All articles by Stephen Price – Page 97
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FeaturesDaytime believer, or rolling news?
The proposal to replace BBC2 Daytime with rolling news could save £20m, but what would the channel be losing? Stephen Price analyses the schedule and weighs up its performance
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RatingsBBC should think before cutting overnight shows
As the BBC considers cutting overnight programming, Stephen Price highlights the millions in audience figures that would be lost.
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RatingsJunior docs top the chart
Aeons ago, BBC1’s Casualty was seen by some as the champion of the NHS. Today, and with reforms a-comin’, BBC3’s Junior Doctors might have captured that mantle after another high this week.
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RatingsWonders of BBC2 gravity
Wonders of the Universe and Christopher and His Kind provided a mixed bag in the ratings for BBC2.
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RatingsBawdy Brits love red noses
Comic Relief, Mrs Brown and Waking The Dead chime with the times as the stars of the eighties wane.
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RatingsCatch-up viewing rocketing
Viewers choosing to catch up on programmes through PVR has already increased 7% this year, and the latest consolidated figures reveal the benefit to broadcasters.
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RatingsTwo-edged sword at BBC3
The new boss of BBC3 will arrive with some big hitting ratings winners already in place, including Junior Doctors, Being Human and EastEnders.
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RatingsGreat British BBC2 revival
BBC2 was very British this week, reviving quintessential British grub before sending us to work. Then it blew our minds with the romantic notion that we are all stardust; mind you, one day the sun’s going to explode. Channel 4, meanwhile, might feel the need to revisit the satirical drawing ...
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RatingsA good week for drama
Waking The Dead and Wild At Heart saw bumper ratings, while footie kicked rugby into touch.
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RatingsBBC3's Junior Doctors treat 3.4m
BBC3’s new hit show about a group of junior doctors has boosted its already record-breaking audience figures.
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RatingsGold-plated Oscars for Sky
This week’s digital focus shines the spotlight on the 83rd Academy Awards.
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RatingsArrow of time hits bull’s-eye
BBC2’s Wonders Of The Universe introduced us all to the concept of the ‘arrow of time’ on Sunday night.
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RatingsBBC has ITV for Breakfast
Early morning show continues to gain share, but ITV sets the bar for Thursday night drama.
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RatingsSky Atlantic scores 57% PVR boost
Sky Atlantic has been with us for just over a month now and in that short time has neatly demonstrated the influence of the PVR.
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RatingsJeremy Kyle versus God
On Wednesday at 2.35pm, ITV2’s Jeremy Kyle Show was watched by 570,000/7%; the same as BBC4’s When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible (570,000/3%) at 9pm on Monday.
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RatingsC4’s Mission Impossible
Thunk: that’s the sound of Tuesdays returning to normal as the gypsy juggernaut vanishes over the horizon, some time before the illuminated dresses disappear like some kind of sartorial setting sun.
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RatingsBBC1’s Monday Outcast
Monday reject almost bettered by Mrs Brown, while rugby triumph sets up a big Saturday.
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RatingsBig Fat Gypsy round-up
As Channel 4’s Gypsy caravan reaches the end of the road, consolidated figures show the full extent of the show’s success.
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RatingsGlee wins out over the grim
Some people are gleeful, some are mad; some blub a lot, some can’t blub at all; some can pronounce Treme, some can’t. Some can’t believe Tottenham Hotspur beat AC Milan in Milan, but 1.3 million/5% (Sky Sports 2 Tuesday night) saw that they did.
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RatingsChefs and slimmers top tables
Audiences tune in to MasterChef and The Biggest Loser, but Outcasts loses slot to Crimewatch.