BIB Does that not highlight how much the lead in helps the teatime quizzes? If ART was getting sub 1m at 4.30pm, would Pointless be over 4m, even 3.5m? No. Again a good schedule from the BBC aids each programme into gaining strong audiences.

While ITV go for niche factual that pulls in sub 3m, BBC1 goes for the broader factual that has that appeal to the casual audience. Lesson their needs to be learnt by ITV. By all means have the quality factual (of BBC4 status) that is niche, but not every factual programme because it just weakens the schedule. The series 'Heathrow' is a step in the right direction and should appeal to the casual audience.

ITV rise above sub 2m on Thursday to 3m+ and actually take a chunk out of Death In Paradise last night. If they try a bit harder they might have a fighting chance of competing with the BBC more often.

I don't think anyone has mentioned them yet, so I'll say those are once again some enormous timeshifts for Silent Witness. It really has done incredibly well for itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKP...ature=youtu.be

Introducing the brand new Tracy Island. I have to say it does look stunning. A lot of work has gone into this. Let's hope the characters look good in moving picture and better than they did on the still. I still believe this should be leading into ITV's evening line-up. 6:30pm, or even 5.30pm would be a good slot too launch it. It would do miles better than anything else they have. It seems a waste to throw in CITV and the early morning on ITV.

It's hard to tell what is CG and what is models which is a good sign.

Very true

The share for Death in Paradise was up slightly from the previous week, but the total number of viewers were down across all the channels. So rather than the factual taking the viewers away from Death in Paradise, ITV found other viewers.

Pointless: 4.03m (26.9%)
BBC News at Six: 5.31m (30.5%)
BBC Regional News: 5.94m (32.3%)
The One Show: 4.30m (22.2%)
Six Nations Rugby: 7.31m (31.4%)
BBC News at Ten: 4.84m (24.6%)
BBC Regional News: 4.41m (24.8%)
The Graham Norton Show: 3.39m (24.1%)

Super number for the Six Nations!

It does look good, although for me it shows what a masterpiece of creation the original was minus 50 years of technological advances.
If ITV aren't going to put this on in the slots you suggest even in the deadscape of scheduling that currently exists, there must be a reason for it. Personally I don't think it will be quite the hit you suggest. True stuff like Worzel Gummidge and Metal Mickey could bring in millions at 5.15 on Saturdays but back in those days kids shows were something adults would watch even without an accompanying child. The advent of child only channels has rather segregated adults from them(apart from obviously sitting with young childen) and they dont get involved in Blue Peter for example anywhere as much as before. I think there would be a moderate burst of curiosity for Thunderbirds at the start(from an adult perspective), but the only thing that's made big news so far in the papers seems to be the character images which haven't gone down well overall. If anything they have made the show appear more child only than before.

Ofcourse we need to wait and see an episode before we can make a complete judgement.

Holy smokes!

Sam Hodges ‏@Sam_Hodges 1m1 minute ago Greenwich, London
Peak audience of 8.8m for #England's #SixNations victory over #Wales on @BBCOne last night

Thought the peak would've been bigger but still fantastic numbers.

That's better than what EE would've got in a 30 minute slot

Celebrity Big Brother Live Final: 2.71m (12.3%) inc +1
* peak: 3.16m (14.2%) at 22:00

Out with a whimper in the context of the series, it has to be said.

Fantastic for Six Nations!!

Guessing CBB final didn't manage to break 3m

Benidorm: 3.53m (14.5%)
* +1 was 140k or less

Lowest rating since series one?

Oh My. That's worse than I expected. That's awful.

What ridiculous scheduling. I know it was up against the Six Nations, but that still is terrible. All of that to become one of the lowest ratings of the series.

Such a shame. Should have ended either last Friday or this Monday/Tuesday.

A poor figure but in the circumstances it had two programmes pulling away Benidorm's core audience. Without the rugby and CBB next week the final episode should rally back over 5m.

Perhaps it would have been better in a Sunday 9pm slot rather than the Friday. I know that it would go up against Last Tango, but I would imagine that the demos are different enough to have both shows get good numbers.

Yes fantastic. It remains to be seen just how much those figures mean to the governing body when they make the next rights decision.
Also bodes well for ITV in the Autumn.

What's so bad about reviving Robot Wars? it was quite good as long as Craig Charles isn't presenting it.

Oh dear. Perhaps Wednesday should have been the final or maybe even Monday. (and then maybe Hopkins would have actually won).

IMHO Overplayed the run it should have ended last week.

I really have never known BBC1 to have so many wins over ITV like the last few weeks.

Both the rugby and CBB rated entirely as I expected.

Still been a huge series of CBB, increasing its audience when almost every other long running show is down YoY. That is the main thing to take out of this run, a slightly flat final is nothing to write home about, especially when it had a valid excuse.

In truth it wasn't just the Six Nations which hurt it this week but a variety of factors, starting with Monday's two hour long disaster.

It's looking like the show will air in a 7pm Sunday slot in New Zealand, going by ratecards for advertisers. 6.30pm Saturdays would be a good slot for it on ITV

The BBC may not have much live sport any more but what they do have is very successful for them