Digital Focus – Page 26
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RatingsMother fails to match geeks
South America is about to be everywhere, what with the Brazil World Cup this year and the Rio Olympics in 2016.
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RatingsBridge closes on a high
In a slightly surreal moment at a Radio Times do last week, the Danish ambassador received his copy of the magazine’s cover with the star of Borgen on it.
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RatingsPast treasures fail to shine
Rococo or Ancient Egyptian treasures? The votes are in and (if it existed anywhere outside of my head) the most esoteric poll ever delivered the ancients the spoils.
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RatingsGeeks help out E4 cops
E4’s geeky boffins have competition from a cop whose new boss wants less fun and more criminal capturing. Meanwhile, over on BBC4, Britain’s oldest butcher did rather nicely.
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RatingsThe Bridge lifts up BBC4
My fierce history teacher once delivered summary justice to one of the cool kids (during a lesson about appeasement, ironically). He was my hero after that and would have fitted right in with BBC3’s young instructors.
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RatingsChristmas treat for Celebrity Juice
Big Bang Theory held share while Celebrity Juice served up an early festive treat.
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RatingsBig result as E4 beats C4
You know why the song Istanbul (Not Constantinople) left it there? It was because trying to get in “oh, and it was also Byzantium” would have caused chaos.
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RatingsCops crack it for ITV3
Did the comet Ison have the cosmos’s most useless satnav? After 3 million years of travel, its command was: ‘In 1 million miles take the second exit and head for the big, hot yellow thing.’
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RatingsPublic returns to the jungle
Until recently, Brits who bothered with Danish politics probably confined themselves to making sure they were astutely placed to pounce on the final pastry.
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RatingsBig impact for E4’s Big Bang
But The Big Expansion Theory just sounded like elasticated slacks, which is not a great brand image. E4 won’t care, though, as its acquired sitcom continues to expand.The Big Bang Theory began its new series on E4 on Thursday at 8.30pm with its best figures yet – 1.7 million/8% (inc ...
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RatingsBBC4 quiz fails to connect
“Take your BBC1 shilling and be gone Buns!’ BBC2, wounded but proud, points dramatically to the exit. Then with barely a beat, but arms akimbo, it welcomes a quiz with hieroglyphics. BBC4 turns around, looks at the drawing board and says huffily: “Well?”
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RatingsRepeats work for Some Girls
Some girls, said the Rolling Stones, give money, clothes and heart attacks.
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RatingsNo mystery to ITV3 success
“It’s a mystery,” Toyah Wilcox once squeaked, leaping about the stage. Some years on from that postpunk anthem, she remains correct in her observation; except it’s a murder mystery, and they love it.
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RatingsBBC4 living la dolce vita
BBC4’s championing of the subtitled drama has been famously led by the dourly compelling ‘Scandi Noir’.
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RatingsJack’s back to buoy BBC3
I sometimes think most of my teachers were like Jack Whitehall in BBC3’s Bad Education.
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Ratings1.2m lap up Lemon’s Juice
The Edinburgh Festival ended this week, with BBC3 celebrating the up and coming, while a juice and two Xtras returned to ITV2.
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RatingsBig day joy for BBC3’s Brides
Any bride would surely be elated with a half-time ceremony at Stoke City FC in front of 28,000 strangers.
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RatingsRoyals rule on BBC4
There are an awful lot of kings and queens about at the moment and BBC4 joined in with its tales of the royal boudoir and the equally rambunctious goings-on of the Anglo Saxons and their falsely accused cake burner King Alfred.