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Old 16-01-2015, 21:15
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I would have thought it was unlikely that UC would share similar viewers to EE!
True and that's probably why they are scheduled against each other. But interesting that football/UC appear to have a greater crossover (perhaps as both are more male-skewing than EastEnders).

You wouldn't necessarily think Richard Wilson's programme crosses over much with EastEnders either; perhaps it doesn't and this week's -1.0m fall was down to it being the second episode of a brand new series.
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:15
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Well if you follow the link, Wikipedia is counting the Christmas specials as the first two episodes of a 12-part series.
That makes sense. I don't know if it's to compensate for not having two series last year, or if it means we won't get two series this year!
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:17
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No numbers through for Thursday yet. But...

Broadchurch (05/01) - 10.86m (10.40m excl. +1)
* peak: 11.25m
Silent Witness (06/01) - 8.59m
Silent Witness (07/01) - 8.49m
Celebrity Big Brother (07/01) - 3.65m (3.44m excl. +1)

Utterly monstrous consolidated figure for Broadchurch, consolidating over 3 million from the overnight number! When you see the consolidated figure for Silent Witness, it is very easy to see why both damaged one another in this week's overnights.
That is an utterly insane rating for Broadchurch. Just crazy! I would prefer to see the overnights a bit higher and timeshift lower, but you can argue with a rating like that. Makes you wonder if Corrie and EE will even go that high anytime soon.

Also fantastic for Silent Witness. Never seen it myself, but those are two brilliant ratings. Someone at work even told me I should watch it the other day as it's really good. It's good to see UK drama doing well. I would be nice to see even more dramas rate so highly.
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:32
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That is an utterly insane rating for Broadchurch. Just crazy! I would prefer to see the overnights a bit higher and timeshift lower, but you can argue with a rating like that. Makes you wonder if Corrie and EE will even go that high anytime soon.

Also fantastic for Silent Witness. Never seen it myself, but those are two brilliant ratings. Someone at work even told me I should watch it the other day as it's really good. It's good to see UK drama doing well. I would be nice to see even more dramas rate so highly.
Never seen SW
Where have you been living for the past 20 years?
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:35
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Never seen SW
Where have you been living for the past 20 years.
Probably watching ITV.
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:39
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Probably watching ITV.
Only probably !!

BTW those figures for SW are well over 0.5m up on last years opener. So with BC up as well not everything is down as we keep being told.
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:42
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That was a massive rating that I was very surprised about as the show wasn't great. More recently we have to look to ratings for series 1 of both Line Of Duty (high 4m) and The Fall (over 5m).
I imagine if it gets similar ratings to The Fall or Line of Duty, I'm sure they'll be thrilled. Rome lost half of its audience throughout the run so clearly audience tuned in but didn't like what they saw. The competition at the time was Crimewatch which did 4.5m and Star Wars on ITV with 3.5m.
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Old 16-01-2015, 21:55
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I imagine if it gets similar ratings to The Fall or Line of Duty, I'm sure they'll be thrilled. Rome lost half of its audience throughout the run so clearly audience tuned in but didn't like what they saw. The competition at the time was Crimewatch which did 4.5m and Star Wars on ITV with 3.5m.
Yes Rome fell away quickly but Line Of Duty and The Fall stayed high across their series. If Wolf Hall can get 3m a week that will be a success in line with the best performing BBC2 dramas. I think it will go higher.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:11
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CBB extended to 10.30 tonight due to the entrance being added to the eviction show. Might cause issues with non-tape-checked ratings tomorrow.

EDIT: Radio Times paper version has: 9-CBB, 10-BOTS, 11.30-Live from the House. Not sure a 90-minute BOTS would ever have been contemplated?
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:14
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They have a couple of (Bigish) storylines.
It ended before Christmas on a Cliffhanger (A Doctor let a patient die which at the moment is secret. Viewers assumed she isn't really a Doctor) which they touched up on when it returned.
The character has since taken a Holiday with her Boyfriend who is aware of what has happened. There was also a Happy Christmas wedding to Rob and Karen
who are popular with the viewers and have won some awards in the past.

The Daily storylines have been fairly good but Doctors is such an easy viewing soap and very consistent.

It's so nice to see the soap doing so well. It's about time the BBC gave it a repeat slot.
That's a lot going on! No wonder people are hooked on Doctors at the moment.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:16
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I wasn't. It was well acted and reasonably compelling but it didn't exactly look like a mainstream audience puller. One for the critics again.

I know it trended heavily on Twitter, but given the show's content - social media and Twitter specifically were core components of the story - that was always likely to be exaggerated I felt.

Overall I thought it rated well for what it was.
I scored my first ever 5er on the ratings prediction game for Cyberbully! I think Cucumber will perform a lot better next week, as it looks more mainstream.

First time I'm watching CBB this series - I think it's the most explosive highlights show I've ever watched! I think it'll manage to crack 3 million tonight.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:21
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I scored my first ever 5er on the ratings prediction game for Cyberbully! I think Cucumber will perform a lot better next week, as it looks more mainstream.

First time I'm watching CBB this series - I think it's the most explosive highlights show I've ever watched! I think it'll manage to crack 3 million tonight.
Cucumber I think will be 2-3m, it's been well promoted by Channel 4 both on screen and off. Not sure about Banana.

Channel 4 has Indian Summers soon, wonder where that'll go, Sundays at 9pm would be good but would mean facing both Mr Selfridge and Last Tango in Halifax/Poldark.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:23
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Well if you follow the link, Wikipedia is counting the Christmas specials as the first two episodes of a 12-part series.
Thanks Neil.

BBC2 should be getting some great ratings with Top Gear and Dragon's Den.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:26
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Only probably !!

BTW those figures for SW are well over 0.5m up on last years opener. So with BC up as well not everything is down as we keep being told.
Outstanding ratings for both Broadchurch and Silent Witness. I would love SW to keep rating at 8 million consolidated for the rest of the series.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:27
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Cucumber I think will be 2-3m, it's been well promoted by Channel 4 both on screen and off. Not sure about Banana.

Channel 4 has Indian Summers soon, wonder where that'll go, Sundays at 9pm would be good but would mean facing both Mr Selfridge and Last Tango in Halifax/Poldark.
Indian Summers is due next month. I was thinking it would be on Sunday but that would mean a period drama clash. I think Cucumber will do well in consolidated but Big Brother will be competing with it for the young demo.
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:37
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Indian Summers is due next month. I was thinking it would be on Sunday but that would mean a period drama clash. I think Cucumber will do well in consolidated but Big Brother will be competing with it for the young demo.
Cucumber doesn't strike me as a young skewing series especially as the main characters are middle aged. I think it's meant to be a one-off but I imagine Channel 4 would want a second series if it does well
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Old 16-01-2015, 22:42
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Benidorm was shite tonight. I really think ITV have destroyed its legacy by letting it carry on once the garveys have left.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:10
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I hope Benidorm suffers a large ratings drop tomorrow as it will teach ITV a lesson not to carry on shows when the main characters have left.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:16
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I would still bet Benidorm does not see much of a ratings drop if any.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:22
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So Big Brother has finally got Katie Price, tabloid editors will be salivating at a house featuring Katie Hopkins and Katie Price, to go along with the already volatile atmosphere. Can see it getting its biggest ever C5 ratings next week.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:28
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So Big Brother has finally got Katie Price, tabloid editors will be salivating at a house featuring Katie Hopkins and Katie Price, to go along with the already volatile atmosphere. Can see it getting its biggest ever C5 ratings next week.
The more I see the names involved the more happy I am that I dont watch it.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:34
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Thanks Neil.

BBC2 should be getting some great ratings with Dragon's Den.
Yes . Dragons Den threatened to go away in series 10 a couple of years ago, several episodes under 2m, but it's bounced back recently.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:35
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The more I see the names involved the more happy I am that I dont watch it.
Same Some people are really missing out watching it ahead of The Last Leg tonight. Ah well, what can you do
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:50
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BBC One really do do some funny things in the post-Graham Norton slot on Fridays - last week it was a repeat of Joanna Lumley meet will.i.am, this week it's a repeat of a random episode of some 'Bluestone 42' army drama I've never even heard of never mind seen IIRC The GN Show always gets easily the best ratings for the 10:35pm slot all week, so they could do with commissioning a regular show to go after it to capitalise on the lead-in really. Or maybe give the excellent 'This Week' a regular repeat slot.
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Old 16-01-2015, 23:54
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BBC One really do do some funny things in the post-Graham Norton slot on Fridays - last week it was a repeat of Joanna Lumley meet will.i.am, this week it's a repeat of a random episode of some 'Bluestone 42' army drama I've never even heard of never mind seen The GN Show always gets easily the best ratings for the 10:35pm slot all week so they could do with commissioning a proper show to go after it to capitalise on the lead-in really.
Bluestone 42 was a comedy drama shown on BBC3 and got good reviews I seem to remember. So I have heard of it but like you never seen.
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