All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 61
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NewsBenidorm proves alluring for ITV1
New ITV1 sitcom Benidormgot off to a flying start at 10pm last night with a healthy 5.3 million viewers, a 25.7% share of the available audience.
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NewsNeumann leaves Wall to Wall for Peter Jones
Wall to Wall's head of factual entertainment and features, Daniela Neumann, has left after 10 months to join Peter Jones TV.
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NewsWhizz Kid in Tough Cookie takeover
Bafta producer Whizz Kid Entertainment has acquired digital content specialists Tough Cookie for an undisclosed sum.
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Top Gear Breaks ratings barrier for BBC2
The return of presenter Richard Hammond to BBC2's Top Gearhelped the show gain the channel's highest audience in over 10 years.
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NewsC4 Smallest People doc draws a sizeable 4.1m
The Smallest People in the World documentary, which marked the start of Channel 4's new A Child's Lifeseries, kicked off with a substantial 4.1 million viewers (16.3%) last night (29 January).
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NewsSkins appeals to 1.4m
The large scale marketing campaign behind E4's new teen drama Skinspaid off last night (25 January) with the show attracting a substantial 1.4 million viewers (9.41%) at 10pm.
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NewsFive Days drops to 6m
BBC1's new drama series Five Dayslost viewers from its opening episode but still managed an audience of 6 million (24.9%) last night (Wednesday 24 January), well ahead of ITV1's film The Bourne Supremacy.
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Dancing on Ice warms up ITV1's Saturday
The return of ITV1's hit entertainment format Dancing on Icedazzled the viewers as the centrepiece of a new look to ITV1's Saturday peaktime line-up.
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NewsFive Days thrills 6.7m
BBC1's new taut thriller Five Daysgot off to a cracking start at 9pm last night (Tuesday 23 January) with an audience of 6.7 million (26.9%) while ITV1's new genealogy series You Don't Know You're Bornstumbled to 3 million (12%).
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NewsWaking the Dead wins 7.2m for BBC1
BBC1 forensic science drama Waking the Deadmaintained its commanding lead over ITV1's Trial and Retributionlast night (22 January) with 7.2 million (28.6%) people tuning in.
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NewsLate Arsenal win claims 2.9m
The heavyweight Premiership clash between Arsenal and Manchester United drew an impressive 2.9 million viewers (20.04%) to Sky Sports 1 from 4pm on Sunday (21 January).
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NewsCelebrity BB gets highest ever audience
An average of 7.8 million people (37.9%) saw Jade Goody's interview with Davina McCall after she had been expelled from Celebrity Big Brotheron Friday (19 January) at 10.30pm. It was the show's highest ever audience.
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NewsCeleb BB draws 5.6m
The controversy surrounding Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brotheragain boosted the ratings, with 5.6 million (23%) viewers watching at 9pm.
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NewsCeleb Big Brother continues to rise
Channel 4 continued to reap the benefits over the alleged racism in Celebrity Big Brotherwith the show attracting 5.1 million (21.4%) at 9pm, the third highest audience of the current series.
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Panorama move gets mixed results
BBC1's decision to move Panoramato a Monday peaktime slot at 8.30pm had mixed results as it battled for viewers with ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonaldand Channel 4's Dispatches.
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NewsComment: Entertaining new ideas
Branded content is pointless unless the content itself is compelling, argues Adrian Pettett
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NewsComment: Light relief in dark times
Fremantle's Vasha Wallace and David Belshaw look at how drama and entertainment are responding to a troubled world
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NewsCeleb Big Brother bullying claims bring 4.5m to C4
The furore over the bullying of Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity Big Brotherdrew 4.5 million (18.6%) viewers to the show yesterday, giving a much needed boost to the show's ratings.
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NewsPanorama grabs 3m in current affairs clash
First blood went to BBC1's Panoramayesterday in its battle with Channel 4's Dispatches in its new 8.30pm slot. Some 3 million (11.4%) watched the BBC1 show against 1.5 million (5.8%) for Dispatches.
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NewsSoapstar Superstar finale serenades 6.8m
The final of ITV1's celebrity singing contest Soapstar Superstarhit the high notes with 6.8 million (28.1%) on Saturday but fell short of last year's event.