All articles by Stephen Price – Page 76
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RatingsBaby joy for digital news
After naming the new royal urchin George Alexander Louis, I wondered if there might be a ‘By George, it’s a GAL’ headline.
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RatingsRun walks off with share rise
Although August is the month of holidays and a time when the news goes a bit round the bend –Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and whistling llamas on the Today programme was the starting gun – television still entices viewers.
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RatingsA tough act to follow
With the Olympics boosting last year’s viewing figures, maintaining volume was always going to be difficult.
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RatingsSugar’s still the daddy
The Apprentice goes out strongly despite the heat, while Diana’s Dresses impresses for C4
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RatingsSky’s Ashes hit rivals for six
I do wish film titles would be less ambiguous. I mean, what could Disney’s Teen Beach Movie be about? Whatever it was, it hooked ’em in.
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RatingsA Shore-fire hit for MTV
And the heat goes on; it’s great.I’ve forgotten what long trousers are like.
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RatingsWeak outing from Strong
I thought it was just spoonbending. But it turns out Uri Geller, once a sort of secular swami figure to Mexico’s first lady, may also have knocked out radar systems with his mind.
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RatingsThe Force is with ITV
In the ancient battle of the sexes, it was refreshing to see that when it comes to football, men and women are equal in their ineptitude, as England got booted out of the Women’s Euro tournament.
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RatingsCastle is safe bet for Alibi
On Saturday, some Lions managed by a Kiwi played some Wallabies led by their own soon-to- be-doomed Kiwi.
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RatingsSkins takes a bow for E4
Without a doubt, the scariest villain of all time is the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. BBC4 visited the location for his nefarious ne’er-do-well’s crimes this week and I hid behind a cushion. Elsewhere, Skins returned for a final fling and the top of the table revealed a ...
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RatingsC4 brings the Boss back
American Independence Day fell on Wednesday and Channel 4 liberated a new show from the schedule, replacing it with a repeat with some improvement. Elsewhere, we gained a fresh perspective on Britain’s war in Burma, while Rick Stein made me crave a curry.
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RatingsTennis nets BBC top slot
Wimbledon smashes the opposition, while New Tricks can’t compete with ITV’s Long Lost Family.
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RatingsHard labour benefits ITV
It’s like working in the tropics: blinds on the windows, electric fan wafting warm-ish air from side to side and causing occasional trouser-fluttering surprise when I’d forgotten about it.
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RatingsBBC has the balls to win
Tennis triumphs for BBC1, while C4’s The Man With The 10-Stone Testicles attracts an eye-watering 3.1m.
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RatingsBBC in tune with Glasto
The subject of Channel 5’s Extraordinary People doc this week was Help! I’m 16 But I Look 60.
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RatingsPick TV breaks for the Border
What was once Sky 3 is now Pick TV, and the Canadian border that you imagine might have a mounted Captain Kirk on the final frontier has delivered nicely.
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RatingsCracking show for egg doc
After declaring himself the egg man, John Lennon sang ‘goo goo g’joob’ – the noise the eggs made when, as a nipper, I spilled the contents of our weekly shopping trolley into the road.
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RatingsFamily affair boosts ITV
Does the god of news have a woe-ometer and is it cranked up to 10? Everything seems full of woe, and now it seems the lights may go out because the donkey peddling the power stations is running out of hay.
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RatingsAirport Live off to a flier
BBC2 donned its anorak, flexed its adenoids and went plane and bus spotting – to decent effect.
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RatingsITV finds Long Lost viewers
Series returns with a record-breaking audience, as BBC1’s The Voice UK fails to improve on last year.