wonder if ITV expected it to take off (and to put a spoiler into The Voice publicity) or whether it is just a coincidence. Fantastic coincidence for them, regardless.
Official Charts @officialcharts
.@antanddec could be on course to knock @TheSaturdays off #Number1 on Sunday: http://goo.gl/lPgp8 #LetsGetReadyToRhumble
7:46 PM - 25 Mar 13
I would be surprised if this doesn't have any effect on Saturday Night Takeaway's rating if momentum continues in the latter part of the week.
Bad news for The Voice, if Ant and Dec to number 1 does continue to gain traction. I'm not sure who would benefit more ratings wise from the continued bad weather, I think ITV would.
I do wonder if ITV expected it to take off (and to put a spoiler into The Voice publicity) or whether it is just a coincidence. Fantastic coincidence for them, regardless.
and this ladies and gentlemen, is why we dont want Top of the Tops back.
Also (and whilst I am not an ITV viewer) why is Ant, wearing a Tampa Bay jersey, and an Atlanta Braves hat? they are 438 miles away from each other. He could have worn a Tampa Bay Rays hat,
Also (and whilst I am not an ITV viewer) why is Ant, wearing a Tampa Bay jersey, and an Atlanta Braves hat? they are 438 miles away from each other. He could have worn a Tampa Bay Rays hat,
Originally Posted by Daily Living:
“Just out of interest, how did Channel 5's schedule rate on Sunday? Thanks in advance for figures!”
“Just out of interest, how did Channel 5's schedule rate on Sunday? Thanks in advance for figures!”
Channel 5 (exc/inc +1)
13:40 - FILM: Legally Blonde (2001): 693k (5.3%) / 813k (6.2%)
15:30 - FILM: Getting Even with Dad (1994): 772k (4.8%) / 969k (5.9%)
17:45 - FILM: The Goonies (1985): 1.82m (7.8%) / 2.00m (8.6%)
20:00 - FILM: Miss Congeniality (2000): 1.48m (5.7%) / 1.63m (6.3%)
22:00 - Person of Interest: 715k (3.5%) / 811k (4.0%)
22:55 - FILM: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005): 331k (4.7%) exc +1
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“BBC One
19:00 - Countryfile: 6.37m (24.3%)
20:00 - Antiques Roadshow: 5.12m (19.5%)
21:00 - Our Girl: 5.34m (21.7%)”
“BBC One
19:00 - Countryfile: 6.37m (24.3%)
20:00 - Antiques Roadshow: 5.12m (19.5%)
21:00 - Our Girl: 5.34m (21.7%)”
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“ITV
19:00 - Coronation Street: 8.39m (32.1%)
20:00 - Foyle's War: 6.72m (25.8%)”
“ITV
19:00 - Coronation Street: 8.39m (32.1%)
20:00 - Foyle's War: 6.72m (25.8%)”
Good night for BBC1 really.
Who thought Foyle would be only 1.4m ahead of Our Girl and only 1.6m ahead of Antiques Roadshow - and only 350k ahead of Countryfile that should have been squished by the rampant Corrie?
Without Corrie, you can't help wondering whether Foyle would have even cleared 6m - we know how much the audience dropped off.
Originally Posted by Ads:
“Do you not think your negative obsession with ITV is a little unhinged?”
“Do you not think your negative obsession with ITV is a little unhinged?”
I'm the ying on this thread to the ITVista yang. That's all.
Originally Posted by Steve Williams:
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 .....”
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 .....”
Originally Posted by Chris1964:
“It is, though having got him lets hope the show is worth the wait.”
“It is, though having got him lets hope the show is worth the wait.”
It said in The Times today that the aim is to show the series online towards the end of the year with the broadcast version a few weeks later.
Wonder if they are aiming to launch it on proper telly at Christmas?
Originally Posted by iaindb:
“BBC1 just ran a trailer for its Easter Weekend. The Voice, The Village, Jonathan Creek, Miranda Hart On Eric Morecambe and Dr Who all together in one tuneful trailer.”
“BBC1 just ran a trailer for its Easter Weekend. The Voice, The Village, Jonathan Creek, Miranda Hart On Eric Morecambe and Dr Who all together in one tuneful trailer.”
Good. At least the cold snap continuing will minimise the risk of the overnights getting barbecued, and I don't see millions dashing to the beach either and lingering over their return home....
Good night for ITV and BBC1. Corrie pulled in a decent 8.4m and then a huge 707k on +1. Think that's the biggest Corrie +1 figure ever! FW did very well. The Corrie lead-in obviously helped.
Shame about Person of Interest slipping. 800k with +1 is OK but yet another schedule change (moving it to 10pm for the last 2 weeks) doesn't seem to be the best way to treat the programme. It's a great show. Channel 5 don't seem to have much faith in it.
Think that's the biggest Corrie +1 figure ever! FW did very well. The Corrie lead-in obviously helped.Shame about Person of Interest slipping. 800k with +1 is OK but yet another schedule change (moving it to 10pm for the last 2 weeks) doesn't seem to be the best way to treat the programme. It's a great show. Channel 5 don't seem to have much faith in it.
Originally Posted by ronant:
“Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.”
“Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.”
I read that this morning. He's certainly quite a strong character!
I particularly enjoyed:
Quote:
“He adds: "What Jay never really got was that in order for me to attract to the channel the rebels, the mavericks, the anti-authority malcontents who populate comedy, I had to have that spirit myself. Otherwise I'm just some dick in an expensive jacket spouting meaningless buzzwords about seeking ideas which are bold, original, edgy, spiky … once these have been used in regard to some lame gameshow – as I've seen happen – then the jig's up."”
“He adds: "What Jay never really got was that in order for me to attract to the channel the rebels, the mavericks, the anti-authority malcontents who populate comedy, I had to have that spirit myself. Otherwise I'm just some dick in an expensive jacket spouting meaningless buzzwords about seeking ideas which are bold, original, edgy, spiky … once these have been used in regard to some lame gameshow – as I've seen happen – then the jig's up."”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...ss-shane-allen
Quite refreshing to anyone whose ever sat through one of those tedious 'Meet the Controller' sessions at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Everyone always bangs on about wanting "bold, original, edgy" stuff then goes and commissions the usual knock-offs anyway.
The iPlayer move with comedy is interesting. It does seem to me like Allen has spotted the massive trouble BBC One has been having launching primetime sitcoms over the past 5 years. The iPlayer route seems like another option to join the 10.35 slot and BBC Two/Three as places to try and grow new hits, rather than hoping they'll work straight out of the box.
Can I also say a final farewell to BBC HD, which goes to its grave in 2 hours time?
It has only been part of my life since June last year, but it has taken up a disproportionately large amount of my TV viewing, being one of only 4 HD channels I have had since the summer.
It feels a retrograde step to welcome 40 year old Dad's Army repeats onto one of my HD channels. But it does remove an anomaly, and means we will hopefully get more accurate overnights and officials for BBC2 programmes now.
I hope the bandwith permits it to return some time soon, reincarnated as the home of BBC3/4/3D high def programming.
Did we ever get to the bottom of how the Beeb is going to air future 3D trial programming now?
It has only been part of my life since June last year, but it has taken up a disproportionately large amount of my TV viewing, being one of only 4 HD channels I have had since the summer.
It feels a retrograde step to welcome 40 year old Dad's Army repeats onto one of my HD channels. But it does remove an anomaly, and means we will hopefully get more accurate overnights and officials for BBC2 programmes now.
I hope the bandwith permits it to return some time soon, reincarnated as the home of BBC3/4/3D high def programming.
Did we ever get to the bottom of how the Beeb is going to air future 3D trial programming now?
Is it just my imagination or is there an error with the C4 ratings listings? I'm pretty sure on my EPG that is was The Secret Millions on C4 at 20.00 not The Secret Millionaire.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Channel 4 did well with The Eleven O'Clock Show which brought us people like Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen, they managed to do well with Alan Carr who I imagine has had offers to jump ship, same with Jimmy Carr although I don't think he's exclusive to Channel 4.”
“Channel 4 did well with The Eleven O'Clock Show which brought us people like Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen, they managed to do well with Alan Carr who I imagine has had offers to jump ship, same with Jimmy Carr although I don't think he's exclusive to Channel 4.”
I couldn't see Alan Carr working anywhere else though - and the BBC wouldn't want to end up with another Graham Norton situation where they sign someone up and have no show for them, so end up giving them any old Saturday night dross even though their strengths lie elsewhere. (That said Alan Carr has a Radio 2 show I believe).
Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“Can I also say a final farewell to BBC HD, which goes to its grave in 2 hours time?
It has only been part of my life since June last year, but it has taken up a disproportionately large amount of my TV viewing, being one of only 4 HD channels I have had since the summer.
It feels a retrograde step to welcome 40 year old Dad's Army repeats onto one of my HD channels. But it does remove an anomaly, and means we will hopefully get more accurate overnights and officials for BBC2 programmes now.
I hope the bandwith permits it to return some time soon, reincarnated as the home of BBC3/4/3D high def programming.
Did we ever get to the bottom of how the Beeb is going to air future 3D trial programming now?”
“Can I also say a final farewell to BBC HD, which goes to its grave in 2 hours time?
It has only been part of my life since June last year, but it has taken up a disproportionately large amount of my TV viewing, being one of only 4 HD channels I have had since the summer.
It feels a retrograde step to welcome 40 year old Dad's Army repeats onto one of my HD channels. But it does remove an anomaly, and means we will hopefully get more accurate overnights and officials for BBC2 programmes now.
I hope the bandwith permits it to return some time soon, reincarnated as the home of BBC3/4/3D high def programming.
Did we ever get to the bottom of how the Beeb is going to air future 3D trial programming now?”
For once I'm in agreement with you. They've not said anything about how 3D will be done - I suspect in the short term they'll just use the Olympic channel as and when required (it's the only way they can do it), but I'd have thought sooner rather than later ITV or C4 would want to try and snap up that stream, especially now ITV HD channels are not exclusive to Sky. As nice as it would be for BBC HD to continue to offer BBC3 and BBC4 in HD I do think it would be wrong for the BBC to have 3 of the 5 HD channels on Freeview.
Originally Posted by cld92:
“Is it just my imagination or is there an error with the C4 ratings listings? I'm pretty sure on my EPG that is was The Secret Millions on C4 at 20.00 not The Secret Millionaire.”
“Is it just my imagination or is there an error with the C4 ratings listings? I'm pretty sure on my EPG that is was The Secret Millions on C4 at 20.00 not The Secret Millionaire.”
It is Secret Millions that is airing, though it is essentially Celebrity Secret Millionaire funded by the National Lottery.
Originally Posted by ronant:
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.
Very intriguing the iPlayer experiment, will be very interesting to see how it affects ratings.”
“Peter Kay has only really done stuff for C4 hasn't he? Maybe this is another case of the Jay Hunt affect - Shane Allen is pretty scathing of her as are so many other people in the TV industry. Reading that interview I think the Beeb could have a very good man in charge with Shane Allen - i thought at first he was mainly into niche stuff but this appears not to be so.
I've long thought its a bit odd how Peter Kay had never done anything for ITV or the BBC considering how mainstream he is. I'm sure ITV must of tried to entice him before. Quite a coup for BBC One.
Very intriguing the iPlayer experiment, will be very interesting to see how it affects ratings.”
Shane Allen has been part of, and run, a very successful C4 comedy department over the 7 years. The fact he has brought Peter Kay with him shows a sign of how powerful/well respected he his. By the sounds of things, Hunt capped his creative freedom; and unlike Hunt, he can take a joke. The article gives a really good insight into what has happened in the last couple of years (commissioning-wise) at C4, and what he aims to do at the BBC.
Originally Posted by Steve Williams:
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 although his Top of the Tower DVD, which C4 now regularly shows, actually premiered on TV on Channel 5, at eleven o'clock at night in 2001.
Although I thought his continued presence on C4 was ridiculous anyway, he's far too mainstream a performer and it completely undermined everything C4 said about being committed to new and upcoming talent. When you think of all the talent C4 gave their big break to who had to go to other channels to actually get famous - Simon Amstell, Lucas and Walliams - who C4 never seemed that bothered with nurturing or finding the right format for.
And indeed Kay's early years on C4 hardly saw him get the channel's full backing, the first series of Phoenix Nights was dumped out on Sunday nights and it was only after the second repeat they actually seemed interested.
Think Allen is fighting a losing battle trying to find a vehicle for Frankie Boyle, mind. He used to be a good stand-up but these days he comes across as just an idiot, and his C4 series was truly awful. Not cos it was controversial, cos it was boring.”
“Yeah, Peter Kay has always made his shows for C4 although his Top of the Tower DVD, which C4 now regularly shows, actually premiered on TV on Channel 5, at eleven o'clock at night in 2001.
Although I thought his continued presence on C4 was ridiculous anyway, he's far too mainstream a performer and it completely undermined everything C4 said about being committed to new and upcoming talent. When you think of all the talent C4 gave their big break to who had to go to other channels to actually get famous - Simon Amstell, Lucas and Walliams - who C4 never seemed that bothered with nurturing or finding the right format for.
And indeed Kay's early years on C4 hardly saw him get the channel's full backing, the first series of Phoenix Nights was dumped out on Sunday nights and it was only after the second repeat they actually seemed interested.
Think Allen is fighting a losing battle trying to find a vehicle for Frankie Boyle, mind. He used to be a good stand-up but these days he comes across as just an idiot, and his C4 series was truly awful. Not cos it was controversial, cos it was boring.”
Channel 4, new and upcoming talent? Remind me; Hilary Devey, Jimmy Doherty; both new and upcoming?!
I don't think Frankie Boyle is an idiot. I fully understand why he left Mock the Week. Everyone I know would agree in saying that the show has gone downhill since he left. Anyone who takes everything he says seriously is very narrow minded, and can't take a joke.
Originally Posted by AnthonyC:
“YES! There is a god...
Yeh "something else" Barrowman - let's hope it's the dole for you my son.”
“YES! There is a god...
Yeh "something else" Barrowman - let's hope it's the dole for you my son.
”
You can still see him in Arrow on Sky 1
Originally Posted by jda135:
“Shane Allen has been part of, and run, a very successful C4 comedy department over the 7 years. The fact he has brought Peter Kay with him shows a sign of how powerful/well respected he his. By the sounds of things, Hunt capped his creative freedom; and unlike Hunt, he can take a joke. The article gives a really good insight into what has happened in the last couple of years (commissioning-wise) at C4, and what he aims to do at the BBC.”
“Shane Allen has been part of, and run, a very successful C4 comedy department over the 7 years. The fact he has brought Peter Kay with him shows a sign of how powerful/well respected he his. By the sounds of things, Hunt capped his creative freedom; and unlike Hunt, he can take a joke. The article gives a really good insight into what has happened in the last couple of years (commissioning-wise) at C4, and what he aims to do at the BBC.”
Jay Hunt is even managing to make David Cameron look competent.
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