One Show. 4 million.

Better than usual for the quizzes, they're starting to get going now. Disappointing for Victorian Slum bit I suppose Dark Angel took away casual viewers.

Disappointing night for BBC4, to not even top 0.5 million on a Monday is unusual and the Andrew Marr programme is lower than I would have liked. I see the excellent Virago documentary at 10:00pm didn't make the top three which is again disappointing, it was really good.


Awful. They'd be stupid to commission anymore from Hugh, he just doesn't rate well enough.


It's been excellent, I agree. New documentaries on a Monday normally get 0.5 to 0.6 million so it's under.


Emmerdale doing well and now certainly the second soap, good figures for Corrie last night as well, disappointing for EastEnders, however Gavin Shipman tries to spin it, they should be doing much better than that.

Jictar ratings for 19-25 December 1977

1. The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show (BBC1, Sun 20:20): 21.4m
2. The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (BBC1, Sun 20:55): 21.3m
3. Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (BBC1, Sun 19:15): 19.95m
4. George and Mildred (ITV, Mon 20:00): 18.9m
5. Wednesday at Eight (ITV, Wed 20:00): 18.0m
6. Coronation Street (Mon) (ITV, Mon 19:30): 16.5m
7. This is Your Life: Lin Berwick (ITV, Wed 19:00): 16.3m
8. Crossroads (ITV, Fri 18:35*): 15.85m
9. Crossroads (ITV, Wed 18:35*): 15.4m
10. Coronation Street (ITV, Wed 19:30): 15.25m
11. Crossroads (ITV, Tues 18:35*): 14.95m
12. This England: House of the Stars (ITV, Mon 20:30): 14.75m
13.= The Liver Birds (BBC1, Fri 20:25): 14.7m
13.= Crossroads (ITV, Thurs 18:35*): 14.7m
15. Happy Ever After (BBC1, Fri 19:55): 14.6m
16. Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (ITV, Tues 19:30): 14.15m
17.= The Dick Emery Christmas Show (BBC1, Sat 21:05): 13.95m
17.= Pub Entertainer of the Year Grand Final (ITV, Tues 21:00): 13.95m
19. Opportunity Knocks! (ITV, Mon 18:45): 13.7m
20. Charlie's Angels (ITV, Tues 20:00): 13.35m

*Crossroads was shown at a different time in some regions

Jictar ratings for 26 December 1977-1 January 1978

1. This is Your Life: Bob Paisley (ITV, Wed 19:00): 17.25m
2.= Crossroads (ITV, Thurs 18:35*): 16.5m
2.= Film: Escape of the Birdmen (Premiere) (ITV, Thurs 19:00): 16.5m
2.= Crossroads (ITV, Fri 18:35*): 16.5m
5. Crossroads (ITV, Wed 18:35*): 16.3m
6. Coronation Street (ITV, Wed 19:30): 16.2m
7. Bruce's Choice (BBC1, Sat 19:15): 16.05m
8. Wednesday at Eight (ITV, Wed 20:00): 15.95m
9. Disney Time (BBC1, Tues 17:25): 15.2m
10. The Good Life Christmas Special (BBC1, Mon 19:35): 15.0m
11. Film: Doctor in Trouble (ITV, Sun 19:45): 14.9m
12. Max's Holiday Hour (ITV, Tues 19:30): 14.7m
13.= The Two Ronnies (BBC1, Mon 20:05): 14.5m
13.= Film: Fear is the Key (Premiere) (ITV, Tues 20:30): 14.5m
13.= Dudh Kosi: Relentless River of Everest (ITV, Wed 21:00): 14.5m
16. Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (ITV, Tues 19:00): 14.35m
17. Mind Your Language (ITV, Fri 19:00): 14.2m
18. Crossroads (ITV, Tues 18:35*): 14.05m
19. Jim'll Fix It (BBC1, Mon 17:25): 13.8m
20. Film: Support Your Local Sheriff (BBC1, Mon 18:05): 13.6m

* Crossroads was shown at a different time in some regions

Who Do You Think You Are confirmed again for Thursday November 24 at 8pm - 1 of 5

Nov 19 could look like this

5.40 Pointless celebrities
6.30 Strictly Come Dancing
7.45 Michael McIntyre Big Show
8.30 Who Dares Wins
9.20 Casualty
10.10 BBC News
10.30 Match of The Day

Strictly could reduce by 5 minutes every week as another celeb is voted out

I agree it should be doing better and if there isn't a rise tonight in viewers then it will probably mean being under 6m all week. There's not much to arlttract viewers the writing and character interaction might be better but SOC needs to create some interesting stories to get viewers tuning in.

I think the BBC are certain to keep clasing SCD with TXF, so MM Big Show will likely be at 8.10/20pm.

Although I could be wrong.

SCD will likely create a halo around MM Big Show, so should manage a good 5m+.

As I said a few weeks ago, EastEnders have trouble on the horizon.

As a fan of the show, I want drama - not everyday life. It's bad enough having to deal with annoying, trivial things like disagreements over bins in real life without seeing it in EastEnders as well!

Previous producers have tried to "ground" the show before, and it hasn't worked.

After a strictly at 8:20 seems a bit late for the MM show, but before strictly seems a bit early, so I'm surprised they are squeezing it in before Christmas.

Totally agree. It just comes across as clunky too. Good characterisation doesn't have to mean boredom.

The Missing finishes on the 30th, I wonder what BBC One will show on the 3 Wednesday's before Christmas?.

The price of the Radio Times Won't be doing that again. Nice month of free Netflix though, thanks for the heads up whoever mentioned the offer.

I've only got the Radio Times because it was 12 issues for a £1. Otherwise, I would never buy it as its regular price. The features are good enough, but I've read them in 15 minutes!

I do usually buy the bumper Christmas issue though, even if it is £3.50 or whatever.

I believe the double issue this year is £4.35.

Luckily I get it under the 12 issues deal then! I would never pay £4.35 to be perfectly honest, that's pushing it a bit.

Yes, I agree and I did see that earlier show Servalan. And I have watched Just a Girl.

But like you say the MoS almost certainly have not and are just whipping up a Mumsnet campaign over it as they are trying to stop puberty blocker drugs being prescribed to teenagers.

Being trans myself, as I have mentioned before in this thread and often on GD, I rarely miss something like that.

I was possibly one of the first trans women to write and present a feature on the BBC (in 1975). Though it was not actually about trans and quite possibly the BBC were not aware that I was trans at the time. Though they were in 1996 when I wrote and presented another documentary on BBC 2 (again not on trans issues) and some media busy body then outed me in the press.

So you can take it I am not supporting the Daily Mail's stance on this or in any way anti BBC. I am completely behind what they are doing personally.

As I posted in the thread on General Discussion yesterday on this Just a Girl is in my opinion exactly what schoolchildren need in this day and age to help them understand something they are increasingly likely to encounter in daily life in class.

The Mail have a vendetta going on trans matters at the moment. This was their second big three page story on the subject over the weekend.

But my more general point about the BBC stands and this is reflective of their more radical approach.

Not that I am saying that this is in of itself a bad thing. Just that it reflects a change that seems to be influencing programming.

Poor for EastEnders again, a million behind Corrie and significantly behind Emmerdale.

I wonder if it will still receive the usual Christmas boost that results in it being number one soap for about two weeks or continue in 2nd or 3rd place?

Again, none of this is my cup of tea, but what a strong lineup compared to what ITV offers. They only have XF as their really only attraction. BBC One has a solid lineup from early teatime through to nearly midnight.

It's literally a dream for the older viewers. They can sit down at 5PM and watch entertainment aimed at them all evening. It's a very strong lineup though.

not £4.60?

Emmerdale is usually very low at Christmas so it should go up above that at least.

Decent start for Dark Angel. Close to 5m not too shabby. Around Cold Feet levels too.


TWD performing well for it's second episode of it's new run (although after last weeks season opener, last night was somewhat boring, but not totally unexpected as this is the general trend for TWD).


Very disappointed with that number. This is a big week for Hollyoaks and I was expecting 800-850k. Hopefully it can rally as the week progresses. It's been brilliant so far.

Yes I've been encouraged by what Lygo has been saying too. It'll take some time and I'm sure there will be flops along the way but he at least seems willing to try different things, which they've not down enough of late. The 2017 schedule looks fairly promising from what has been announced so far and I think there's a lot more to come. They've announced a lot of new drama but I think both light entertainment and fact ent need new hits and fast. He's identified both as priority areas so let's see what happens.

That's true and same goes for Sunday evenings too.

EE will certainly have its usual New Year boost if the two big exits are to be believed as happening then. Christmas will probably be close between EE and Corrie with Emmerdale a bit behind as usual.