Always a good idea not to read the comments of the Mail or Guardian.

It's a bit of a shame Dad's Army couldn't have premiered on the BBC but I guess it wasn't a BBC production.

It's a shame to see EE rating poorly this week - last week it seemed to be on the up?

I've already made my donation by text so I don't need to watch it, but will probably look at occasional bits. Text donations have been requested by The One Show, DIY SOS, Children In Need Rocks For Terry and Radio 2.

8pm tonight on itv should be a good watch. Searching for a blue shark off the coast of the UK is interesting factual unlike searching for traffic offences inside the UK.

That sounds interesting, actually. Pity it's being fired against Children in Need!

In the week-ending 6th November The Apprentice was BBC1's 4th highest rated programme with 7.37m, behind Planet Earth and both episodes of Strictly. On ITV only the five episodes of Corrie beat it. It's ahead of Emmerdale and X Factor. So still doing okay.

Looking at the BARB website for that week, it just sinks in that Planet Earth was the Number 1 programme of the whole week, which is BRILLIANT!!! (even though I already knew that).


The Apprentice was on a Wednesday last year when IAC wouldn't have had a soap lead-in. DIY SOS is not on next Thursday. It's Who Do You Think You Are?

From ITV Media:

Thursday Top 10: Main channels (inc. +1 where applicable)

1 ITV - 09:00 PM I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 8.569m 36%
2 ITV - 07:00 PM Emmerdale 5.889m 31%
3 ITV - 08:30 PM Coronation Street 5.886m 27%
4 ITV - 08:00 PM Emmerdale 5.816m 28%
5 BBC One - 06:30 PM Regional News and Weather 5.562m 31%
6 BBC One - 07:30 PM EastEnders 5.478m 29%
7 BBC One - 06:00 PM BBC News at Six 5.221m 31%
8 BBC One - 09:00 PM The Apprentice 4.776m 20%
9 BBC One - 07:00 PM The One Show 4.010m 21%
10 BBC One - 08:00 PM DIY SOS: Million Pound Build for Children in Need 3.916m 18%

Thursday Top 10: Other channels (inc. +1 where applicable)

1 E4 - 07:00 PM Hollyoaks 627k 3.3%
2 ITV2 - 10:00 PM I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp 576k 3.7%
3 Film4 - 09:00 PM Thor 575k 3.1%
4 ITV3 - 09:00 PM Lewis 477k 2.4%
5 ITV3 - 08:00 PM Doc Martin 460k 2.2%
6 CBeebies - 04:45 PM Peter Rabbit 444k 4.0%
7 E4 - 06:30 PM The Big Bang Theory 444k 2.5%
8 CBeebies - 05:20 PM Topsy and Tim 432k 3.1%
9 CBeebies - 05:00 PM My Story: Discovering Victorian Nursing 431k 3.5%
10 E4 - 06:00 PM The Big Bang Theory 422k 2.5%

According to the DW forum on here the BBC are already planning the 2018 series without Moffatt and Capaldi. Chris Chibnall of Broadchurch is taking over. And the BBC want a new younger doctor to help sell dolls, apparently.

The story suggests that both the doctor and the companion might leave in the Christmas 2017 episode as the new companion only has a one year contract.

Not sure how true any of that is, but if it is then the BBC appear to be both thinking ahead that far and to be looking at making major changes too as they must expect something radical to be required to try to revive ratings.

A lot will depend on how good/bad the Christmas special is and how long the gap after that before the series starts to grab viewers based on any goodwill it generates.

Good ratings for IAC.

Was said in Private Eye a few weeks back that there is no danger the BBC will cancel any major show at present- even long in the tooth ones like The Apprentice- as other channels would want them, and pressure would be put on by the Culture secretary to sell the rights.

Assuming Top Gear has gone down the tubes in the last year, Doctor Who is the BBC's number one worldwide brand. They aren't going to cancel it, although I could believe the rumours they want a David Tennant clone in playing the part for the next but one series.

Coronation Street was on last night?

Why is eastenders at 5.4 awful, but coronation st at 5.7 not?

I'm sorry, what?

I meant 5.8 for corrie, I've read a lot about how eastenders is doing terribly, but nothing about corrie.

Well it wasn't in its normal slot last night.

Corrie is on next Thursday at 8.30 pm too - up against the second half of the first Who Do You Think You Are? episode - with Danny Dyer - which has got the cover story in this week's Radio Times and has featured in several press stories this week because of what he found out about his family.

I think I'm right in saying that by the end of this month they'll have 6 episodes left to shoot, and filming is definitely ending in March, so Who will in all likelihood be back on screens in April. Chris Chibnall's first series will most likely start filming late summer for Spring 2018, so between March and then the 2017 Christmas special will be filmed as Steven Moffat's swansong. (think that's right!) Whether it will be Peter Capaldi's final story....we'll see! Personally think it's quite likely.

I don't think Corrie is usually shown on Thursdays whereas Thurs at 19:30 is one of the 'classic' EE times.
Even I know EE is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30. Straight after TOTP or on Tuesdays...

Holiday86/Telly Addict/Ever Decreasing Circles ...???

Though as the Oxford professor in the Sun pointed out, most people in the UK will have similar lineage.

So we can look forward to lots of Doctor Who should be played by a non-white or female or both talk to go with the new James Bond talk.

Time for the first transgender Doctor.

Perhaps Rebecca Root is already lined up.

Just getting the idea in early!

Have we had same-sex couples on Strictly? If not, why? We've had gay dating on Meet the Parents so why isn't someone like Judge Grinder dancing with the sort of partner he would be normally?

*Pens OpEd for the Guardian*

Actually I would like a break from celebrities telling me to donate money every 5 mins.

Oh ok that explains it, just interested.

Albeit Coronation Street could be doing slightly better than that considering Emmerdale practcially matched it at 8pm, albeit in it's usual slot.


I should have remembered that considering Who Do You Think You Are? is one of the shows on the DSRPG!