All articles by Stephen Price – Page 54
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RatingsFibbing pays off for BBC4
In this era of ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’, BBC4’s fibbing series is striking the right chord. Meanwhile, even Stephen Fry couldn’t help ITV2’s new American sitcom capitalise on Family Guy’s largesse.The second episode of BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley achieved 950,000/4% on ...
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RatingsBBC2 freezes out rivals
BBC2’s best Winterwatch was Monday’s 8pm edition with 3.2 million beating C4’s Dispatches and Food Unwrapped, as well as Channel 5’s Police Interceptors repeat.
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RatingsHistory lesson boosts BBC4
BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsely delivered the best performance of the PSB digital channels with 1.1 million.
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NewsPositive return for Salvage Hunters
There must be quite a lot of salvage still around as Quest’s Salvage Hunters returned on Wednesday with pleasing results. Elsewhere, Gold’s comedians-watching-comedy show – a sort of Gigglebox – failed to strike a resounding chord.
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RatingsBBC4 enjoys trip below
BBC4’s two-part series Britain Beneath Your Feet began on Tuesday at 9pm with 660,000/3%, the channel’s best of the week;
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RatingsA+E to the rescue for C4
C4’s hospital factual drew 2 million viewers last Tuesday, defeating CBB’s 1.8 million.
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RatingsMidwife delivers for BBC1
Period drama tops the table on its return despite attracting its lowest overnight launch audience yet
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RatingsClash of shiny floor titans
On the first Saturday of 2017, BBC1 and ITV embarked on a new entertainment tussle – and in overnights the Beeb drew first blood.
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RatingsDelicious delights Sky 1
This week, Sky 1 sent its resident ex-cricketer off to fricassee some Australian meats, but this wasn’t the most delicious fare on the channel’s menu.
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RatingsFootball saga a winner
ITV’s Bobby & Tina launches well, while all three big entertainment shows lose viewers
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RatingsSky 1 drama tastes success
The second episode of Sky 1’s drama series Delicious achieved 562,000/3%, fractionally ahead of episode one on 30 December (552,000/3%) after 29 December’s sneak 3am preview (150,000/12%).
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RatingsArresting start for No Offence
The second series of Paul Abbott’s C4 comedy drama No Offence debuted on Wednesday at 9pm with 1.9 million/8% (320,000 +1), its second best overnight after series one’s opener: 2.2 million/ 10% (323,000 +1) on 5 May 2015.
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RatingsTime Commanders returns to the fray
This week BBC4 reached back across the decade to resurrect a BBC2 series from 11 years ago to re-do battle between ancient enemies while E4’s latest import features actual time machines and celestial battle with some baddies.
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RatingsX Factor climbs above rival
As panto season looms, ITV’s very own Prince Charmings, Ant and Dec, crowned Queen Scarlett the latest jungly winner.
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RatingsSky strikes the right balance
From flying dogs to Ross Kemp’s encounters with Isis, Sky’s factual shows have to both deliver ratings and woo new subscribers. Stephen Price looks at how this year’s offerings performed.
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RatingsBBC1 scores a right royal hit
BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? returned on Thursday 24 November at its new time of 8pm, consolidating to 5.5 million/22% after 1.2 million recorded and watched.
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RatingsHoney traps young crowd
Despite The X Factor’s elongated Honey trap, the Saturday live shows have come under more pressure from BBC1’s new hit Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (6.8 million/28%) opposite.
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RatingsSolid start for BBC4's Modus
BBC4 continued its particular Saturday night operandi with new Nordic thriller Modus.