All articles by Stephen Price – Page 88
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RatingsThe force is with Stella
Breaking news from this week’s Stella; it turns out Darth Vader isn’t Luke’s father after all; rather, he’s a Welsh bloke called Rob.
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RatingsMillions head to Cornwall
ITV is pulling millions of viewers with its latest Caroline Quentin series and comedy panel show Celebrity Juice while E4 is continuing to struggle with the latest series of Skins.
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RatingsC4 gets Gypsy Wedding gift
This week’s channel overview considers the return of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and new series Daddy Daycare.
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RatingsFarewell to nurses and cons
Two stellar performers bow out, while channels take cover as C4’s Gypsy bandwagon rolls in.
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RatingsITV2’s Juices really flowing
In 2008, Keith Lemon’s Celebrity Juice debuted with a not spiffing 279,000/1.6% and nowhere near the terrestrials.
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RatingsFinal flourish for the Boys
BBC1 comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys finished its second series by breaking a few of its own records.
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RatingsViewers miss 10 O’Clock start
The Coalition is very keen to tell us that there is no Plan B. Well, they’re wrong, there is; I saw him on Sunday’s Top Gear (4.9 million/16% including BBC HD).
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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.