All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 23
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RatingsBBC Sports Personality of the Year down 3m
THURSDAY: The decision to move the BBC Sports Personality of the Year from its traditional Sunday slot saw the annual awards ceremony lose nearly 3m viewers on last year.
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Xmas Celebrity Juice pulls 1.7m
THURSDAY: The Celebrity Juice Christmas Special managed to squeeze out one of the show’s biggest ever audiences.
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NewsChannel 5 acquires Body of Proof
Channel 5 has secured the free-to-air rights to US crime drama Body of Proof.
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RatingsGoofs and Andre pull 630k
WEDNESDAY: BBC3’s Movie Mistakes and ITV2’s Peter Andre series shared the spoils in multichannel.
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RatingsDownton doc draws 4.3m
WEDNESDAY: ITV1 held off the competition in primetime with a doc about hit period drama Downton Abbey and a tribute to the British armed forces.
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NewsC4 lines-up two Alternative Christmas Messages
Channel 4 is to broadcast two alternatives to the Queen’s Christmas Day speech for the first time.
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RatingsTOWIE Xmas special draws 1.1m
TUESDAY: A Christmas edition of The Only Way is Essex drew nearly double the audience of last year’s festive special.
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RatingsLife’s Too Short ends on 1m
TUESDAY: Life’s Too Short, the latest comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, drew to a close with less than half of its debut audience.
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NewsDexter most pirated show of 2011
US serial killer drama Dexter notched up the most illegal downloads of any TV show this year.
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NewsShine secures first look with Absolutely Independent
Shine Group has struck a first look production deal with Absolutely Independent, the format house behind new ITV game show The Exit List.
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RatingsLittle Crackers pulls 160k
MONDAY: Sky1’s latest festive comedy shorts included appearances from Harry Hill and Jane Horrocks – but struggled with around 160,000 viewers.
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Millionaire outfoxes Young Herriot
MONDAY: BBC1’s Young James Herriot lost 28% of its debut audience on its second outing - beaten by ITV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
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NewsDRG to sell Current content
Al Gore’s Current TV has struck a deal with distributor DRG to sell its programming around the world.
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RatingsYoung James Herriot draws 6m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s prequel to All Creatures Great and Small was vetted by nearly 6m viewers on its debut.
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NewsBBC’s Accused heads to Australia
BBC1 crime drama Accused has been sold to broadcasters in Brazil, Africa and Australia on the back of a brace of new awards.
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NewsDRG secures Amazon sales
DRG has revived international interest in a Sky1 travel doc starring X Factor USA host Steve Jones.
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RatingsHim & Her ends on 570k
TUESDAY: BBC3 comedy Him & Her ended on a low in the face of stiff competition.
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NewsBBC3’s Mongrels heads to US
BBC3 puppet comedy Mongrels is to be shown in the US for the first time through VoD site Hulu.
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E4’s Hairdresser restyled for the Netherlands
E4 series The Great British Hairdresser has been remade for audiences in the Netherlands.
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NewsTitchmarsh looks back on Royal year for ITV1
ITV1 is to reflect on an eventful year for the Royal family in a special fronted by Alan Titchmarsh.