All articles by Stephen Price – Page 71
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RatingsLiverpool victory nets 1.5m
Liverpool’s defeat of Tottenham delivered 1.5 million to Sky Sports 1 on Sunday.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for C4
There were mixed fortunes for Channel 4 as Heston returned to nearly 2 million while Liberty and the British Comedy Awards struggled.
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RatingsITV finds audience for Lucan
It’s been 40 years since the mystery of what happened to Lord ‘Lucky’ Lucan and this week ITV began its two part tale of the Earl who vanished from the bloody Belgravia scene.
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RatingsITV is king of the jungle
It’s almost a Dickensian scene: the remains of a roasted goose sit on a table as a fat, rosy-faced uncle rests contentedly by a roaring fire, sipping his sherry and contemplating his works.
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RatingsHeroic stand for S.H.I.E.L.D
They say never meet your heroes. Over the years I’ve met a few: England cricket captains, World Cup-winning prop forwards, campaigning journalists and, of course, Timmy Mallett. But once met, do they not just become, well, like us?
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RatingsDrama’s monk is heaven sent
It seems we love a detective no matter where in space or time they are from, as long as there’s a good juicy murder.
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RatingsBig result as E4 beats C4
You know why the song Istanbul (Not Constantinople) left it there? It was because trying to get in “oh, and it was also Byzantium” would have caused chaos.
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RatingsBBC2 rises to the Challenge
Some years ago, while snowbound at a friend’s house in Switzerland, we played Trivial Pursuit.
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RatingsWild Burma tames C4 Cats
It remains difficult for me to see a polystyrene cup without wanting to pick it up, place it between my teeth and launch into “sitting at my piano the other day”, followed by throwing an imaginary ball into a paper bag.
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RatingsCops crack it for ITV3
Did the comet Ison have the cosmos’s most useless satnav? After 3 million years of travel, its command was: ‘In 1 million miles take the second exit and head for the big, hot yellow thing.’
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RatingsFairytale result for Disney Jr
The big football-centric beasts may be spending the sort of money that would make Croesus blush, and dominating the press in an Alpha sort of way, but sometimes the big news is about a cartoon princess who turns into a mermaid to visit an underwater city. Oh, and tow trucks.
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RatingsLast but not least for BBC1
How on earth did it get to be December? I had weeks, if not months, to do my Christmas shopping and now, suddenly, there are just a handful of days left.
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RatingsDoctor beats all-comers
It’s a bit like the giant spot on an adolescent’s nose that springs up right on cue as the first date approaches: really hard to miss. But just in case you didn’t spot the BBC’s subtle marketing, Doctor Who was 50 on 23 November (though the Doctor himself is rather ...
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NewsAward hits but ratings misses
C4 may have picked up a slew of Broadcast Awards nominations but this hasn’t been matched by a flood of viewers.
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RatingsDaytime prize is up for grabs
While Daybreak continues to underperform, there is better news elsewhere in daytime as ITV pulls neck and neck with rival BBC1
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RatingsStory time a hit for Sky
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Once upon a time, far, far away was a place called Yonderland where who knows what is going on, but it’s quite funny.
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RatingsPublic returns to the jungle
Until recently, Brits who bothered with Danish politics probably confined themselves to making sure they were astutely placed to pounce on the final pastry.
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RatingsThe Choir hits the right note
Many moons ago, I spent a summer ensconced in Birmingham City Library researching a history of … well, let’s just say Victorian Public Health capital expenditure in case you’re reading this early in the morning.
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RatingsDownton takes a bow
The camera caresses the wide open spaces of Downton Abbey’s grounds as the trees, like shadowy sentinels, stand guard.
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RatingsJoy for Children In Need
England’s lacklustre friendly against Chile on ITV handed the BBC’s Children In Need a lively boost Belgium is famously famous for having few famous people.