I have no doubt all the ingredients are there for a big hit but scheduling will be important and I am not sure I would agree with your general comments. A program about WW1 with nice scenery, no violence and no darkness/goriness - really?

I do agree with Samuel partly here, looking at the trailer it already looks brighter than a lot of BBC dramas, but that doesn't mean it won't have the violence/goriness that's to be expected in a WW1 medical drama. I don't think that's the turn off Samuel makes it out to be though. The comparisons to CTM others have made are good ones, I imagine it will have same mix of warmth and grittiness that has.

I really like the look of it from the trailer, the way the rest of colour scheme is rather muted, but not dark or grimy, really makes the red pop, it will help it stand out when the trailer airs. I hope they do save it until Easter, even against the last episode of Endeavour I think it could launch big (even with Samuel jinxing it) and it stands a better chance of holding on to that audience than The Village has. The Village launched well against Foyle's War (6.35m vs 5.25m) and the former had an hour head start.

BBC2 to confirm series 3 of Line of Duty according to The Guardian, storyline discussions under way, and it could run to five series.

It looks good, should do well but The Musketeers according to Samuel was going to be a big hit for BBC1 transforming their Sunday 9pm slot. Drama is very unpredictable.

Tuesday 11th March 2014 - Consolidated Ratings
1 - EastEnders - 7.87m
2 - Emmerdale - 6.93m (6.77m excl. +1)
3 - Shetland - 6.37m
4 - BBC News (18:00) - 4.97m
5 - UEFA Champions League Live - 4.77m (4.71m excl. +1)
6 - BBC News (22:00) - 4.76m
7 - The One Show - 4.64m
8 - Holby City - 4.54m
9 - ITV News - 3.40m (3.30m excl. +1)
10 - Pointless - 3.32m

BBC Two - The Great British Sewing Bee - 3.03m
Channel 4 - Kirstie's Best of Both Worlds - 1.68m (1.44m excl. +1)
Channel 5 - The Mentalist - 2.02m (1.71m excl. +1)
BBC Three - Hair - 910k

Fairly low timeshift for Shetland with only 1.2m

Great final rating for Sewing Bee. Holby City look low

Since when has a timeshift of 1.2m been low?

Manchester United have levelled the Champions League game meaning that they may be not out of it yet. It will make the quarter finals more interesting

In comparison to other BBC dramas which are usually 1.5m+. So low by its usual standards.

Damnit, was hoping they would lose. If theyd lost, Itv1 would not have had another Man Utd competitive game on their channel for at least 4 years.

You mean other BBC One dramas like Call the Midwife and Death in Paradise which have much higher overnights than Shetland?

It's an increase from the overnights of +22.5% which is fine.

I think it would have been better for Man Utd to lose. A really good side might embarass them in the next round.

Thanks for the officials, D.M.N.

BBC Three - Hair

Ep 1 - 25/02 - 784k (3.3%), consolidating to 883k
* repeat on 27/02 consolidated to 642k
Ep 2 - 04/03 - 785k (3.6%), consolidating to 912k
Ep 3 - 11/03 - 750k (3.3%), consolidating to 910k
Ep 4 - 18/03 - 877k (3.9%)
Ep 5 - 25/03
Ep 6 - 01/04

Looks like Steve Jones has found a successful reality format to front.

Has anyone got a round up of tonight's Champions League results?

Will Chelsea and Man Utd be kept apart in the Quarter Final draw (both from competing against each other and competing on the same night). If not just to keep Samuel happy for no apparent reason at all ITV could still end up with an all foreign tie on one of the nights.

Be interesting to see Sky's ratings tonight too - I suspect even with the potential turnaround which was ultimately achieved the pull of Man Utd isn't quite what it was a year ago.

9million viewers watched Manchester United knockout game last year against a major club. Will be interesting to see if their upcoming QF game matches that rating.

BBC iplayer down, those trying to watch the ending of Line Of Duty on ipad seething.

Have ipad users have never heard of a television set?

That's so 20th Century.

I reckon the BBC will be happy with that rating for Shetland. It's lower than the first pilot episode from last year (8M), but higher than the second (5.7M). Its also not too far off what DCI banks has been averaging for ITV.

You never know with football. Especially with cup runs; not saying United will win it, but can they play the occasion?

From a viewer POV, most would rather watch United lose a game than win. And lose handsomely.

W1P was great, loved it.

I forgot it - something else to catch up on.

How could you forget, I assume you watched Line of Duty?

To complete Samuel's misery. Manchester United turned around a 2 goal deficit by winning 3-0 on the night and (Agg 3-2) which will give ITV a big rating for Manchester United's 1st or 2nd leg.