The Ratings Thread (Part 63)

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cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“For anyone who watches Silent Witness, is there a particular reason why it is doing so well and recording some of its highest numbers in years?”

I've been watching it since it started. I liked the settled team from the previous few series. I think the current cast works well and The stories are good....but I can't explain why it has grown! I'm pleasantly surprised.

tommygrimshaw25

22-01-2015

Does anyone know how "North Pole Ice Airport" did last night on Channel 5 at 8pm?
Also, does anyone have the full ratings breakdown for BBC1 primetime last night?

Many thanks!

cylon6

22-01-2015

DMN do you have final ratings for this year's series of Father Brown?

yorkie100

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“For anyone who watches Silent Witness, is there a particular reason why it is doing so well and recording some of its highest numbers in years?”

I really cant say yes to that. There is a mostly new cast and the stories have been good but no better than the last few series as far as I am concerned. I cant tell you why at all.

Fudd

22-01-2015

I hope I won't be seen as being cold by saying this but I have the feeling both Coronation Street and The National Television Awards were both boosted by Anne Kirkbride's death; viewers were keen for a bit of nostalgia and seeing if anything was said. Very strong figures for both all the same. What a start for Wolf Hall! That's a superb figure and it will interesting to see how it holds up next week. Celebrity Big Brother was dented but not to a horrible extent. I understand it had tough opposition but that isn't great for Crimewatch. Channel 4 also struggled to make an impact.

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cylon6

22-01-2015

Lots of talk recently about BARB measuring and sample sizes. You might find this worth a look.

http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/360

cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by yorkie100:
“I really cant say yes to that. There is a mostly new cast and the stories have been good but no better than the last few series as far as I am concerned. I cant tell you why at all.”

Nobody can and I love that we can't work it out. It's great to see a show bucking the downward trend. I think Silent Witness has been good for years. Perhaps some new people have discovered it?

Jonwo

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Nobody can and I love that we can't work it out. It's great to see a show bucking the downward trend. I think Silent Witness has been good for years. Perhaps some new people have discovered it?”

Suppose it's similar to NCIS which was always a solid performer but then slowly became a ratings monster without much fanfare thanks to repeats and syndication but Silent Witness is more remarkable because it has not been repeated at all on BBC One, perhaps on Drama or Alibi.

I'm surprised they haven't considered doing a spin-off to Silent Witness, maybe introducing a character in one of the stories who then could be star in a standalone series but the failure of the Waking the Dead spin-off The Body Farm probably put BBC One off attempting another spin-off

cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Suppose it's similar to NCIS which was always a solid performer but then slowly became a ratings monster without much fanfare thanks to repeats and syndication but Silent Witness is more remarkable because it has not been repeated at all on BBC One, perhaps on Drama or Alibi.

I'm surprised they haven't considered doing a spin-off to Silent Witness, maybe introducing a character in one of the stories who then could be star in a standalone series but the failure of the Waking the Dead spin-off The Body Farm probably put BBC One off attempting another spin-off”

The Body Farm felt like a bargain basement Waking The Dead. Plus it was a spin off that worked well in support but I don't think was was strong enough to lead a series. The supporting characters were weak too. Nothing worked.

Salv*

22-01-2015

Are there any CBB officials that may have been released from the week beginning Monday 12th?

Roscoe Barnes

22-01-2015

Good to see Corrie stay strong in the 7PM slot last night with a solid 8.1m - incidentally, that's the same rating it got a year ago in the same slot for the Hayley death aftermath. And last year the Monday episodes were over 1m higher so good to see the Wednesday episode flat y-o-y.

Also good for the NTA's. About 1m higher than I was expecting. Wolf Hall did amazingly well. 3.9m - the biggest BBC2 drama launch since 2005.

Crazy!

Ben_Painter

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“For anyone who watches Silent Witness, is there a particular reason why it is doing so well and recording some of its highest numbers in years?”

I've only been watching since last year, so as far as I'm concerned the current cast ARE Silent Witness, and I can't compare the quality of the show to when it first started. But I certainly think the stories this series are that much better than last year. And it has Emilia Fox, which will always be a plus for me.

To be honest, when New Tricks was massively popular even the cast didn't know why, but that stumbled for the first time in over a decade when the new team was established. Maybe it's just forensic shows (people have mentioned NCIS, but remember the CSI franchise is still going strong).

ftv

22-01-2015

Timothy West and Linda Henry were outstanding on EE tonight

cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“Good to see Corrie stay strong in the 7PM slot last night with a solid 8.1m - incidentally, that's the same rating it got a year ago in the same slot for the Hayley death aftermath. And last year the Monday episodes were over 1m higher so good to see the Wednesday episode flat y-o-y.

Also good for the NTA's. About 1m higher than I was expecting. Wolf Hall did amazingly well. 3.9m - the biggest BBC2 drama launch since 2005. Crazy!”

I didn't realise that about Corrie. Great ratings for Wednesday at 7pm.

cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by Ben_Painter:
“I've only been watching since last year, so as far as I'm concerned the current cast ARE Silent Witness, and I can't compare the quality of the show to when it first started. But I certainly think the stories this series are that much better than last year. And it has Emilia Fox, which will always be a plus for me.

To be honest, when New Tricks was massively popular even the cast didn't know why, but that stumbled for the first time in over a decade when the new team was established. Maybe it's just forensic shows (people have mentioned NCIS, but remember the CSI franchise is still going strong).”

So you're new to Silent Witness. Why did you start watching recently and not a few years ago out of interest?

Rob1985

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by ftv:
“Timothy West and Linda Henry were outstanding on EE tonight”

That's wonderful to hear.

guestofseth

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by ftv:
“Timothy West and Linda Henry were outstanding on EE tonight”

EastEnders was excellent tonight, perfect episodes to follow their NTA win if it has caused any extra interest, and Emmerdale was very enjoyable too. I hope all four episodes do well, but can see EastEnders having its usual hangover from the clash with the second episode being dented further by being at 8.30pm. (Corrie's last night was not your typical out-of-slot episode, so shouldn't be used as a benchmark.)

cylon6

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by guestofseth:
“EastEnders was excellent tonight, perfect episodes to follow their NTA win if it has caused any extra interest, and Emmerdale was very enjoyable too. I hope all four episodes do well, but can see EastEnders having its usual hangover from the clash with the second episode being dented further by being at 8.30pm. (Corrie's last night was not your typical out-of-slot episode, so shouldn't be used as a benchmark.)”

Would be good to see EastEnders get a boost after the Tuesday clash.

dan2008

22-01-2015

It was everything soap should be.
The writing and acting were outstanding. For me it's the best episode since Easter Monday.

D.M.N.

22-01-2015

Intrigued to see how Cucumber and Banana do. I think anything over two million would be great for Channel 4, Twitter's been jumping all over it whereas DS seems to be slating it. May turn out to be like the Cyberbully rating, hopefully not though.

Ben_Painter

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“So you're new to Silent Witness. Why did you start watching recently and not a few years ago out of interest?”

I think before last year it was just in the background for me. I knew of it and knew it had been on for ages, but to be fair the only reason I really watched it was because I was surfing iPlayer starved of entertainment

. But it got me hooked and from then on I made sure I caught up on it every week.

sheepiefarm

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Intrigued to see how Cucumber and Banana do. I think anything over two million would be great for Channel 4, Twitter's been jumping all over it whereas DS seems to be slating it. May turn out to be like the Cyberbully rating, hopefully not though.”

It's getting a very marmite reaction - both on here & my twitter feed.

KennyT

22-01-2015

Couldn't see this posted anywhere else:

Sherlock, Top Gear and Murdered By My Boyfriend drive record-breaking 2014 on BBC iPlayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...yer-2014-stats

on my browser it's not formatted properly, but copy/paste almost works:

Code:

Programme	Episode 	Total Requests
Sherlock Series 3	The Empty Hearse Episode 1	4,186,900
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 1	3,809,400
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 3	3,417,800
Top Gear Series 21	Burma Special - Part 1 Episode 6	3,341,400
Sherlock Series 3	The Sign of Three Episode 2	3,329,000
Sherlock Series 3	His Last Vow Episode 3	3,209,300
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 2	3,085,100
Murdered by My Boyfriend	23/06/2014	3,022,400
Outnumbered Series 5	Episode 1	2,859,600
Doctor Who Series 8	Deep Breath Episode 1	2,804,500
Top Gear Series 21	Burma Special - Part 2 Episode 7	2,797,700
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 4	2,547,500
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 5	2,464,300
The Great British Bake Off Series 5	Cake Episode 1	2,312,800
Top Gear	Patagonia Special, Part 1 27/12/2014	2,285,700
Outnumbered Series 5	Episode 2	2,240,100
Outnumbered Series 5	Episode 3	2,170,800
The Apprentice Series 10	Online Video Channel Episode 4	2,085,900
The Apprentice Series 10	Advertising - New York Episode 7	2,070,600
Outnumbered Series 5	Episode 4	

Top 20 TV episodes – best-performing episode per series
Programme 	Episode 	Total Requests
Sherlock Series 3	The Empty Hearse Episode 1	4,186,900
Top Gear Series 21	Episode 1	3,809,400
Murdered by My Boyfriend	23/06/2014	3,022,400
Outnumbered Series 5	Episode 1	2,859,600
Doctor Who Series 8	Deep Breath Episode 1	2,804,500
The Great British Bake Off Series 5	Cake Episode 1	2,312,800
The Apprentice Series 10	Online Video Channel Episode 4	2,085,900
The Voice UK Series 3	Blind Auditions 1 Episode 1	2,027,700
The Missing	Episode 1	2,005,500
Happy Valley	Episode 1	1,983,100
Gnomeo & Juliet	09/12/2011	1,913,000


Bad Education Series 3	Strike	1,825,700
Our Girl Series 1	Episode 1	1,799,000
Ja'mie: Private School Girl	Episode 1	1,753,600
Waterloo Road Series 9	Episode 11	1,730,500
EastEnders	25/12/2014	1,729,200
The Dumping Ground Series 2	Endurance Episode 7	1,699,600
The Musketeers	Episode 1	1,694,100
Life and Death Row	Execution Episode 1	1,642,900
The Honourable Woman	The Empty Chair Episode 1	1,614,900

Jaycee Dove

22-01-2015

I do think the Silent Witness stories have upped their game this year. In the past they could get quite obscure and meandering, I guess after so many years covering pretty much every type of case. But this year they seem to have homed in on topics that are of immediate public concern and by chance had some topicality. Casual viewers might have been grabbed by that..

nick202

22-01-2015

Originally Posted by Jaycee Dove:
“I do think the Silent Witness stories have upped their game this year. In the past they could get quite obscure and meandering, I guess after so many years covering pretty much every type of case. But this year they seem to have homed in on topics that are of immediate public concern and by chance had some topicality. Casual viewers might have been grabbed by that..”

I think there's also the knowledge that there'll be some kind of pay off for viewers in the second episode. This is why Broadchurch is starting to flounder a bit, as there's no clear sense of what the payoff will be at the end of the eight episodes this time around

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