All articles by Stephen Price – Page 86
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RatingsDiamond Queen sparkles
BBC1’s celebration of 60 years on the throne shines in a week when the clock was turned back.
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RatingsChannel 5: the Big Brother effect
The acquisition of BB and its Celebrity sibling has been a major boon for C5, delivering some of its highest ratings and the all-important 16-34 audiences it craves.
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RatingsSunday night gets spooky
Apparently Sunday nights aren’t gloomy enough, what with work looming, but now the supernatural have moved in, making it spooky as well. Elsewhere, Spartacus is vengeful, Borgen exits and the Kiwis reinvent Odin.
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RatingsIsles ahead on recording
If you don’t concentrate properly, you might find yourself wondering just where these Rizzolian Isles that people seem to be talking about are.
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RatingsBaby boom for Channel 4
One Born Every Minute delivered another strong performance in a string of programmes that helped Channel 4 top BBC2 throughout the week.
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RatingsA tough act to follow
Slot shifts and stronger inheritances give The Jonathan Ross Show and Mrs Brown’s Boys a lift.
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RatingsDocs doc and Essex appeal
What is it about Essex, junior doctors, detectives and dancing? Who knows, but this week they made their presence felt.
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RatingsWaiting for the Midwife
Without Sherlock’s brooding presence, Call The Midwife takes top spot this week as once again and, as usual, drama takes the plaudits in the recording stakes.
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Cup scores but Top Gear wins
BBC2’s coverage of the League Cup Semi-Final, plus the return of those petrol fiends, gave BBC2 a decent week, while C5 closed the CBB house once more.
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RatingsRoom with 4m viewers
BBC1’s revamped Room 101 maintains audience and ITV1’s Above Suspicion bows out on a high.
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Ratings5* rating for Celebrity BB
This week some Daves in suits launched, BBC4 went to France, the sweaty Mad Dogs returned and 5* got a big boost from the switchover from the live Big Brother house.
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RatingsBBC’s Midwife delivers 8m
New BBC drama Call the Midwife was recorded by nearly 2m viewers during a week in which 19 of the top 20 most-recorded shows were either comedies or drama.
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RatingsStars align for BBC2
Jasper Carrot once described golf as “hours and hours of televised sky”. BBC2, typically the home of TV golf, did just that this week - but got us all interested in watching the stars.
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RatingsBirdsong is sweet for BBC1
Sunday night working well for BBC - but Tuesday has ITV1 heading for the exit.
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RatingsRatings 2011: the year PVR came of age
We may be watching in different ways, but 2011 viewing figures show TV ratings remain robust. Stephen Price reports on the broadcasters’ fortunes and the impact of recording.
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Ratings2012 starts on a high
It’s early days but already 2012 is ahead of the game in terms of recording.
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RatingsAudience hail BBC4’s Kings
At school, mediaeval kings always seemed pretty two-dimensional to me, largely because that was how they were painted: flat but faintly startled. It turns out that maybe they were more rounded and colourful than that.
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RatingsMystery of the lost viewers
Edwin Drood lost some of his mystery this week as BBC2 had a stab at guessing the end of the unfinished classic. Elsewhere, the channel proved that sport and baking need not be odd bedfellows.
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RatingsWeek of big falls on BBC1
Ratings plummet for The Royal Bodyguard but Sherlock finale hooks viewers.
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RatingsBBC4 viewers enjoy a Danish
It used to be that Danish only meant sizzling bacon but now it’s a byword for gripping drama on BBC4.