All articles by Stephen Price – Page 81
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RatingsA tax break for C4’s Cats
The furore over Jimmy Carr’s tax helped Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats do rather well
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RatingsLosing wins it for BBC1
Euro 2012 draws in the fans, with a peak 23 million tuning in to see England fail again on penalties.
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RatingsTOWIE tour puts ITV2 top
Marbella: Essex on steroids. The only surprise is that it’s taken the TOWIE gang this long to go. Poor Spain, isn’t it suffering enough? Elsewhere, Dan Cruikshank’s London stories did nicely and ITV4 and BBC3 did well out of the Euros.
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RatingsBedlam once more for 742k
Sky Living’s supernatural drama series Bedlam returned for a second run and managed to boost its live ratings by nearly half a million viewers.
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RatingsSweet result for BBC2
Due to a physiological miracle that I am loathe to investigate too closely, no matter what I eat, weight stays away. After watching BBC2 on Thursday, I realise how insanely lucky that is, since it seems the biggest conspiracy of modern times is not political, it’s sugar.
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RatingsEngland delivers on TV
Football and repeats dominate the week’s viewing, while True Love runs smooth for BBC1.
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RatingsLewis top for recording
ITV1 detective drama Lewis topped the consolidated raintgs chart with more than a million time-shifting viewing.
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RatingsBBC takes early lead in Euros
Germany v Portugal pulls in biggest audience as ITV and BBC take turns with early games.
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RatingsFrom BB house to 50s house
This week, after the Jubilee was done, it was once again time to scrutinise entrapped housemates as attention turned to the Big Brother house.
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RatingsTennis serves up an ITV4 hit
ITV4 recently added the French Open Tennis to its sporting roster and the fortnight of Parisian grunting has delivered.
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RatingsRevenge is sweet for E4
Revenge is allegedly a meal best served cold, and the lead character in E4’s latest import gobbles it up with relish. Elsewhere, BBC4 celebrated punk, BBC3 plugged in the Electric and Challenge TV’sBlockbusters had a P and other letters.
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RatingsHistory goes unrecorded
BBC4’s Restoration history series Harlots, Housewives And Heroines is clearly something to watch immediately, for its recording is relatively small but its numbers are decent.
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RatingsSpringwatch has sprung
This week’s channel overview considers Springwatch, Embarrassing Bodies and a new doc on Afghanistan among others.
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RatingsBBC wins the battle royal
The Thames Pageant peaked with 12m – but The Voice UK and The Apprentice finals were less impressive.
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RatingsIt’s all in the name
Common wisdom generally dictates a programme title should be short, preferably with the word ‘extreme’ at the beginning to ensure it arrests attention on the EPG.
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RatingsCurious lift for C&I Network
Crime & Investigation Network recorded an unusual spike in PVR viewers for a doc about curious deaths. Elsewhere, Lewis was top dog, The Voice UK recovered some respectability, Silk beat itself and Hart of Dixie made its mark.
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RatingsViewers enjoy a fishy tale
BBC2’s fishy series began well, Chelsea bloomed and Gok got his wok out.
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RatingsSun casts a shadow over TV
Audiences figures slump across the board as viewers choose sunshine over football and singing.
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RatingsGoing for the funny bone
Original comedy is now a key focus for broadcasters, but for every Stella or Mrs Brown’s Boys, there’s a Campus or The Royal Bodyguard. Stephen Price looks at the recent hits and misses
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RatingsUS threatens cultural coup
It comes to something when Chelsea and Essex represent the UK’s cultural bulwarks, but heroically they were in the vanguard this week against a US monopoly of the top digital programmes.