All articles by Stephen Price – Page 84
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RatingsSelf and the self-publicists
Without a synapse or two snapping, it’s hard to imagine Will Self wandering in to Essex’s jaunty TV world, but it would be a sight to behold. Instead we have to content ourselves with them both being represented on TV in the same week.
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RatingsAnother ship sinks on C4
This week’s channel overview considers Channel 4 doc the Sinking of the Concordia and the latest comedy from Ricky Gervais, Derek.
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RatingsMore Bang for E4’s buck
The 100th episode of US comedy The Big Bang Theory managed to draw its biggest British audience to date, topping the 2 million mark.
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RatingsITV1 sounds retreat
Skirmish with The Voice over after four weeks as BGT sensibly opts to boost its impacts.
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RatingsThat sinking feeling
Titanic hits new low as Silent Witness beats Scott & Bailey in the battle of the Monday crime dramas.
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RatingsNo match for Undateables
C4’s The Undateables and BBC2’s Our Food come under the spotlight in this week’s ratings overview.
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RatingsMad Men doubles audience on catch up
US drama Mad Men failed to draw significant numbers in its new home on Sky Atlantic but has seen its audience double following PVR viewing.
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RatingsAd men miss their target
Over the years, Oxford saw more than its fair share of murders, but spare a thought for Sicily; it’s just as bad there, as BBC4 points out, with subtitles. Elsewhere, the dragons and dungeons in made-up worlds returned, apparently infinitely more palatable than advertising execs.
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RatingsLow-key start for Mad Men
Acclaimed US drama launches on Sky Atlantic with a fraction of its BBC4 figures
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RatingsThe Voice UK passes the acid test
Entertainment shows are gobbling up the 1m extra viewers watching TV on Saturday nights.
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RatingsCatch-up boosts Titanic to 9m
Recording and watching of ITV1 drama opener extends its lead over Upstairs Downstairs finale
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RatingsOnce Upon a Time delivers for C5
Channel 5 enjoyed fairy tale figures for its latest import.
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RatingsJack stalls on comedy road
This week, Jack Whitehall hit the road, the first Apprentice was shown the road, Hairy Bikers bowled along merrily and Four Rooms returned.
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RatingsBGT fails to silence The Voice
Spoils are shared as Saturday night battle begins, but Sport Relief slumps to an all-time low.
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RatingsC4 wins game of catch-up
The top 10 makes good reading for Channel 4: three of its big brands continue to feature strongly, and two of them are factual, boding well for its experiment with catch-up service 4Seven.
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RatingsA nice Touch for Sky 1
“Don’t touch that” was something I was told a lot as a child, but I didn’t listen (as the time I put my finger in a socket at college proved). Sky 1 launched a Touch of its own this week, Yesterday celebrated the jet set, while BBC3 turned sportsmen into ...
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RatingsRatings: imports show power of VoD
For every acquired hit like Mad Men or The Killing there’s a Pan Am or New Girl struggling to find an audience – but catch-up is increasingly coming to the rescue. Stephen Price reports
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RatingsThree’s the magic number
MasterChef triple bill keeps viewers hooked on BBC1 while ITV1’s Scott & Bailey returns with a splash
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RatingsBikers beat business guru
Hairy men overturn sharp young fixer. An unusual sentence to start proceedings I agree, but it’s true as the Hairy Bikers returned to BBC2 and improved on Alex Polizzi’s businessy ways.
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RatingsToasting Welsh Stella
In the week that Wales won the Grand Slam and we lost the brilliant 1970’s Welsh rugby captain Merv ‘The Swerve’ Davies, it seems appropriate to chew over the completed series of Stella; more Welsh than laverbread and daffodils.