Its probably because "Noah" has been in the cinemas this year. Although that was more like Middle Earth than bible imo. The association may put off the broadcast date for The Ark further than planned-interesting to see their take on it.
Must admit I cant wait for the Laurel and Hardy drama-absolute legends!

Fully agree.

Note to MPs

TV is not just for Chtistmas, but for all of the year

MPs should be working on the economy not acting for personal reasons against the BBC, they can't meet their own budgets and spend over the top as an election is coming, however freeze the LF for five years ad in extra costs like BBC World and S4C and expect 100% new shows to boot they can't manage the countries budget.

I think it did well last night. If you look at the figures for Hollyoaks, Neighbours was ahead of both showings, which is unusual of late. Either that or viewers are finally tiring of the drivel Hollyoaks is churning out.

November- Year-On-Year
Coronation Street
2013 - 9.78m (39.3%)
2014 - 8.61m (36.5%)

EastEnders
2013 - 8.31m (34.3%) + 571k (5.2%) => 8.88m
2014 - 7.39m (32.0%) + 467k (9.5%) => 7.86m

Emmerdale
2013 - 7.75m (34.5%)
2014 - 6.83m (31.5%)

Hollyoaks
2013 - 1.27m (6.2%) + 1.06m (4.9%) => 2.34m
2014 - 1.19m (6.0%) + 1.33m (6.3%) => 2.52m

Corrie: down 12.0%
Emmerdale: down 11.9%
EastEnders: down 11.5%
Hollyoaks: up 7.7%

All three of the big soaps dropped by very similar amounts year-on-year.

I think you'd be better off putting Hollyoaks in the same league as Doctors than of the big three.

The Ark has been pushed back quite a bit, it was first announced back in 2011 along with Last Tango in Halifax (which was then titled Anthony and Cleopatra). I think it was actually called 'Noah' then too. The casting and filming was only announced this year though, so I wonder if it was the film was the reason for the delay.

I did expect in the same slot The Whale got last year, but The Apprentice meant that couldn't happen. Probably will end up airing around Easter as people have said.

Have I Got News For You and Not Going Out post exactly the same overnight this week as last. What are the chances? I wonder if it was exactly the same people in the BARB sample who watched.

Citizen Khan gains just under half a million on last week to edge ahead of NGO. It's probably done enough to secure a fourth series.

If Last tango was called its first name it would have flopped as people would have thought it was Shakespeare.

However, along among the British soaps, it's posted a 12 per cent increase in ratings, all the others are down 11-12 per cent. It seems despite what it's producers think, Emmerdale is definitely the third soap.

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Thanks D.M.N. Do you have year on year comparisons for Neighbours and Home & Away please?

Do you have the Corrie officials (exc/inc +1) for w/e 23rd Nov please as only one HD figure made the ITV+1 Top 10 on BARB this week due to I'm a Celebrity dominating it? Thanks.

Don't normally do them, but why not.

Home and Away
2013 - 352k (4.8%) + 802k (4.2%) + 572k (2.8%) => 1.73m
2014 - 328k (4.5%) + 663k (3.8%) + 502k (2.6%) => 1.53m

Neighbours
2013 - 768k (10.5%) + 1.06m (6.3%) => 1.83m
2014 - 795k (10.7%) + 956k (5.8%) => 1.75m

Home and Away: down 11.6%
Neighbours: down 4.4%


Here you are.

17/11 - 8.75m / 8.89m - 19:30
17/11 - 9.01m / 9.16m - 20:30
19/11 - 8.34m / 8.55m
21/11 - 8.25m / 8.34m - 19:30
21/11 - 8.09m / 8.21m - 20:30

The Ark is finished and ready to go. It featured in a drama trailer which also featured Remember Me. Maybe it'll be a spring drama?

Any officials for last week's I'm a Celebrity DMN? Thank you for all your hard work!

I'm old enough to remember when the wedding episode in 1988 pulled in 20 million viewers and even run of the mill ones would attract 17 million. 1.5 million isn't the same, but respectable for Channel 5 and like BB/CBB is a signature show for the fifth network that guarantees them a regular audience.
People may knock Channel 5, but not many other stations can boast as diverse a range of shows in peak time.

I saw much of the press conference yesterday and it got me thinking about the Monaco show back in October. Disappointing but I guess it could be worse. Mick Hennessey believes the Murray-Golovkin fight will have over 2 million watching.. oooohhh I hope so.. and doubt it. Golovkin is still a work in progress but is popular. Murray is.. virtually unknown despite being a Brit.

Thanks for getting back to me!

No betting sites have odds on Christmas Day ratings yet

Am I right in thinking we're getting the BBC 1 Christmas ident tonight? The overall design looks great. Much better than last year.

It really does seem to be a horror show for the soaps as we come up to Xmas. Could they all get the worst ratings ever on the big day?

Yes it all gets revealed before Strictly tonight.

Thanks.

This year is the 10th year Doctor Who has had a Christmas Special on Christmas Day. I had not realised it was for so long! . I was looking at the different time slots. The earliest was in 2012 when it was given a 17:15 slot. The latest was in 2007 when it was broadcast at 19:50. Since 2010 it has had a different time slot each year.

2014: 18:15
2013: 19:30
2012: 17:15
2011: 19:00
2010: 18:00
2009: 18:00
2008: 18:00
2007: 19:50
2006: 19:00
2005: 19:00

Going to assume you're having a laugh with this?

Gone off the boil recently. You could say it had a clash with IAC last night but that would be to ignore the fact it got a higher figure the night it clashed with both Strictly and X Factor.

Another solid FA Cup figure for the Beeb.

They might have been better off with the Xmas lunches episode. I think the one they've chosen is the worst of all the Dibley specials.

Similarly, they've picked out the worst My Family special - the one where Roger is just a head powered by electricity, having lost the rest of his body at the zoo, and they've picked out the worst Only Fools special (from 1986), which even the writer hated!