All articles by Stephen Price – Page 74
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RatingsThe Geordies shore up MTV
The occasionally disturbing thing about having the music system on random play is that you get quite an eclectic menu.
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RatingsDefiance pays off for Syfy
This week, Syfy found that in a post-apocalyptic world, the appliance of defiance brings riches, as the channel’s newest import landed with a thump.
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RatingsC5 soap cleans up in new slot
In the packed coffee houses of Enlightenment times, I expect there was a simple divide: are you for gravity or pots?
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RatingsQuiet return for Mad Men
It was a bit like being taken around a surrealist exhibition with a suspiciously strong cocktail in hand when Mad Men returned with a feature-length episode.
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RatingsBBC2 has it all sewn up
As I write this, crowds from far and wide are gathering despite the gloomy start to the day for an occasion that may be divisive and will certainly get partisan blood flowing. Supporters of both sides will be passionately hoping their side wins the day and there may well be ...
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RatingsA ratings cure from the NHS
As a yoof, I saw enough of NHS wards to last a lifetime. But if you like hospitals, this was the week for you. All three channels had a variation, and all won their slots.
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RatingsBGT back to silence The Voice
ITV juggernaut sees off BBC1 singing contest, while the death of a PM fails to draw in big numbers
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RatingsDigital plays supporting role
From new shows like ITV2’s The Big Reunion to stalwarts like E4’s Hollyoaks, broadcasters’ ‘digital family’ of channels are making an important contribution.
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RatingsBig freeze boost for BBC1
Hits from Miranda to Death In Paradise help the channel increase share in the first quarter, while Channel 4 and Channel 5 lose 12% in peak.
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RatingsGame on for Sky’s Thrones
Once at a wedding in Copenhagen, a faultlessly polite Dane asked my friend what we might do in Denmark. Go to Malmo, replied my friend; Malmo is of course in Sweden.
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RatingsThe Doctor is in rude health
So Doctor Who has returned with another new assistant. For each new sidekick, everything always comes as a big surprise.
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RatingsThe National a safe bet for C4
The ramifications of climate change are far-reaching for some of our more delicate fellow creatures.
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RatingsCrime dramas pay off
Never mind cowering behind the sofa when Doctor Who was on, the most perilous part of watching children’s TV when I was a lad was fretting over Windy Miller.
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RatingsITV2 whips up Plebs success
Are the ex-chief whip and ITV2 in cahoots? With brilliant, enviable timing, the former government enforcer resurrected the issue of Plebgate just as the broadcaster launched its new show, Plebs. Worth thousands of on-air promos, that.
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RatingsGhosts make Really jump
I was in a bit of a bind this week after locking myself out while daringly rescuing a stray cat from the garden.
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RatingsBBC2’s Boris is irresistible
I admit I find them a bit weird, but I have never suffered from a clinical fear of clowns.
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RatingsDoctor saves the day
Saturday night battle hots up as BBC1’s Doctor Who and The Voice both get off to a solid start.
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RatingsTVC goes one step beyond
My first day at the BBC coincided with charity abseiling down the side of the TV Centre by quaking would-be plummetiers.
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RatingsA right royal success story
The top five recorded programmes of the week are all drama, with one exception: ITV’s documentary Our Queen (which makes her sound a bit like she comes from Yorkshire).
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RatingsHollywood stars for BBC
For many years, I thought Bedfordshire – a magical place at the top of our wooden stairs – was in somewhere called the Land of Nod.