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I don't know if this makes me sound adorable or idiotic but I used to have Cubs on Wednesday and when it finished I demanded we rushed home so I could be back for Points of View at 8.50.
![]() Points of View was the best thing about Wednesday evenings in those days! The current incarnation makes me want to put my foot through my telly, though. Were you relieved when POV had temporary moves to Tuesdays at 8.50 to enable BBC1 to show Juliet Bravo repeats after EastEnders? I think they just stuck an extra ten minutes on the Wednesday Wogan to make up for it. |
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Dallas of course was a big show in its day and indeed I most associate it with Wednesdays (although when it started and in its Who Shot JR pomp, it was on a Sunday, and the last series was dumped on Sunday afternoons) with Dynasty (and The Colbys for the five minutes that lasted) on Fridays after Blankety Blank.
But even when they had Dallas there Wednesdays weren't that great for BBC1, you had Wogan followed by something that would die against Corrie - Doctor Who for two years, as you say - then Dallas if you were lucky or a repeat of Bergerac if you weren't, and then after Points of View and the news BBC1 usually had factual, like QED or Inside Story (actually I'd really like a show like QED these days with its pop science business). Meanwhile ITV would have This Is Your Life pulling in big audiences six months of the year, then Corrie, then Des O'Connor or a big entertainment show followed by perhaps a big film, or a two hour drama like Morse. Then later Champions League football in the era that was getting about ten million viewers. No chance of the Beeb catching it. I don't know if this makes me sound adorable or idiotic but I used to have Cubs on Wednesday and when it finished I demanded we rushed home so I could be back for Points of View at 8.50. I vaguely remember Terry Wogan saying about the launch of his thrice weekly chat show that something had to take on Coronation Street at some point and it might as well be him. This presumably because Wogan ran to 7.35 or 7.40. Wogan though was never powerful enough to make much impact against the immovable object that was Coronation Street and it simply carried on the then longstanding weekday off junction scheduling issues that beset BBC1 in the seventies and eighties. ITV was always very neat iirc, having all of their big LE shows/films/comedies running in half hour/hour/two hour blocks to major junctions -whilst the BBC had off junction 6.50- 7.20-8.10-9.00-9.25-10.20 or 7.00-7.40-8.10-9.00-9.25-10.20. I seem to remember Terry and June(and like shows) having endless repeats in the 7.40-8-10 slot which arguably raised a white flag. Arguably this was only solved completely when the News moved from 9.00 to 10.00. The 9.00 News was, for the most part, a mediocre lead in to shows at 9.25/9.30. |
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Wasn't there something similar a number of years ago, where people lived in a settlement (daub & wattle?) |
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No, not another reality TV programme......
Wasn't there something similar a number of years ago, where people lived in a settlement (daub & wattle?) |
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Samuel your wish has been granted, a nice long plug for Tumble by Louis Smith on Breakfast right now.
DMN if you can, could you get Scandal's rating from last Thursday, 9pm on Sky Living please? |
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ITV have a documentary about quiz shows at 7 pm tomorrow, not clear whether it's a series (as I don't have my listings to hand).Goes into the history of 3-2-1, Gen Game, Blankety Blank etc.
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Its still doubtful "Dallas" would have made 7 million against ITV.
BBC one has never looked so good on Wednesday night with the arrival of Hollywood and Berry. I agree an "EastEnders" episode is needed alongside it. I guess "Dallas" could have scooped 7 million on the evening Bobby Ewing died or reappeared but I'd be interested to know what the Wednesday ratings were like back then. "Points if View" did of course have the much nicer Anne Robinson at the helm!! "Doctor Who" was dying against "Coronation Street" then as BBC one drove their money into other drama unlike the way "Doctor Who" is now treated against "New Tricks" etc. "The Paradise Club" was a major flop during this period of end of eighties drama and "South of the Border" but "Making Out" was more successful on a Tuesday 9.30 pm slot promoted from an original Friday evening airing. Less successful was Debbie Horsefield "The Riff Raff Element" but she gained popularity again with "Cutting It". Dunno where's she has gone from the writing fold! |
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ITV have a documentary about quiz shows at 7 pm tomorrow, not clear whether it's a series (as I don't have my listings to hand).Goes into the history of 3-2-1, Gen Game, Blankety Blank etc.
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I thought I had seen that advertised for Sunday at 7pm - or is it on both days?
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Fake Britain: 3.21m (19.7%)
EastEnders: 5.75m (31.0%) Scrappers: 3.28m (18.0%) Who Do You Think You Are?: 4.60m (23.1%) |
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I thought I had seen that advertised for Sunday at 7pm - or is it on both days?
Come on Down ! The Game Show Story, ITV Sunday 7 pm Gen Game originated from a Dutch TV format and 3-2-1 from Spanish TV (the remote-controlled bin cost £25,000 to make) never let it be said the Brits were not afraid to ''reimagine'' a format ! |
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UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK
BBC2, ITV and C4 all averaged 1.5m in the 9pm slot, for The Honourable Woman, Kids with Cameras and Embarrassing Bodies respectively. 9:39 AM - 8 Aug 2014 Will Downes @WillDownes The very promising 'Siblings' opened with 436k average. 'Cuckoo' S2 kicked off with 655k average. 9:40 AM - 8 Aug 2014 |
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Fake Britain: 3.21m (19.7%)
EastEnders: 5.75m (31.0%) Scrappers: 3.28m (18.0%) Who Do You Think You Are?: 4.60m (23.1%) I found last night's WDYTYA quite boring last night actually, hopefully next weeks in better. The factual between programmes did fine |
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1.5m in the 9pm slot for ITV. Despite some better programmes they seem to be doing worse that the rpt's
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UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK
BBC2, ITV and C4 all averaged 1.5m in the 9pm slot, for The Honourable Woman, Kids with Cameras and Embarrassing Bodies respectively. 9:39 AM - 8 Aug 2014 Will Downes @WillDownes The very promising 'Siblings' opened with 436k average. 'Cuckoo' S2 kicked off with 655k average. 9:40 AM - 8 Aug 2014 |
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Apologies I need Specsavers.....
Come on Down ! The Game Show Story, ITV Sunday 7 pm Gen Game originated from a Dutch TV format and 3-2-1 from Spanish TV (the remote-controlled bin cost £25,000 to make) never let it be said the Brits were not afraid to ''reimagine'' a format ! |
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Peter Capaldi has signed for a Dr Who Christmas special and second series next year - The Sun
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After rallying strongly last week, C5's Autopsy went the other way and posted its worst ever rating by some distance. WDYTYA effect? It's plausible there was considerable crossover there. Last in the series anyway, but very erratic across the three episodes this time. I suspect it will still be renewed. As a Broadcast commentator put it, "it looks and feels EXPENSIVE" unlike a lot of C5's docs. Quote:
On Channel 5 the three-part series of Autopsy climaxed on a low with the story of Brittany Murphy’s demise, entertaining 980,000 (4.9%) which was below Autopsy episodes featuring Michael Hutchence, which scored 1.3m (6.6%) viewers, and Karen Carpenter, which recorded 1.7m (8.6%) viewers.
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First Time Farmers (C4) 10pm-11.05pm http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rating...076055.article
770,000 (4.9%) C4’s second series following fledgling farmers couldn’t muster an audience to match the opening of series one which recorded 1.2m (4.8%). |
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Pointless 2.48m (23.6%)
The 21st Question 1.42m (14.2%) Tipping Point 1.41m (19.7%) Big Brother 1.19m (7.5%) Perfection 0.72m (12.5%) Couples Come Dine With Me 0.71m (7.1%) BBBOTS 0.63m (6.7%) Deal or No Deal 0.40m (6.1%) Countdown 0.29m (5.0%) Win It Cook It 0.24m (3.2%) includes +1 and HD http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/?p=8099#comments |
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Pointless 2.48m (23.6%)
The 21st Question 1.42m (14.2%) Tipping Point 1.41m (19.7%) Big Brother 1.19m (7.5%) Perfection 0.72m (12.5%) Couples Come Dine With Me 0.71m (7.1%) BBBOTS 0.63m (6.7%) Deal or No Deal 0.40m (6.1%) Countdown 0.29m (5.0%) Win It Cook It 0.24m (3.2%) includes +1 and HD http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/?p=8099#comments Autopsy dropped a lot from last week too. |
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EastEnders: 5.75m (31.0%)
Emmerdale (7pm): 4.97m (30.4%) [+1: 155k (0.8%)] Emmerdale (8pm): 3.75m (19.1%) [+1: 575k (2.9%)] What a disaster for Emmerdale at 8pm! |
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EastEnders: 5.75m (31.0%)
Emmerdale (7pm): 4.97m (30.4%) [+1: 155k (0.8%)] Emmerdale (8pm): 3.75m (19.1%) [+1: 575k (2.9%)] What a disaster for Emmerdale at 8pm! |
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Really disappointed in the BB rating after such a great episode.
Autopsy dropped a lot from last week too. Basically though the final in a week's time can't come soon enough. Worse still we could very easily lose two of this year's biggest characters tonight. |
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It was a good episode, albeit good only in the context of a really bad series overall and following many nights of absolute dross. The main show rated poorly despite this but Bit On The Side posted a well above average number for this season, with a strong share.
Basically though the final in a week's time can't come soon enough. Worse still we could very easily lose two of this year's biggest characters tonight. |
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EastEnders: 5.75m (31.0%)
Emmerdale (7pm): 4.97m (30.4%) [+1: 155k (0.8%)] Emmerdale (8pm): 3.75m (19.1%) [+1: 575k (2.9%)] What a disaster for Emmerdale at 8pm! |
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