Channel overview – Page 39
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FeaturesStudents and sequins shine
Channel 4 launched two new series at 9pm while Mondays continue with new single titles.
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RatingsBBC2 amuses with old toys
The top show of the week was James May’s Toy Stories, scoring 3.5 million/15% on Tuesday at 8pm, and it ought to come as no surprise that it was packed full of men.
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RatingsBBC2 cooks up some ratings
I confess that my idea of cooking is reading the bottom of the box and leaving its contents in the oven for 20 minutes (I do take it out of the box - I am not a philistine).
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RatingsBBC2 crosses TV time zones
BBC2 will have been pleased with successes pre-9pm - a domain dominated by soaps. Plus it extended bits across 9pm; so much the better.
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RatingsBBC2 comedy struggles on
It isn’t very often that my poor benighted hometown gets a cheery mention, but BBC2 has been merrily trying to alter that.
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RatingsBBC2 traveller beats C4 Tour
BBC2 launched a new travelogue to compete with Channel 4’s Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour on Sunday, but otherwise much of the week was in established patterns.
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RatingsBBC2 cooks up a master plan
These darkening evenings leave plenty of time for the mind to wander, and you find yourself wondering why MasterChef: The Professionals was on at some unusual times this week.
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FeaturesRatings: Money-taking and making
BBC2 and Channel 4 bequeathed us a contrasting week of riveting end-of-the-world stuff and spooky predictions - somewhat summing up the 21st century thus far.
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RatingsDragons lead way forward
All things must come to an end and Big Brother has officially passed on. There may be rueful grins if that final series, stops fully out, pulls in the numbers of yore. Farewell BB; we really knew ye.
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FeaturesWeek telling a tale of yore
A tale of yore I think. The location (location, location) was the coast and it was here that I found the dragons’ den (lair, surely?).
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FeaturesNot waging a weekend war
Generally BBC2, C4 and Five don’t go too bonkers at the weekends, what with the entertainment behemoths taking lumps out of each other on ITV1 and BBC1 for much of the time.
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FeaturesBB maintains ratings draw
It may be a long way off its glory day figures of old, but despite negative press coverage, Big Brother has proved that it has not run out of steam just yet, comfortably drawing audiences of 2 million every day of the week for C4.
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FeaturesThin Ice heats up to hit 3.5m
BBC2’s documentary series, On Thin Ice, was on solid ground with the viewers as the finale picked upa strong average audience of 3.5 million viewers/14.9%.
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RatingsBBC2 hits high for year so far
An array of new and returning shows on BBC2 last week helped the broadcaster gain its highest weekly share so far this year.
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RatingsJacko farewell boosts ratings
Michael Jackson’s untimely death has continued to drive programming and ratings across the week.
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RatingsCSI in record high for Five
CSI: Miami might be on its seventh series but the show is stronger than ever - the new series on Five kicked off with a record audience.
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RatingsC4 finds it’s good to talk
The chat show is a notoriously difficult format to get right; for every Parkinson or Friday Night with Jonathan Ross there’s a Davina or Lily Allen lurking in the closet.
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RatingsBig Brother 10 is smaller hit
Channel 4’s reality show Big Brother was back for its 10th run this week and while the show might not be quite the ratings smash it once was, it still delivers for the broadcaster.