All articles by Stephen Price – Page 64
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RatingsThrones roars ahead for Sky
The official motto of the (fictional) Westeros grand family House Lannister of Casterly Rock is, apparently, ‘hear me roar’.
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RatingsC4 quiz drops off the pace
William G Stewart first introduced us to 15 contestants, 14 of whom were destined to be unlucky, in January 1988. More than a quarter of a century on, and 10 years off the air, his former show has had a bumpy return.
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RatingsThe Trip stays on course
My school trips tended to be to places like Littlehampton or Eastbourne. All revolved around the same dreary experience: where to find shelter from the incessant wind-assisted rain to eat fish paste sandwiches and drink warm, weak squash out of a plastic beaker.
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RatingsE4 is back with a Bang
It’s likely that E4 whirled a jig of delight when The Big Bang Theory was awarded three more seasons.
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RatingsWalking Dead rise for Fox
If ever the dead walked, there would be something inexorable about them. Arms held stiffly out in front, hollow eyes, a lowing groan as they marched on, determinedly bent on some ghoulish, nefarious deed.
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RatingsMary Berry batters rivals
Mary Berry does a nice line in butter-wouldn’t-dare-melt demureness, but when it comes to ratings, the Queen of Buns is a killer – as all but the denizens of Weatherfield found out on Monday.
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RatingsWar saga captures viewers
Numbers can be like people. Occasionally, they interlope and confuse: the first time I heard The Special AKA belt out their African liberation anthem, and perhaps affected by the party atmosphere, I warbled lustily about three Nelson Mandelas.
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RatingsOne to Believe in for Watch
Apparently, director JJ Abrams might be casting unknowns for his new Star Wars film.
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RatingsMore 4 cruises with canal trip
As nippers, we didn’t think twice about playing down railway embankments, in rivers and alongside canals.
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RatingsLambs spring into top 10
In fields around the land this week, green visors were delivered, baize tables were set up and cards dealt out, and once again the lambs had to explain, hoofs on hips, that they gambol.
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RatingsAnt & Dec beat Kylie and Tom
On our road there’s a tree that, at this time of year, produces a sappy, sticky fruit.
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RatingsSums add up for Dave
There is a natural physical twitch in the legs of men of a certain age whenever they walk past a game of football in the park.
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RatingsBBC3 prison doc doubles
At my school, the careers advice service ranked in the education hierarchy somewhere below the upkeep of general sanitation.
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RatingsBabies deliver on BBC2 & C4
This week, BBC2 launched a sort of farming version of Call The Midwife, with more bleating, less screaming and a fear of mint sauce.
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RatingsCharity pays off for BBC1
I was a cub scout for just a week. Consequently, I missed the bit about being prepared, always.
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RatingsC4 scores big with space
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy states, boldly but not inaccurately, that space is big. Really big.
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RatingsBBC1 finds Gently does it
In the same buildings where Woolies once offered its pick ’n’ mix range of gardening tools, CDs and bleach, pound shops now offer… well, much the same eclectic stuff but all for a pound.
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RatingsDerby clash wins for Sky
Sometimes watching Tottenham Hotspur is like watching an episode of The Walking Dead. But fans’ hope, so often squished, springs eternal.
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RatingsLewis sees off Morse for ITV3
ITV3 wrestled with time and space this week as Lewis was pursued from the past by his deceased boss’s younger self.
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RatingsMary cooks up BBC2 success
In the summer of 1914, moustaches and frock coats roamed the corridors of power and decided that it was time for war.