BBC Two
06:00 - Homes Under the Hammer (r): 108k (5.0%)
07:00 - Saints and Scroungers (r): 106k (2.3%)
07:45 - Britain's Empty Homes Revisited (r): 143k (2.2%)
08:15 - Show Me the Monet (r): 146k (2.2%)
09:00 - LIVE Athletics - European Indoor Championships: 185k (3.3%) inc 17k (0.2%) on BBC HD
* peak: 210k (4.7%) inc HD at 11:40
12:00 - The Daily Politics: 265k (4.3%)
13:00 - The One Show (r): 88k (1.2%)
13:30 - The Weakest Link (r): 160k (2.2%)
14:15 - Classic Mastermind (r): 160k (2.4%)
14:45 - Britain's Heritage Heroes (r): 172k (2.5%)
15:15 - Rachel Allen: Bake! (r): 169k (2.3%)
15:40 - LIVE Athletics - European Indoor Championships: 567k (4.0%) inc 37k (0.3%) on BBC HD
* peak: 966k (5.2%) inc HD at 19:00
19:10 - Coast (r): 1.04m (5.1%) inc 38k (0.2%) on BBC HD
19:30 - Great British Menu: 1.97m (8.9%) inc 124k (0.6%) on BBC HD
20:00 - Mastermind: 2.24m (9.7%) inc 55k (0.2%) on BBC HD
20:30 - Sea City: 1.81m (7.5%)
21:00 - Wild Arabia: 2.56m (11.2%) inc 237k (1.0%) on BBC HD
22:00 - QI (r): 1.84m (9.7%) inc 181k (0.95%) on BBC HD
22:35 - Newsnight: 687k (4.4%) inc 36k (0.2%) on BBC HD
23:05 - The Review Show: 333k (3.0%) inc 12k (0.1%) on BBC HD
23:50-25:45 - FILM: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969): 118k (2.2%)

An unexpected surge for the early-morning Homes Under the Hammer.

Here's the blurb on The Village....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...e-village.html

An epic 6-part period drama. Really does sound like a Sunday nighter to me.

Steve Jones really is a prat, isn't he? I really don't know why they thought inflicting him on the unsuspecting American audience of The X Factor was a good idea.

Trouble for Let's Dance. One of the contestants is injured and can't take part. So presumably there will be even more filler than usual tonight - 3 songs in the "pub karaoke" then?

Ant and Dec will increase their lead tonight, as it was the half hour filler in LD last week that bumped up their average and gave them their peak.


I spotted this too in a copy of the Mail magazine (which for the avoidance of doubt was NOT mine - though it is a good TV mag in fairness - despite refusing to recognise the existence of Mrs Brown's Boys and censoring anything with a rude title - I noticed the Tarantino movie "Inglorious" recently...).

Surprised we have not heard more about this, because it does seem to be in the Elizabeth R mode 20 years on, and whilst it seems odd to air it after the jubilee year, it is of course about her jubilee year. And carries the inside story on the TV moment of the year (on BBC1) - the Queen/Bond spoof.

Why on earth isn't this on BBC1? Quite a snub I think.

Elizabeth R got 19m in 1992. Strangely the Beeb allowed ITV to air a repeat of it at Christmas that year and that pulled 8.5m (winning its slot).

I doubt it will get 19m this year, but it really should be good for 12m-13m if not more (look at the jubilee ratings last year) and one of the biggest audiences of the year, easily.

Will ITV let BBC1 repeat it at Christmas? (what is known as a QTWTAIN - "question to which the answer is no")


That looks quite good for a late film rating, for a film that ended at twenty to 1 and which has been shown umpteen times on BBC1 and BBC3 (and is shite). Rarely does the Friday late film break out of the hundred thousands.

(Although a BBC1 repeat of The Terminator in a Friday 11.15pm slot did famously get 11m around 1990 (?) at the time of the sequel hitting the cinemas, after BBC2 had premiered it a couple of years before)

I've read that and I stick by what I've said, it might be a period drama for the most part, but it deals with the everyday domestic issues not on a single subject that would draw in the viewers, so I see it on Tuesdays, and I think I've said so a couple times on this thread. (I do post mainly on BBC drama commisions )

Peter Fincham is on such good relations with Her Maj that he persuaded her to sign a golden handcuffs deal with itv

If Philip at 90 (years not mph) got 5M the Queen should get around 6M

At least the Daily Mail telly mag doesn't worship the great God Cowell like the redtop ones do, or comically call Home and Away gripping drama from down under like The Daily Express one does, which usually has a load of fawning articles about Channel 5. ( Wonder if Dancc buys it as he would love the way they treat Channel 5 like it's BBC Four)..

The British Public got up a petition begging that he be given the gig

ITV

Daytime/early evening (exc +1)
06:00 - Daybreak: 731k (17.6%)
08:35 - Lorraine: 1.02m (18.1%)
09:25 - The Jeremy Kyle Show: 1.26m (22.4%)
10:30 - This Morning: 945k (17.8%)
11:25 - ITV News: 955k (19.2%)
11:30 - This Morning: 944k (17.7%)
12:30 - Loose Women: 973k (14.1%)
13:30 - ITV News: 870k (12.0%)
14:00 - Dinner Date (r): 700k (10.4%)
15:00 - The Alan Titchmarsh Show: 792k (10.5%)
16:00 - Tipping Point (r): 2.15m (20.2%)
17:00 - The Chase: 3.09m (20.8%)
18:00 - ITV Regional News: 3.58m (20.0%)
18:30 - ITV News: 3.57m (18.7%)

Evening (exc / inc +1)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 6.59m (32.4%) / 6.75m (33.2%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 8.52m (38.1%) / 8.65m (38.7%)
20:00 - Wild Britain with Ray Mears: 3.00m (13.0%) / 3.13m (13.6%)
20:30 - Coronation Street: 7.87m (32.4%) / 8.08m (33.2%)
* lowest audience (exc +1) since 31 December 2012
21:00 - Piers Morgan's Life Stories: 3.86m (16.9%) / 4.06m (17.8%)
22:00 - ITV News: 2.07m (11.0%) / 2.18m (11.6%)
22:40 - FILM: Gladiator (2000): 707k (8.0%) exc +1
25:20 - Jackpot247 (to 26:00): 130k (4.4%)

ITV will be delighted at the repeat value of Tipping Point.

Its only 3 days of repeats until Ade In Britain starts on Monday

Nice bit of over-predicting there from the BBC fan and underpredicting from the ITV fan.

I'm going to split the difference and say 9m prediction.

So Mary And Martha not a complete disaster then, eh, Robbie?

BBC One got an overnight of 1.50m (21.8%) in that slot last Friday for Pretty Woman. They seem to be putting a bit more effort into their film selection there lately - you're right that they rarely breach 1m.


I didn't know that. One of my favourite sci-fi franchises, but the special effects of the original seem so dated now. Sci Fi have been showing that a lot lately.

According to Televisions Greatest Hits it was 9.1 million from 11.15pm on 17/8/91. I think this was around the premiere time of Terminator 2: Judgement Day which presumably is what inspired the highly impressive figure.

If you know about bbc commisions, then would you happen to know if the ark (world war one medical period drama) will start filming (or has it already) and when it might air.

I didnt say I knew much about them (as proven by constantly being wrong about when they're going to start ), they're just the only thing I post about on this thread , but I've searched for it and nothing comes up apart from it's commission. I imagine it won't start filming until the second half of the year though, since it's going to be part of their WW1 programming next year.

Channel 4

Daytime / early evening (exc +1)
06:05 - Sali Mali (r): 15k (0.95%)
06:10 - The Hoobs (r): 28k (1.4%)
06:40 - The Hoobs (r): 5k (0.2%)
07:05 - According to Jim (r): 120k (2.8%)
07:25 - Everybody Loves Raymond (r): 197k (3.4%)
08:00 - Everybody Loves Raymond (r):260k (4.0%)
08:30 - Frasier (r): 290k (5.0%)
09:00 - Frasier (r): 288k (5.2%)
09:30 - Frasier (r): 247k (4.3%)
10:00 - Secret Millionaire USA (r): 102k (1.9%)
11:00 - Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (r): 108k (2.1%)
12:00 - Channel 4 News: 113k (2.1%)
12:05 - Come Dine with Me (r): 157k (2.7%)
12:35 - What's Cooking?: 152k (2.2%)
13:45 - A Place in the Sun: Home or Away: 241k (3.5%)
14:45 - Countdown: 570k (8.2%)
15:35 - The Common Denominator: 434k (5.3%)
16:00 - Deal or No Deal: 894k (8.5%)
17:00 - Four in a Bed: 1.15m (8.4%)
17:30 - Come Dine with Me: 1.16m (7.3%)

Evening (exc/inc +1)
18:05 - The Simpsons (r): 1.29m (7.1%) / 1.57m (8.75%)
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 818k (4.3%) / 866k (4.5%)
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 572k (2.7%) / 619.5k (2.9%)
20:00 - Come Dine with Me: 1.01m (4.3%) / 1.42m (6.0%)
21:00 - 8 out of 10 Cats: 1.42m (6.1%) / 1.72m (7.4%)
21:35 - The Last Leg: 941k (4.2%) / 1.13m (5.0%)
22:05 - Alan Carr: Chatty Man: 1.47m (8.4%) / 1.70m (9.8%)
23:10 - Paddy's TV Guide: 607k (5.6%) / 721k (6.6%)
23:55 - Random Acts: 261.5k (3.2%) exc +1
24:00 - FILM: Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993): 183k (3.4%) exc +1
25:30 - 2 Broke Girls: 73k (2.5%) exc +1

One's Got Talent?

The One's Show?




I had to LOL at George's under-prediction.

At least I went for a reasonable guess and not just said "BBC1 got 19m, so should ITV"


Well, that will be it then. Perhaps I remember it being reported as peaking at 11m which it presumably will have done if it averaged 9.1m at that time of night. It made the papers because it was seen as a staggeringly high figure for a film that finished after 1am.

And in August too!

Channel 5

Daytime / early evening (exc +1)
06:00-09:15 - Milkshake!: 148k (3.3%)
09:15 - The Wright Stuff: 277k (5.0%)
11:15 - Trisha: 103k (2.0%)
12:00 - Looney Tunes (r): 104k (1.95%)
12:10 - 5 News: 91.5k (1.7%)
12:15 - Dirty Great Machines (r): 98k (1.5%)
13:15 - Home and Away: 252k (3.4%)
13:45 - Neighbours: 637k (8.9%)
14:20 - Person of Interest (r): 295k (4.3%)
15:15 - Love's Resounding Courage (r): 458k (4.9%)
17:00 - 5 News: 556k (4.1%)
17:30 - Neighbours (r): 890k (5.6%)
18:00 - Home and Away (r): 697k (3.9%)
18:30 - 5 News: 191k (1.0%)

Evening (exc/inc +1)
19:05 - Police Interceptors (r): 545k (2.6%) / 579k (2.7%)
20:00 - Ice Road Truckers: 1.29m (5.4%) / 1.41m (5.95%)
21:05 - The Mentalist: 1.21m (5.3%) / 1.325m (5.8%)
22:00 - CSI (r): 742k (4.2%) / 816k (4.6%)
22:55 - CSI (r): 650k (5.5%) / 699k (5.9%)
23:55 - Inside Hollywood (r): 251k (3.0%) exc +1
24:00 - Super Casino (to 26:00): 50k (1.1%) exc +1

All-day shares:
BBC One - 21.9%
BBC Two - 5.2% (BBC HD: 0.3%)
ITV - 18.2% (inc +1: 19.0%)
Channel 4 - 4.9% (inc +1: 5.95%)
Channel 5 - 4.0% (inc +1: 4.3%)
Others: 45.8% (exc +1s for ITV/C4/C5: 43.65%)
[BBC Three - 1.3%]
[ITV2 - 2.4% inc +1]
[ITV3 - 2.8% inc +1]
[ITV4 - 1.3% inc +1]

Primetime shares:
BBC One - 18.6%
BBC Two - 8.1% (BBC HD: 0.6%)
ITV - 21.4% (inc +1: 22.15%)
Channel 4 - 4.9% (inc +1: 6.0%)
Channel 5 - 4.4% (inc +1: 4.8%)
Others: 42.6% (exc +1s for ITV/C4/C5: 40.35%)
[BBC Three - 1.5%]
[ITV2 - 2.4% inc +1]
[ITV3 - 2.3% inc +1]

I really need, not want, need to know.

I think SNT will easily hit 5m but I'm not sure it'll match last week's audience or even beat it because I was slightly disappointed. The Cube should benefit from the lead-in.

Yes very impressive. I think I watched it before seeing the follow up -Terminator 2 was the first film I ever saw at a multiplex cinema so it kind of sticks in the memory. UK release date for T2 was 16/8/91 so a pretty good piece of scheduling by the BBC gained a very big reward.

It was flat tonight. And I was called a bastard on the SNT thread for saying that!

There a protective bunch the SNT fans. I don't think the show will be able to match it's opening episode. The Cube should be over 4m maybe 5.

Ken

It does not seem to have gone down well in the thread this week, but the audience will have turned up anyway because lasts weeks show went well-interesting to see the in show figures.