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Well as we've had one of the most ridiculous story lines in TV history with an entire school moving to a completely different educational system in Scotland with no apparent change to the curriculum why not move them to a square in the east end of London where they could share the set and facilities ?
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The reason for the uplift in Great British Bake Off is that it has suddenly become a massive hit amongst twenty and thirty somethings.
It had a 30% share amongst 25-34 year old's last night. It's now a bit hit with all ages. Quote:
However you look at it BBC Two has been amazingly successful in terms of factual/entertainment..."The Great British Bake Off" "The Sewing Bee" "Springwatch" "Top Gear" "Rick Stien India" and drama "Top of the Lake" "The Fall". Its a terrific channel and I would say has the most invention on it. Hadlow has masteted the channel that hardly had any drama a while ago and she really knows how to build a good schedule each day despite the cuts to her daytime budget Two seems to florish
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Absolutely I was just listing the most successful that I can remember but there has also been "Mock the Week" "The Apprentice: Your Fired" "QI" "The Politicians Husband" "The Hairy Bikers" and "Peaky Blinders" and "Line of Duty" still to come. Its got a golden touch on commissioning programmes just now.
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Terrific performance from Bake Off. How high can it go from here?
Poor for the heavily promoted Top Boy, beaten by a below par CSI:NY episode which was part crime procedural part advert for Green Day's latest CD. |
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I think it was always BBC1, but started off as a cheap docu-soap filler in a weekday 8pm/8.30pm slot, but then got promoted to Saturdays after Casualty, slightly controversially, and pulled 12m viewers becoming something of a bigger hit than it had been.
Steve will come along later and tell me that's a load of rubbish, probably... ![]() 5.45pm The Hidden Camera Show 6.15 Jim Davidson's Generation Game 7.15 Noel's House Party 8.05 The National Lottery Stars 8.20 Casualty 9.10 Aiport 9.40 The X-Files Now that is what I call a Saturday night schedule! (Oct 1998) |
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Excellent Saturday night schedule on BBC1 that year:
5.45pm The Hidden Camera Show 6.15 Jim Davidson's Generation Game 7.15 Noel's House Party 8.05 The National Lottery Stars 8.20 Casualty 9.10 Aiport 9.40 The X-Files Now that is what I call a Saturday night schedule! (Oct 1998) |
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Exactly - good mix of genres there, and something for pretty much everyone. Airport on a Saturday was an absolute masterstroke actually.
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Exactly - good mix of genres there, and something for pretty much everyone. Airport on a Saturday was an absolute masterstroke actually.
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That schedule remained pretty solid throughout the Autumn. The replacement for Airport in mid-November that year were repeats of Dinnerladies. The Hidden Camera Show was replaced after it ended by repeats of Only Fools and Horses. Before Airport though, Saturday nights had the repeat showing that year of the previous Thursday comedy flop "Let Them Eat Cake". Who remembers that?
IMDB users agree! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187653/reviews |
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I liked Let Them Eat Cake too. Not sure either why it failed.
I can't remember reviews at the time but I'm sure I've the DVD lurking somewhere |
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I think they need another family friendly sci-fi drama for Saturday nights. Something along the lines of Crime Traveller which I re-watched recently and really enjoyed
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Seems as though ITV are going for a big splash first week of September....
Stepping Out, The X Factor, Through the Keyhole, Doc Martin, Big Star's Little Star, Whitechapel, England v Moldova.. I'm intrigued though to see how the old folk will react to Keith Lemmon doing Keyhole given the sort of unsavoury and distateful things he gets up to on his other puerile and revolting shows... |
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I think they need another family friendly sci-fi drama for Saturday nights. Something along the lines of Crime Traveller which I re-watched recently and really enjoyed
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Though 3 of those are on the same night, one is a low-rent rip off of a BBC1 powerhouse, another a destined-to-sink rehash of an old staple but jazzed up (if not jizzed up...) for a younger crowd who will be out, two new series of existing dramas, one of which much be nearing the end of its shelf-life, the other never lived up to its early huge ratings promise, whatever the thing on Wednesday is sounds awful, and the other is a long-scheduled one-off football match nothing to do with ITV's scheduling.
I'm intrigued though to see how the old folk will react to Keith Lemmon doing Keyhole given the sort of unsavoury and distateful things he gets up to on his other puerile and revolting shows... |
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Doc Martin is scheduled for Monday. If BBC1 had kept New Tricks on Monday then this couldn't of happened. They already have a strong Tuesday night so there was no point in having New Tricks there, a total waste. No doubt it'll be weeks of Motorway Cops on Monday nights now dragging along with 2m or so. It could of been 7m for New Tricks and 5m for whatever on Tuesdays.
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Before Airport though, Saturday nights had the repeat showing that year of the previous Thursday comedy flop "Let Them Eat Cake". Who remembers that?
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BBC1 Autumn Saturdays are good. This year after Strictly they will have brand new fantasy series Atlantis. Next year The Musketeers is rumoured to play out on Saturdays. Probably Spring.
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I think our old friend the doctor is destined to return for a full 13-episode run in Autumn 2014, so The Musketeers featuring Peter Capaldi would well-scheduled in spring as a bit of a warm-up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...new-drama.html The rumour for next year's Doctor Who run, by the way, is for a 12 not 13 episode run, presumably to recoup costs/time spent on the extra 50th anniversary special this November. |
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Confirmed: The X Factor: Saturday 31st August 8-9.20pm.
They've found an extra 5 minutes down the back of the sofa it seems, with Through The Keyhole losing 5 minutes as a result. Everything else as announced yesterday. |
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As ronant said, 31 August - 6 September is a massive week for ITV: Stepping Out, X Factor Saturday, Through The Keyhole, hour long Sunday Coronation Street, X Factor Sunday, Vera, Doc Martin, Big Star Little Star, Whitechapel, Pat & Cabbage, The Guilty and the England match. Will be interesting to see how it all does!
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The Musketeers is 10x60 minutes, which would seem a more likely fit for a Sunday or weekday than the usual 13x45 minute commission for family dramas destined for Saturdays.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...new-drama.html The rumour for next year's Doctor Who run, by the way, is for a 12 not 13 episode run, presumably to recoup costs/time spent on the extra 50th anniversary special this November. |
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BBC1 Autumn Saturdays are good. This year after Strictly they will have brand new fantasy series Atlantis. Next year The Musketeers is rumoured to play out on Saturdays. Probably Spring.
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The trouble is the BBC pack the autumn with content then Saturday nights the rest of the year are largely bare. They could really take whatever replaces Merlin out of the schedules and use it elsewhere.
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So to clarify, the confirmed schedules for Saturday 31st look like this:
BBC One 16:30 - Final Score 17:15 - That Puppet Game Show 17:55 - News; Regional News; Weather 18:15 - Pointless Celebrities 19:05 - I Love My Country 19:50 - The National Lottery: Break the Safe 20:40 - Casualty 21:30 - Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (r) 22:00 - News; Weather 22:20 - Match of the Day ITV 15:25 - Midsomer Murders (r) 17:30 - Regional News; News; Weather 18:00 - NEW SERIES: You've Been Framed! 18:30 - NEW SERIES: Stepping Out 20:00 - NEW SERIES: The X Factor 21:20 - NEW SERIES: Through the Keyhole 22:15 - News; Weather 22:30 - FILM: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) |
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Atlantis seems perfect for Saturday nights in the run up to Christmas. It wouldn't seem right watching a magical fantasy in high summer! I agree though, the Autumn does seem packed. Makes you wonder what 2014 will have instore. One saving grace for Summer next year is World Cup football! That'll save having to commission something no one will watch.
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The only people saying GBBO shouldn't be on bbc1 are Itvistas. What a fantastic rating for gBBO yesterday, just think of what it would get on bbc1 shown after SCD on a Saturday night. Maybe 7-8million and potentially kill off XFactor. I really hope the final of gbbo this series is promoted to bbc1 and shown aft strictly.
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