All articles by Stephen Price – Page 105
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RatingsC4’s Mission Impossible
Thunk: that’s the sound of Tuesdays returning to normal as the gypsy juggernaut vanishes over the horizon, some time before the illuminated dresses disappear like some kind of sartorial setting sun.
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RatingsBBC1’s Monday Outcast
Monday reject almost bettered by Mrs Brown, while rugby triumph sets up a big Saturday.
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RatingsBig Fat Gypsy round-up
As Channel 4’s Gypsy caravan reaches the end of the road, consolidated figures show the full extent of the show’s success.
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RatingsNot brilliant, but OK! for C5
At the end of the last century, ITV launched OK! TV on weekday mornings; now it has returned on rebranded Channel 5. Meanwhile, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings ended its blockbuster run and will be missed, if not by everyone.
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RatingsChefs and slimmers top tables
Audiences tune in to MasterChef and The Biggest Loser, but Outcasts loses slot to Crimewatch.
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RatingsGlee wins out over the grim
Some people are gleeful, some are mad; some blub a lot, some can’t blub at all; some can pronounce Treme, some can’t. Some can’t believe Tottenham Hotspur beat AC Milan in Milan, but 1.3 million/5% (Sky Sports 2 Tuesday night) saw that they did.
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RatingsMadness gets a grip on Sky
I don’t know if anyone down Isleworth way has one of those signs on their desk that declares ‘You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps’, but this week Sky Living and Sky 1 each launched new shows that more than alluded to madness.
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RatingsSky Atlantic catch-up figures revealed
Consolidated ratings for new channel Sky Atlantic have revealed a healthy boost in figures for dramas Boardwalk Empire and Blue Bloods.
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RatingsWeek of drama ins and outs
As DCI Barnaby retired and Silent Witness wrapped up, Marchlands came on stage
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RatingsGypsies dominate - again
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is on the brink of a ratings landmark for Channel 4.
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RatingsC4’s Gypsy Weddings up again
Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings continued to boost its ratings success with nearly 2 million viewers recording the doc series.
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RatingsMore Glee as E4 tops table
Nearly 1 million people watched Bolton play Chelsea on Sky Sports 1 on Monday, proving that the football is the thing. Even if the ‘Keys’ are missing, there are no ‘Gray’ areas; apparently no one is indispensable.
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RatingsC4’s Big Fat Gypsy ratings
This week’s channel overview considers the ratings phenomenon of Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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RatingsThe Chase is on for 5pm lead
BBC’s Weakest Link succumbs to ITV, while ITV1 is the Biggest Loser to Silent Witness.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings grabs extra viewers
Channel 4 series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has boosted its already impressive overnights performance with nearly 2 million recording the programme.
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RatingsAnnual ratings round-up: 2010
Audiences were up overall, with The X Factor overtaking BGT to claim top spot, while strong ratings for Downton Abbey and Sherlock proved the case for drama. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsC4 pulls out more stops
Are there any stops left on Horseferry Road? Channel 4 pulled out more this week including gypsies, satire and a defecting awards show with varying results. BBC2 welcomed back petrolheads.
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RatingsTime stands still for Hattie
This week’s digital focus centres on Glee, Hattie and Being Human.


















