All articles by Stephen Price – Page 57
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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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RatingsTop table for BBC2's chefs
Forty years ago, it fell to West Bromwich of all places to promote black footballers and take on racists. On Sunday, BBC2’s doc about a strange but significant football match in 1979 defeated Channel 4’s Humans, as it did quite a few low-watt humans at the time.
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RatingsSolid start for BBC4's Modus
BBC4 continued its particular Saturday night operandi with new Nordic thriller Modus.
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RatingsBBC wins storming Sunday
Ordinarily, Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style salsa would be the most terrifying thing you’re ever likely to see; well, that or a bobcat swimming towards you.
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RatingsBake Off saves best till last
On 17 August 2010, BBC2 launched a little show about baking. With 2.2 million/9%, it was a share point behind the 8pm slot average.
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RatingsBake Off bows out on a high
This week, Bake Off waved an imperious and huge goodbye to BBC1; perhaps fatigued by the excitement, the next day’s review of 2015 made many fewer people’s soufflés go up and down.
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RatingsTop 100 shows: 22-28 August 2016
Great British Bake Off returns with best ever launch as ITV’s The X Factor slumps from last year’s opener
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 11 - 17 July 2016
Sky 1’s table topper, Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis, tripled its slot average with 555,000/3%
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 4 - 10 July 2016
Tuesday’s Love Island was ITV2’s best yet with 1.3 million/7% at 9pm, more than Channel 5’s Big Brother opposite
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RatingsTop 100 network programmes: 4 - 10 Jul 2016
BBC triumphs in head-to-head battle after Andy Murray win kicks off a day to remember
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FeaturesDaytime battle: ITV gains ground on BBC1
Commercial broadcaster is showing marked improvement in daytime, with audience share up 5.6% at the BBC’s expense. Stephen Price reports on the key battlegrounds
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
On Sunday at 9pm, The Silk Road launched with 680,000/3%, making it BBC4’s best performer of the week.
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 25 Apr - 1 May 2016
The best of stripped 10pm comedy- drama Flowers was Monday’s first double-bill, with 600,000/4%
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 18 - 24 Apr 2016
Gold’s Victoria Wood weekend peaked at 7.40pm on Saturday with Victoria Wood’s Mid-Life Christmas
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 18 - 24 Apr 2016
On Saturday from 8.30pm, BBC2’s Shakespeare Live! From The RSC averaged 1.3 million/7% over two hours.
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RatingsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 11 - 17 Apr 2016
On Friday at 9pm, BBC4’s People’s History Of Pop achieved 510,000/2.5%
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RatingsTop 30 shows (BBC2, C4, C5): 11 - 17 Apr 2016
On Saturday, BBC2’s Tom Jones’s 1950s: The Decade That Made Me achieved 1.7 million
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RatingsTop 15 consolidated shows: 22 - 28 Feb 2016
BBC1’s fifth series of crime drama Death In Paradise ended with a consolidated rating of 8.1 million/29% after more than 1.9 million recorded and watched.
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 29 Feb - 6 Mar 2016
Sky 1’s DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow launched on Thursday at 8pm with 572,000/3%, the best of its 8pm superhero strand.