It did. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if they took it to series. If Frankie was up for it, obviously.

The only issue was it was like Rouge Traders, but on trolls, however Matt Allwright normally gets an interview, or is driven over, or has " liquid" poured over him.

One Troll, on the phone, and one dived back indoors was a quick conclusion after all the work setting it up. Unless they have more meaning discussion with the trolls I can't see it being a series.

Lots of shots of Frankie driving around, an important subject, but of a 45 minute show ( ex adverts) just a couple of minutes on the trolls, I wanted to see more about them, but yes they were cowards.

Frankie is passionate on the subject as she was a victim herself, she presented it well, but actual successful content was light.

The BBC are reporting that Deal or No Deal has been axed after 11 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37130769

The BBC provide the studio facilities for DOND in Bristol

Brilliant news it was always a really crappy show, opening boxes and trying and failing hard to inject passion and drama into it was always going to fail.

And the contestants were simply the vilest chavviest losers ever to appear on screen.

I wonder if they're planning to air series 3 in March 2017 or perhaps January 2017. I'm thinking it'll be March as they'll probably to avoid Silent Witness or Death in Paradise and ITV probably will put Endeavour or Vera against Sherlock, I expect Tennison to start in January although slot wise I'm thinking it'll be either be Monday or Wednesday

Surely Broadchurch will be on Mondays in January?


EastEnders has been on good form since Paul's death. Emmerdale has been holding it back. 3 more clashes coming up in the next 7 episodes!

CBB will be pleased that it looks like Bear will make the final. That will garner a lot of interest. Lewis and James would be the ideal evictees from a ratings perspective.

Completely forgot about Broadchurch. I think in that case, they'll probably show Tennison on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Excellent rating for Celebrity Trolls: We're Coming To Get You. Should have been higher though.

Channel 5 press pack is out for w/c 3rd September. A few bits and pieces of news from that will follow.

In a week where we've had a flood of negative comments in here along the lines of C5 = chav TV, the main programming highlight is Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words which is new to the main channel and from the description promises to be compelling viewing.

Following BBC Two's Robot Wars ending the previous week, Spike launches BattleBots in the UK - potentially in the same Sunday 8pm slot although not confirmed at this stage.

5USA meanwhile will launch Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour on Tuesday 6th September at 9pm, and Castle returns on Wednesday 7th September in the same slot.

I think that's a little harsh. DOND has been a truly successful format for Channel 4 and at its peak a definite thorn in the side of other broadcasters. I think many people went through a fascination period with the show, I know I did, but its one of those things that always had a shelf life of interest. At its best as a snappy 45 minute show, it was a poor move extending it and it was plain irritating watching Noel semi desperately trying to jabber through 15 more minutes to fill the time.

Looks like more good programming from Channel 5. I'll be tuning in.

I do think 5 need to axe some of the deadweight like Suspects and Borderline and start afresh with drama and comedy. Phasing out the benefit shows would help as well but keep the popular factual hits like Can't Pay, GPs etc

Secrets of the SAS sounds promising and should be the sort of factual 5 should be doing as well as the nature shows like Loch Lomond

I have to disagree. Suspects and Borderline are brilliant, and underrated shows.

Whisper it quietly, but there looks to be a lot of good stuff on the channel this autumn. Probably going to be the strongest September/start of October they've had for a few years. Just lacking a top drama series on the main channel. For me, there should be at least one major drama on the main channel all year round, even if it's "only" an import. But I appreciate there may not be that much out there at the moment which would work for the C5 audience.

I thought the Criminal Minds spinoff was a bit of an - err - suspect buy for 5USA. I mean, It's 5 years old and didn't get a second season! I'm sure it'll rate okay but unless it cost peanuts it was probably worth investing in something a bit more worthwhile.

Neither are rating well and IMO the money could be spent on commissioning something that could be a hit.

Looking at what's on the schedule, I could see 5 going for Timeless, This is Us which I liked the trailer might be more suited for Channel 4 or BBC Two rather than 5

They're cheap to make and can be filmed in a few weeks rather than a few months. Suspects has a cult following and consolidates very well. Borderline is new, and finding it's feet. You have to remember that Channel 5 has a reputation of axing drama and comedy too quickly, and with Viacom wanting to change that, I don't see them going anywhere too quickly.

They're burning off the last episode of Suspects at 11pm so perhaps that tells its own story.

I think after 11 years you cant really say it was always going to fail

I wouldn't be surprised if it's axed after this series,

Suspects 5.1 consolidates to 1,050,000 via 7 day data (Channel 5 total)
Borderline 1.1 consolidates to 700,000 via 7 day data (Channel 5 total)

There's 6 episodes in Season 5 and only 5 Wednesdays in August.....

What's your point? No reason it couldn't have run into September, that I know of.

Dramas are there to rate. If they don't rate, they have no future. They are too expensive to just be vanity projects that merely exist in the schedule. So I expect this will be the last series of Suspects, as even prior to the unfortunate clash with a big Olympics moment this week, it was badly struggling.

If you have been on the air for 11 years saying you are axed is a little harsh.....shows sometimes just come to a natural conclusion as viewers drift away

Axed shows should only be ones that dont even make it to the end of their 1st series without being taken off air or moved to a later time slot

I think you're missing my point, considering it wouldn't be the first drama to have a double bill at the end of a season.

I might also add, only Season 4 rated badly. Season 5 is up on Season 4.