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Old 28-05-2008, 21:33
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The alarm bells prematurely ringing around the forum about DW getting its ass kicked by the BGT's final must need cranking up a notch or two then!
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Old 28-05-2008, 21:56
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The alarm bells prematurely ringing around the forum about DW getting its ass kicked by the BGT's final must need cranking up a notch or two then!
Well I'm ironing my black arm band in readiness.
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Old 28-05-2008, 22:49
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I readily expect Michael Grade to tell the BBC to axe Doctor Who after it gets beaten on Saturday.
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Old 28-05-2008, 23:04
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Are people who watch BGT necessarily the same as people who watch DW?

If DW gets 7.5m, and BGT gets 10m, I don't see why that's a problem. Just proves that the dullards watching BGT aren't watching DW, and if Cowell and Moron weren't on TV making fools of the vulnerable and bewildered on a Saturday night they'd be waching Ant & Bee's Saturday Night Ripoff or downing WKD or whatever else they do to pass the time.

Oooh, I am in a bad mood this evening!
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Old 01-06-2008, 09:55
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Thanks to rzt on the Ratings thread ...

19.00- Doctor Who: 5.4m (25.4%)

Up against ... 18.50- Britain’s Got Talent – The Final: 11.0 (51.1%), and its result got 13.1m (55.1%).

Doctor Who was never going to come out on top, people will have wanted it to ahve started earlier this time
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Old 01-06-2008, 10:05
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The ratings are not suprising. It was the Final of a top rated programme which has been building up all week. It had to turn out like this. Everyone i know was talking about BGT all week.

I expect alot of people recorded Dr Who.
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Old 01-06-2008, 10:10
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As I said, anything above 5 million is a result. The Beeb will be very happy with that.
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:01
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Thanks to rzt on the Ratings thread ...

19.00- Doctor Who: 5.4m (25.4%)

Up against ... 18.50- Britain’s Got Talent – The Final: 11.0 (51.1%), and its result got 13.1m (55.1%).

Doctor Who was never going to come out on top, people will have wanted it to ahve started earlier this time
Look at those ratings for BGT! No wonder Doctor Who figures were down! It looks like the highest ratings for any one programme this year. Over half the audience were watching it! Which means thatover three quarters of the audience were either watching BGT or DW! Other channels didn't stand a chance!
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:04
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blimey! and all them ratings for a flailing kid!
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:06
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blimey! and all them ratings for a flailing kid!
A lot of people I know are happy he won though.... he's a local boy! And a lot of my Asda colleagues know him as they serve him in store!

(atleast I'll be leaving there soon )
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:09
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A lot of people I know are happy he won though.... he's a local boy! And a lot of my Asda colleagues know him as they serve him in store!

(atleast I'll be leaving there soon )
How does he manage to keep hold of his change?
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:10
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A lot of people I know are happy he won though.... he's a local boy! And a lot of my Asda colleagues know him as they serve him in store!

(atleast I'll be leaving there soon )
No one I know voted for him So I have had a lot of pissed off people talking to me about it haha
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:11
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No one I know voted for him So I have had a lot of pissed off people talking to me about it haha
all my friends and family voted for him. and they hated those two dancing kids with the fake tans.
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Old 01-06-2008, 11:26
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How does he manage to keep hold of his change?
lol nice one!
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Old 01-06-2008, 12:44
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No one I know voted for him So I have had a lot of pissed off people talking to me about it haha
Why would anyone vote anymore. Given that catherine tate won a comedy award voted by the public, but yet they gave it to ant&dec
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Old 01-06-2008, 13:52
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Thanks to rzt on the Ratings thread ...

19.00- Doctor Who: 5.4m (25.4%)

Up against ... 18.50- Britain’s Got Talent – The Final: 11.0 (51.1%), and its result got 13.1m (55.1%).

Doctor Who was never going to come out on top, people will have wanted it to ahve started earlier this time
I actually thought DW held quite well considering the competition. 5.4m is fairly good considering most people were watching the BGT Final.

Although its DW's lowest figure since its revival...i think the previous low is 5.5m series 2, episode 9 (The Satan Pit) if i recall correctly?! That episode went on to record a final rating of 6.08m.
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Old 01-06-2008, 14:47
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I only hope a lot of people recorded the episode or are planning to watch the repeat or else figures could potentially be the same or lower for part 2 due to people thinking "well, I missed part one, no point watching part two".
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Old 01-06-2008, 15:09
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5 Minute Breakdown
18:45..5.76m
18:50..5.54m
18:55..5.90m
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19:00..5.35m
19:05..5.23m
19:10..5.52m
19:15..5.29m
19:20..5.24m
19:25..5.47m
19:30..5.58m
19:35..5.53m
19:40..5.60m
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19:45..3.84m
19:50..3.22m
19:55..3.19m
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Old 01-06-2008, 19:52
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I think it makes sense that people would watch a live final, and record Doctor Who. Especially if they've been watching BGT all week.

I think the final figure for Saturday will be much higher. That said, a great shame that such a truley splendid episode was watched by such a relatively small number of people.
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Old 01-06-2008, 19:57
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I only hope a lot of people recorded the episode or are planning to watch the repeat or else figures could potentially be the same or lower for part 2 due to people thinking "well, I missed part one, no point watching part two".
I think we could counter that argument by spreading the news that nothing much really happened in part one, so they haven't missed anything!

On a more serious note, just as there are people who come here after every 'part one' saying they didn't realise it was going to be a two-parter, I'm sure many of the casual viewers (the ones who were most likely to tune into BGT) will be unaware next week, and as long as the lead in to the cliffhanger and opening credits is done well there's no reason for them to desert. Hopefully they'll be hooked before they realise they should know more about these people than they do.

In this respect it helps that these days each episode has it's own name. If it was billed as "Library of Death - Part 2" then more people would be put off.

I now have a strange desire for eps 8 & 9 to be called "Library of Death." It's a good old fashioned Doctor Who story title, isn't it?
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:19
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Here are official ratings which might interest you:

Episode 1 - Partners In Crime
Sat 05/4/08 : 9.14m (41%) ... Children's Audience: 1.45m (53%) ... AI: 88
Sun 06/4/08: 1.4m (6%)
Fri 11/4/08 : 0.74m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 503,869 (Streams: 433,494 ... Downloads: 70,375)
Total Reach: 11.8m

Episode 2 - Fires of Pompeii
Sat 12/4/08 : 9.04m (39%) ... Children's Audience: 1.80m (60%) ... AI: 87
Sun 13/4/08: 1.03m (5%)
Fri 18/4/08 : 0.54m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 408,655 (Streams: 376,046 ... Downloads: 32,609)
Total Reach: 11.0m

Episode 3 - Planet of the Ood
Sat 19/4/08 : 7.50m (35%) ... Children's Audience: 1.53m (53%) ... AI: 87
Sun 20/4/08: 1.30m (6%)
Fri 25/4/08 : 0.64m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 389,292 (Streams: 340,864 ... Downloads: 48,428)
Total Reach: 9.8m

Episode 4 - The Sontaran Stratagem
Sat 26/4/08 : 7.06m (37%) ... Children's Audience: 1.39m (56%) ... AI: 87
Sun 27/4/08: 1.04m (5%)
Fri 02/5/08 : 0.53m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 482,484 (Streams: 423,287 ... Downloads: 59,197)
Total Reach: 9.1m

Episode 5 - The Poison Sky
Sat 03/5/08 : 6.53m (34%) ... Children's Audience: 1.17m (52%) ... AI: 88
Sun 04/5/08: 1.09m (5%)
Fri 09/5/08 : 0.51m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 446,108 (Streams: 407,010 ... Downloads: 51,859)
Total Reach: 8.6m

Episode 6 - The Doctor's Daughter
Sat 10/5/08 : 7.33m (40%) ... Children's Audience: 1.48m (62%) ... AI: 88
Sun 11/5/08: 0.95m (5%)
Fri 16/5/08 : 0.53m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 532,572 (Streams: 476,944 ... Downloads: 55,628)
Total Reach: 9.3m

Episode 7 - The Unicorn and the Wasp
Sat 170/5/08 : 8.41m (38%) ... Children's Audience: 1.80m (62%) ... AI: 86
Sun 18/5/08: 0.82m (4%)
Fri 23/5/08 : 0.49m *overnight
BBC iPlayer : 415,171 (Streams: 366,822 ... Downloads: 48,349)
Total Reach: 10.1m

Averages so far
1st showing: 7.9m (38%) ... Children's Audience: 1.52m (57%) ... AI: 87.3
2nd showing: 1.1m (5%)
3rd showing: 0.6m (3%)
BBC iPlayer : 450,000
Total Reach: 10.0m
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Old 02-06-2008, 12:57
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Everyone i know was talking about BGT all week.
I can honestly say that not a single person I know (at home, work or play) has been talking about BGT this week.

In fact no one has ever mentioned it in my earshot during it's entire run.

Thank the Lord.

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Old 02-06-2008, 13:15
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I can honestly say that not a single person I know (at home, work or play) has been talking about BGT this week.

In fact no one has ever mentioned it in my earshot during it's entire run.

Thank the Lord.

Same with me too!

Also remember around 60% of the uk population is not watching TV at any given time and that 50-60% of the TV audiense is also watching other channels when BGT is on.
It does annoy me when people say things like "everybodys talking about this" or "its essential viewing" etc.
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Old 02-06-2008, 13:16
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Well, there is some good news, Silence in the Library got an AI of 89, which is the joint highest achieved (along with Doomsday and The Parting of the Ways...)
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Old 02-06-2008, 13:22
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I can honestly say that not a single person I know (at home, work or play) has been talking about BGT this week.

In fact no one has ever mentioned it in my earshot during it's entire run.

Thank the Lord.

Indeed it's ironic that the only chatter I've heard, never mind partaken in, about BGT, has been in this very forum!
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