All Channel Overview articles – Page 36
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RatingsRooms lost in lifestyle wash
This week’s eclectic bunch of stuff included history disturbed and deconstructed, flower power ago-go, a quartet of salons and Manchester United fans trying to slake their disappointment with a punt at winning some cash.
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RatingsLouis locks in the audience
This week, the sweary chef ‘s great escape is looking slightly more like an exit strategy; Channel 4 and 5 showed up ITV1; and Louis Theroux, in that way he has, gave us a taste of ‘life’ in a Florida jail.
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RatingsA spoonful of Sugar for BBC2
This week, BBC2 enjoyed more morsels from The Apprentice table that was once its own, Channel 4 proved once again that real hospitals are compelling, while The Shadow Line faced up to the ‘episode two test’.
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RatingsGood but not Remarkable
BBC2 relived a sporting life and introduced us to new drama while Channel 4 saw its investment in millionaires pay off.
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RatingsGypsy nuptials steal the day
After the story of the Munich air disaster last week, BBC2 this week celebrated the life of one of the few survivors: Bobby Charlton. Channel 4 had more gypsies and secret, as well as clumsy would-be, millionaires.
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RatingsMillions meet Middletons
Apparently, the future Queen is related to ordinary people; crikey, how did The Firm let that happen?
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RatingsC4 comedy heads south
What was the secret of Scott’s Hut? That it was in Croydon and Scott never went to the South Pole at all but instead became a chartered accountant and advised those who faked the moon landing? A Channel 4 comedy continued its own southerly trajectory, looking as tragic as Scott’s ...
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RatingsLambs to the Slaughter
Did other farm animals, jealous of the lambs’ fame, sabotage BBC2 on Tuesday? Meanwhile, Channel 4 had a muttony kind of week, and Channel 5 will be thanking the dead.
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RatingsFern falters in 5 o’clock spot
Channel 4 launched Fern Britton into tea-time this week, while Louis Theroux’s documentary sounded like a Jeremy Kyle special as he visited a hated family in crisis. Elsewhere, it was about saving money with three in a bed and holiday tips.
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RatingsC4 campaigns take over TV
This week’s channel overview considers factual fare from Jamie’s Dream School to Wonders of the Universe.
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RatingsWonders of BBC2 gravity
Wonders of the Universe and Christopher and His Kind provided a mixed bag in the ratings for BBC2.
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RatingsGreat British BBC2 revival
BBC2 was very British this week, reviving quintessential British grub before sending us to work. Then it blew our minds with the romantic notion that we are all stardust; mind you, one day the sun’s going to explode. Channel 4, meanwhile, might feel the need to revisit the satirical drawing ...
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RatingsArrow of time hits bull’s-eye
BBC2’s Wonders Of The Universe introduced us all to the concept of the ‘arrow of time’ on Sunday night.
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RatingsC4’s Mission Impossible
Thunk: that’s the sound of Tuesdays returning to normal as the gypsy juggernaut vanishes over the horizon, some time before the illuminated dresses disappear like some kind of sartorial setting sun.
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RatingsNot brilliant, but OK! for C5
At the end of the last century, ITV launched OK! TV on weekday mornings; now it has returned on rebranded Channel 5. Meanwhile, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings ended its blockbuster run and will be missed, if not by everyone.
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RatingsAn exotic mix of TV treats
Ancient Britain, the Middle East, the Caribbean, gypsies and African islands all made the ‘exotic things to discuss’ list this week.
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RatingsC4’s Big Fat Gypsy ratings
This week’s channel overview considers the ratings phenomenon of Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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RatingsC4 pulls out more stops
Are there any stops left on Horseferry Road? Channel 4 pulled out more this week including gypsies, satire and a defecting awards show with varying results. BBC2 welcomed back petrolheads.
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RatingsBig fish steady the C4 ship
After last week’s potpourri, a fishier Channel 4, coupled with the return of an old favourite, provided a more stable schedule, while two new BBC2 comedies bookended the working week.