All articles by Philip Reevell – Page 4
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FeaturesTop 100 of 2007
Philip Reevell reflects on a year that has seen the phonelines scandal loom over the industry and digital switchover gaining momentum. So how did broadcasters and programming fare in such an environment?
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FeaturesSoap swap will strengthen ITV1 weeknight share
What a great way to start 2008. Thanks ITV1 for giving us something new for the first weeks of January, as the great schedule revamp gets underway. The battle of the 10pm news programmes was already shaping up to be the key programming story of the first half of 2008, ...
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FeaturesWhy BBC2’s Top Gear is my best show this year
Philip Reevell reveals his five favourite programmes and his favourite channel of 2007.
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FeaturesThe battleground for BBC1 now its hunt has ended
A week’s a long time in a television career. Last week, this column praised Jay Hunt for an excellent speech outlining her vision for Five, which as I said was surprisingly frank for a controller talking in public. Not frank enough, as it turned out. We should have known better, ...
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Celebrity takes on all comers
Did I really hear Zai Bennett, ITV2 director of programmes, say that he intends to move away from extension programmes such as I’m a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here Now at the Broadcast Commissioning Conference in Manchester last week?
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FeaturesClever versus fun will be the new ratings battle
In a week when the England football team provided us with a lesson in how not to compete, we should spare a thought for channels that do not have schedules loaded with primetime jungle or song and dance contests. How should Channel 4 and Five react to this kind ...
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FeaturesStellar cast helps Cranford win its BBC1 9pm slot
Blimey, 8 million/29% share for Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford on BBC1 Sunday at 9pm, a costume drama with a stellar cast.
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FeaturesUnder the celeb radar, a doc that was remarkable
The following question posed at last week’s Sheffield Documentary Festival really annoyed the managing director of a well-known factual indie.
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CommentReaping the repeats rewards
The EastEnders wedding repeat at 10.30pm on Thursday had 860,000/8% share for BBC3, which might have hoped for more, since the highest EastEnders rating so far this year on BBC has been 1.4 million/9% share back in May.
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FeaturesITV1 beats BBC1 to the ratings altar
Last week’s big EastEnders wedding day for Stacey and Bradley had a tense moment when the arrival of the bride had to be delayed as the previous wedding was over-running.
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FeaturesWhat commissioners want
Philip Reevell looks at what programmes are rating strongly in the four main genres and what commissioners are looking for in the future.
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FeaturesC4 opts for PSB over ratings in its birthday week
C4 demonstrates there’s more to its output than its programmes appearing in the top 25 might suggest.
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FeaturesAlderley Edge: TV’s choice drama location
Once a year the Channel 4 board meets in Manchester and afterwards invites local producers to a reception.
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Channels gorge on food shows
Philip Reevell on why this year Big Brotherhas been altogether less disruptive in ratings terms.
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FeaturesGladiator's win boosts More 4
More 4 experienced a strong bank holiday performance with Gladiatortaking 433,000 viewers/3% share on Monday at 9pm.
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FeaturesPopcorn effect boosts ratings
As it's still the holiday season when a good film seems a decent alternative to some of the more mainstream summer offerings, it's good to see that a movie can top the multichannel table.
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FeaturesWill Jamie be part of an 'interesting' C4?
Reevell on the things from Edinburgh that punched through the wall-to-wall Paxman.
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Why The X Factor is so important
If you're in an Edinburgh bar this weekend and want to start a 'best TV ever' discussion, here's a question - how important is The X Factor?
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NewsDigital Focus: Xtra Factor boosts ITV2 share
With football returning last week, and The X Factorback on ITV1 this week, all's well in the world of television.