All Ratings articles – Page 624

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    ITV Murders BBC's Children on Sunday

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    ITV's decision to pull two-part thriller Where There's Smoke on Sunday night (10 September) proved to be a wise move, as replacement Midsomer Murders beat new BBC 1 drama Other People's Children, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    People Versus outwits BBC's repeat force

    2000-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Celador's latest ITV gameshow The People Versus had a promising start on Sunday (12 August), but only in the face of a BBC 1 repeat of When Changing Rooms met Ground Force, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Overnight Ratings - ITV and BBC in weekend viewing battle

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 and ITV battled it out last weekend, with Vic and Bob winning its Saturday (17 March) slot for the BBC and Sarah Lancashire on ITV pulling in the crowds on Sunday (18 March), writes Paul Donovan.

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    Ratings Analysis - A time to laugh

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    If timing is essential to comedy, so scheduling is essential to TV comedy. Having struggled with its sitcoms, ITV could learn a great deal from the BBC's habit-forming policies.

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    C5 still struggling at 19.00

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has admitted she has not had the 'breakthrough' show she was looking for in the revamped 19.00 weekday slot unveiled earlier this year, writes