All articles by Stephen Price – Page 98
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RatingsGypsy nuptials steal the day
After the story of the Munich air disaster last week, BBC2 this week celebrated the life of one of the few survivors: Bobby Charlton. Channel 4 had more gypsies and secret, as well as clumsy would-be, millionaires.
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RatingsBBC3 keeps up with Mr Jones
On terrestrial channels, movies can be an expensive disappointment, but for digital networks, they can work wonders at a fraction of the cost. This week, BBC3 saw Indiana Jones write that in large, coded letters.
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RatingsA right royal win for BBC
BBC was the viewers’ choice as William and Kate’s big day beat all comers in the ratings
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RatingsRepeats are sweet for digi channels
Repeats – in some cases several times in a week – are proving a cost effective way for digital channels to boost consolidated figures .
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RatingsThrone game out of blocks
There’s still time to create our own 2012 Olympic event. And after Monday, maybe it’s the Game Of Thrones, whatever the heck that is. Huge chair throwing perhaps?
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RatingsMillions meet Middletons
Apparently, the future Queen is related to ordinary people; crikey, how did The Firm let that happen?
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RatingsSaturday night’s insanity
With a robotic hare, dangerous singing and the Hoff, peak weekend viewing becomes bizarre
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RatingsJuicy ratings for bad mums
There must be something special about the juice of celebrities, for it seems it’s able to flow uphill. Then, before their waters break, mums wish to misbehave, and large numbers wanted to watch them do so.
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RatingsITV shows it’s still Got Talent
BGT debut is only marginally down on last year despite the departure of a certain judge
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RatingsC4 comedy heads south
What was the secret of Scott’s Hut? That it was in Croydon and Scott never went to the South Pole at all but instead became a chartered accountant and advised those who faked the moon landing? A Channel 4 comedy continued its own southerly trajectory, looking as tragic as Scott’s ...
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RatingsDaytime drama recording significant boosts
BBC1 is generating extra viewers for its stripped daytime drama through an uplift in recording.
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RatingsGlee won and dreams lost
The gleefulness of high-school dreams is countered this week by the boulevard of broken dreams. Essex meanwhile goes from strength to strength in the same week.
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RatingsLambs to the Slaughter
Did other farm animals, jealous of the lambs’ fame, sabotage BBC2 on Tuesday? Meanwhile, Channel 4 had a muttony kind of week, and Channel 5 will be thanking the dead.
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RatingsWomen take the controls
ABBA musical and pink cabs deal a kitsch double whammy, but the Grand National jumps to new peak.
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RatingsUS drama piles on viewers as axing looms
Cancellation is hanging over several US dramas that continue to perform strongly for UK multichannel broadcasters.
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RatingsRetro pop is a hit for BBC4
This week’s digital focus explores BBC4’s return to classic Top of the Pops and its hit foreign crime drama.
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RatingsTurning TV into an art
It’s a surreal week as England play well on ITV for a change, while BBC1’s dancers stumble.
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RatingsFern falters in 5 o’clock spot
Channel 4 launched Fern Britton into tea-time this week, while Louis Theroux’s documentary sounded like a Jeremy Kyle special as he visited a hated family in crisis. Elsewhere, it was about saving money with three in a bed and holiday tips.
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RatingsCatch-up figures aiding recommissions
Traditional linear broadcasters have in recent times felt somewhat besieged by the inexorable march of technology. But one form of technology might be turning out to be more of a champion of old style TV.
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RatingsComing Out of Nowhere
This week’s digital focus focuses on Everything and Nothing, Katie Price, a White Van Man and the return of Spartacus.