All articles by Stephen Price – Page 89
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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.
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RatingsSherlock finds another 2m
Among the many different ways in which watching television is changing, the one that has suddenly caught fire after years of smouldering is recording via PVRs.
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RatingsNew year sprint for ratings
ITV1 and BBC1 quick out of the starting blocks with a host of new shows to kick off year of the Olympics.
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RatingsUniversity Challenge specials put BBC2 ahead
In the Christmas week up to and including Boxing Day, Channel 4 pinched the top spot, BBC2 will be pleased with its haul and Channel 5 kept its powder dry for this week’s return of Celebrity Big Brother.
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EastEnders success fails to translate to BBC3
Christmas Day was business as usual for BBC3’s EastEnders repeat, writes Stephen Price
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FeaturesDownton gives ITV1 Christmas boost
ITV could have cashed in on any night with a Downton Abbey special, but playing its hand at Christmas Day made for an exciting tussle, writes Stephen Price.
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly: the final tussle
RATINGS ANALYSIS: ITV1 headed towards 2011 with a flourish, with The X Factor just squeezing out Strictly and a new drama trouncing BBC1, says Stephen Price
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A golden week for history docs
DIGITAL FOCUS: BBC4 and National Geographic both enjoyed success with their history output this week, says Stephen Price
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RatingsGambling on a big win
CHANNEL OVERVIEW: The allure of high-stakes gambling in many forms brought in the viewers last week, writes Stephen Price
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RatingsScousewives cleans up
There’s a thin line between genius and madness, as Storyville depicted. E4’s Desperate Scousewives got off to a good start, while ITV2 is feeling an Xtra pinch.
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RatingsViewers 'like' Facebook doc
This week’s channel overview considers Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and BBC2’s interview with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg amongst others.
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RatingsTop dogs losing their bark
Viewing is again dominated by I’m A Celeb, X Factor and Strictly, but all three are down on last year.
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RatingsThe Killing tops a million
Danish crime drama The Killing returned with its best ever ratings for BBC4 and was recorded by nearly 400,000 viewers to take it over the million mark.
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RatingsCafé serves up a treat for Sky
The digital channel catch-up service came into its own again as viewers negotiated their way around pesky scheduling. Elsewhere, The Killing II rumbled on and Sky Atlantic invited us to a diabolical dinner.