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Old 09-08-2015, 16:42
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Shirley Bassey as well
I remember the series she did from her home in Jamaica.
It's probably unlikely with the music scene now that these types of show would take off now.
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Old 09-08-2015, 17:03
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I used to like Little and Large, but the ratings more or less halved between the penultimate series and the final series. It went over 12m in 1990, as far as I can remember, but the final series went under 7m, slightly later in the year than usual, in 1991.
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Old 09-08-2015, 17:17
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Looks like the hot weather dented most things. Good for Casualty though. It is irritating that DS generally don't report +1. It probably put KIITF around 3m and The Cube around 2.5-2.6. OK-ish for KIITF (more so the share) but surely The Cube is running out of lives?
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Old 09-08-2015, 17:25
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I used to like Little and Large, but the ratings more or less halved between the penultimate series and the final series. It went over 12m in 1990, as far as I can remember, but the final series went under 7m, slightly later in the year than usual, in 1991.
Their show ran on BBC One for 11 years.
The BBC in 1978 were badly rattled by the loss of Morecambe and Wise. One little remembered duo they hired between Eric and Ernie and Little and Large was Lenny and Jerry( Bennett and Stevens). Their show, which wasn't that funny, ran for two series and attracted 11 million viewers before Lenny Bennett moved to ITV and Jerry Stevens faded into obscurity. The BBC did have more lucky with Little and Large as for all the humour was basic, it seemed to appeal to families and children.
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Old 09-08-2015, 17:34
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The BBC did have more lucky with Little and Large as for all the humour was basic, it seemed to appeal to families and children.
I was a child at the time, and it appealed to me, but any members of my family who were with me always left the room when it was on.
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Old 09-08-2015, 18:12
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I was a child at the time, and it appealed to me, but any members of my family who were with me always left the room when it was on.
I liked them until I was 14 and in common with most teens gave up on them. However, 11 million people seemed to like Little and Large and it was amazing it was still running in the nineties.
However, the eighties still had the ultimate double act, The Two Ronnies, whose shows ran until 1987 and regularly attracted 17 million viewers.
Of Auntie's comedy big hitters in the eighties, you also had two refugees from ITV, Kenny Everett and Jasper Carrott, whose shows attracted 14 million viewers. Mike Yarwood lasted until 1982 when he moved to ITV and then there was the surreal comedy/magic/ variety shows of Paul Daniels. While Daniels was hated by the critics, his show could pull in 15 million viewers on a good night and he lasted for 13 years on BBC 1.
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Old 09-08-2015, 18:18
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I liked them until I was 14 and in common with most teens gave up on them. However, 11 million people seemed to like Little and Large and it was amazing it was still running in the nineties.
However, the eighties still had the ultimate double act, The Two Ronnies, whose shows ran until 1987 and regularly attracted 17 million viewers.
Of Auntie's comedy big hitters in the eighties, you also had two refugees from ITV, Kenny Everett and Jasper Carrott, whose shows attracted 14 million viewers. Mike Yarwood lasted until 1982 when he moved to ITV and then there was the surreal comedy/magic/ variety shows of Paul Daniels. While Daniels was hated by the critics, his show could pull in 15 million viewers on a good night and he lasted for 13 years on BBC 1.
I was 15 when the final Little and Large series went out, so it probably finished at the right time for me. Strangely, a few months after the final series ended, they aired some repeats (on Fridays at 7.40pm), which was quite rare for Little and Large. If they'd been shown at 7pm (which they couldn't be because of Wogan) they could have had some quite impressive viewing figures against Cannon and Ball's Plaza Patrol on ITV. The ITV sitcom certainly boosted Terry Wogan's ratings on Fridays.
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Old 09-08-2015, 18:36
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Not a great start for Football League Tonight. Admittedly only about 200,000 down on what it was getting on the BBC, so the 9pm slot has helped to a degree but not enough. I think though with some tweaks it could find a more substantial audience and one they would be happy with.

Poor all round there. I'm surprised the Cricket didn't top a million following England's win and the strong ratings the highlights have attracted during the week.
To be expected with an episode heavy on analysis. After all, there wasn't much action to show. And with it being a Saturday the Sky audience was probably higher than it was during the week so many will have seen it live.

Also not sure they needed to bill it as England's Greatest Ashes Triumph on the EPG.
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Old 09-08-2015, 18:45
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Channel 5's Week 35 bits and pieces, for broadcast w/c August 22:

Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side (New Series)
Inside Scientology... and Escaping the Witnesses (New)
Beware: The Cops are Watching (New)
Air Crash Investigation: Disaster Over New York (New to Freeview Episode)
My Big Fat Benefits Wedding: Live! (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
12 Years Old and on Benefits (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
Disneyʼs The Sword in the Stone [1963] (Movie Pick)

Source: C5 Press.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:04
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Their show ran on BBC One for 11 years.
The BBC in 1978 were badly rattled by the loss of Morecambe and Wise. One little remembered duo they hired between Eric and Ernie and Little and Large was Lenny and Jerry( Bennett and Stevens). Their show, which wasn't that funny, ran for two series and attracted 11 million viewers before Lenny Bennett moved to ITV and Jerry Stevens faded into obscurity. The BBC did have more lucky with Little and Large as for all the humour was basic, it seemed to appeal to families and children.
I used to like Little and Large, but the ratings more or less halved between the penultimate series and the final series. It went over 12m in 1990, as far as I can remember, but the final series went under 7m, slightly later in the year than usual, in 1991.
And that was why Little & Large were finally axed as their ratings tumbled for the last series. In the 70s and 80s they were getting some decent numbers. Numbers started falling from mid 80s I think and the 1989 series did okay from what I recall. But there were rumours the axe would fall in 1990. This was when Jonathan Powell was Controller of BBC1 and he had hardly any hits. So when the new series started in 1990 opposite Haggard on ITV and got 12m, that saved them...for a bit.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:14
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Channel 5's Week 35 bits and pieces, for broadcast w/c August 22:

Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side (New Series)
Inside Scientology... and Escaping the Witnesses (New)
Beware: The Cops are Watching (New)
Air Crash Investigation: Disaster Over New York (New to Freeview Episode)
My Big Fat Benefits Wedding: Live! (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
12 Years Old and on Benefits (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
Disneyʼs The Sword in the Stone [1963] (Movie Pick)

Source: C5 Press.
Not more Benefit series. It feels like they have not gone a week this year without a benefit series. But viewers still watch it in their droves. Surely they've seen it all now?
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:17
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Benefits and Big Brother.

Same old, same old for C5.

I know they're in the middle of a benefits "season", but what are the odds that this season never comes to an end, like the ubiquitous DFS sale?

Having said that, a few bright spots in the C5 calendar - Ben Fogle, Cricket and Lip Sync Battles, so fingers crossed the last of these does well and it further encourages them to broaden their output.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:19
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Looks like the hot weather dented most things. Good for Casualty though. It is irritating that DS generally don't report +1. It probably put KIITF around 3m and The Cube around 2.5-2.6. OK-ish for KIITF (more so the share) but surely The Cube is running out of lives?
Not bad for KIITF. I dont suppose it will ever be a hit, but then, The Cube never actually rated EVER and that lasted nine series.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:28
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Benefits and Big Brother.

Same old, same old for C5.

I know they're in the middle of a benefits "season", but what are the odds that this season never comes to an end, like the ubiquitous DFS sale?

Having said that, a few bright spots in the C5 calendar - Ben Fogle, Cricket and Lip Sync Battles, so fingers crossed the last of these does well and it further encourages them to broaden their output.
I'd agree with this, If I were 5 I would be seriously looking to broaden their output, as they haven't got rid of the hangover of the Desmond days yet of the trashy docs, yes they bring the figures in but at the cost to the reputation of the channel- I'd definitely be looking to launch an entertainment show to bolster the LE dept (Lip Sync battle is a good commission here) and I do think Rising Star could do well for them now the heat surrounding itv dropping it has died down (you'd pick up the format dirt cheap too) Then more homegrown drama to sit alongside the big imports and the comedy they've been promising but haven't made it to screen yet and you're looking at a nice resurgence for 5- Four seem to have got their act together after probably 2 years in the doldrums so no reason 5 can't try and follow suit
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:29
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BBC1

6.25pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 2.49m (17.5%)
8.15pm The National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion 3.01m (18.3%)
9.10pm Casualty 4.24m (24.2%)

BBC2

8.40pm Dad's Army 1.49m (8.8%)
9.10pm The Duchess 1.11m (6.7%).


ITV

7pm Keep It in the Family 2.77m (18.6%)
8pm The Cube 2.35m (14.6%)
9pm The Bourne Identity 1.29m (8%)


Channel 4's

7pm Homes by the Sea 804k (5.4%)
9pm The A-Team 784k (4.9%)

Channel 5

8pm Killer Landslides 458k (2.8%)
9pm Football League Tonight 578k (3.4%).


ITV3

8pm Lewis 583k (3.5%) on ITV3

Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...#ixzz3iLKiDP10
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Keep It in the Family didn't start too badly. Should be around 3m inc+1 (20%). The share look better than the rating. Like Prized Apart though, I doubt it will do enough for a recommission.

The Cube is dead - as we've known for the last few years, but ITV still seem to keep pushing on with it. It got a better slot than KITITF and yet is rating less.

BBC1 slid enough, Casualty keeping their night afloat.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:36
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If Football League Tonight doesn't at least increase by 50% by the time the dark cold nights of Oct to Feb come in that show is dead on arrival
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:38
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Not more Benefit series. It feels like they have not gone a week this year without a benefit series. But viewers still watch it in their droves. Surely they've seen it all now?
Twitter and DM bait, could it be anything else?
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:44
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Not more Benefit series. It feels like they have not gone a week this year without a benefit series. But viewers still watch it in their droves. Surely they've seen it all now?
If the only things that were rating for the channel were benefits related it'd be a worry. The truth is they aren't at all reliant on the ratings fix these docs provide, but at the same time they are enjoying a particularly strong end to the summer and I'd be lying if I said the Britain on Benefits season wasn't one of the main reasons it has been as strong as it has.

I still think Nightmare Neighbour Next Door's 1.6m opposite Bake Off is the 2nd best performance of the week on any channel after Bake Off itself. It had absolutely no right to do as well as that opposite BBC One's biggest weekday hit in decades, they ought to be struggling big time there not clearing the slot average by half a million.

This current benefits craze will die out and be replaced by something else. A couple of years ago it was hoarders that BBC One and C4 in particular were obsessed with, every other documentary they put out for a while seemed to be related, before the viewers moved on. This is no different to that, except a little more damaging from a reputation point-of-view given they are all immediately dismissed as Poverty Porn - even Can't Pay?, which is not that at all.

As long as C5 can keep finding broad appeal factual hits like Nightmare Neighbour Next Door and New Lives in the Wild- both into their fourth series now and in better form than ever, they will be OK. The factual department is doing really well in general and it's now entertainment and scripted where they need to step up. If they do that, it really will be game on with BBC Two and C4 in the race to be third.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:44
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Channel 5's Week 35 bits and pieces, for broadcast w/c August 22:

Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side (New Series)
Inside Scientology... and Escaping the Witnesses (New)
Beware: The Cops are Watching (New)
Air Crash Investigation: Disaster Over New York (New to Freeview Episode)
My Big Fat Benefits Wedding: Live! (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
12 Years Old and on Benefits (New, Britain on Benefits Season)
Disneyʼs The Sword in the Stone [1963] (Movie Pick)

Source: C5 Press.
27th August looks on for the Celebrity Big Brother launch then.

It feels like Benefits Season has been on since January! But it does work for them.
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:56
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And that was why Little & Large were finally axed as their ratings tumbled for the last series. In the 70s and 80s they were getting some decent numbers. Numbers started falling from mid 80s I think and the 1989 series did okay from what I recall. But there were rumours the axe would fall in 1990. This was when Jonathan Powell was Controller of BBC1 and he had hardly any hits. So when the new series started in 1990 opposite Haggard on ITV and got 12m, that saved them...for a bit.
I'd forgotten all about Haggard until this week. I never watched a whole episode, but I saw some clips and it looked pretty bad!
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Old 09-08-2015, 19:59
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I'd forgotten all about Haggard until this week. I never watched a whole episode, but I saw some clips and it looked pretty bad!
Thought it was funny in places but not great. Eric Chappell trying to recapture some of the Duty Free magic with Keith Barron but it wasn't as good and never caught on.
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Old 09-08-2015, 20:11
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Their show ran on BBC One for 11 years.
The BBC in 1978 were badly rattled by the loss of Morecambe and Wise. One little remembered duo they hired between Eric and Ernie and Little and Large was Lenny and Jerry( Bennett and Stevens). Their show, which wasn't that funny, ran for two series and attracted 11 million viewers before Lenny Bennett moved to ITV and Jerry Stevens faded into obscurity. The BBC did have more lucky with Little and Large as for all the humour was basic, it seemed to appeal to families and children.
Bill Cotton was devastated by the loss of M&W - he went to the BBC governors who agreed to match the Thames pay offer but it was too late because the contract had been signed. Little and Large were cruelly described by one critic as the only double act with two straight men.
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Old 09-08-2015, 20:30
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Britain's Spending Secrets is being gifted The Great British Bake Off's lead in after Earth's Natural Wonders, going by the provisional schedules:

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It's a two-parter which means a month of Bake Off lead ins would be given to documentaries. Whilst Earth's Natural Wonders is intriguing I can't help but think they should be trying to launch a drama in the slot. I know Our Zoo didn't pull in the figures they wanted but still, there's a 9m lead in going begging there.
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Old 09-08-2015, 20:32
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Nature Nuts with Julian Clary might not be rating well, but it is certainly enjoyed by those few who do watch it. It does feel like BBC4 material though, something that would fit well on ITV3.
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Old 09-08-2015, 20:35
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Britain's Spending Secrets is being gifted The Great British Bake Off's lead in after Earth's Natural Wonders, going by the provisional schedules:

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It's a two-parter which means a month of Bake Off lead ins would be given to documentaries. Whilst Earth's Natural Wonders is intriguing I can't help but think they should be trying to launch a drama in the slot. I know Our Zoo didn't pull in the figures they wanted but still, there's a 9m lead in going begging there.

What a complete waste of a lead in. Very unappealing - and something else with benefits in.
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