All articles by Stephen Price – Page 82
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FeaturesSame again for Downton
ITV1’s Downton Abbey and Sky1’s Moone Boy picked up strong audiences after consolidation.
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FeaturesBBC on song with Choir
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along come a couple of doozies to jolt the old complacency.
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FeaturesFootball kickstarts Tuesdays
Return of the Uefa Champions League gives ITV a midweek boost as The X Factor rules the weekend
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FeaturesComedy with dose of reality
At school, my best, least reliable friend was imaginary, so for me, Sky 1’s Moone Boy was more documentary than comedy.
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FeaturesBaking – or rampaging?
ITV1’s The Jury and A Mother’s Son, Sky Atlantic series The British, BBC2’s Great British Bake Off and Channel 5’s Dallas all picked up strong audiences after consolidation.
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FeaturesDownton back big as ever
ITV1 settles into its autumn schedule with return of drama and X Factor/Strictly ding-dong looming.
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FeaturesBrave move pays off for C4
Do you ever get the feeling you are being followed? Channel 4’s The Audience will freak you out then. C4’s post-Paralympic schedule included unwrapped food, emergencies and a brave entertainment dive into mid-Saturday evenings.
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RatingsThe British give Sky a lift
The Sky revolution continues apace and this week it was The British who were coming.
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RatingsGames bow out on a high
The Paralympics has ended. Sob. Throughout, Channel 4 collected very tidy shares and lots of lovely - and, it would hope, lucrative - viewers to boot.
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RatingsDoctor Who’s back with a bang
Doctor Who’s return to BBC1 was recorded by nearly 2m viewers making it one of the highest rating episodes in close to two years.
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RatingsDramatic victory for ITV1
Channel battles back after a summer dominated by London 2012 with a win in the 9pm drama face-off.
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RatingsLemon puts squeeze on
ITV2 is benefiting from that most citrus of fruits as Celebrity Juice returned in a Thursday night ‘squeeze of Lemons’.
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RatingsRoyal in-laws woo viewers
The full gamut of the dramatic narrative was on display this week. It felt a bit like being at school in double English, studying a very thick and intense book full of meaning, apparently, and then rushing home to watch Hong Kong Phooey.
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RatingsOpening ceremony buoys C4
New Tricks and Doctor Who return for BBC1, but ITV1’s The X Factor still rules the roost .
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RatingsC4’s parallel universe a hit
The Paralympics, are so called because they are sort of parallel to the Olympic Games. Wednesday transported Channel 4 to a parallel universe as its coverage of the opening ceremony caused havoc.
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RatingsOlympics Broadcasting: record-breaking TV
The London 2012 Olympics helped the BBC wipe the floor with the commercial channels – and the Paralympics could do something similar for C4. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsGeorge returns strongly
ITV will want to forget about its chastening August, as BBC1 favourites draw the viewers.
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RatingsWeight loss gains viewers
The Hairy Bikers quest to lose weight was recorded by nearly half a million BBC2 viewers taking it to the best audience of the series.
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RatingsGood start for Parade’s End
The spectral image of a nun at a coronation was the spookiest sight this week in Channel 4’s latest royal documentary. Elsewhere, BBC2 found its buns rising and its parade ending in a very ‘channel of the year’ kind of way.
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RatingsTop marks for Bad Education
Bad Education – the BBC3 Jack Whitehall sitcom, not the shabby treatment of GCSE English students – has found its feet quickly.