Ratings UK

UK TV Ratings 11 November - 17 November I'm a Celeb returns with 13 million viewers, but its direct Sunday night rival, War of the Worlds still performs reasonably well. His Dark Materials take another slip. A snapshot from the second episode of 'War of the Worlds.' All figures are shown in this format "0.00 (0.00)" which indicates two separate figures. The first one is the viewership on TV alone. The second figure that's bracketed is for 'All platforms' which includes PC, tablet and mobile viewing. This second figure is a much more accurate depiction of viewership in the UK. All figures are in millions unless shown as '000k.' All figures are courtesy of BARB TV. Top 5 Shows of the Week (All Platforms) 1.  I'm a Celebrity  (Sun) - 12.59 (13.17) 2.  Strictly Come Dancing  (Sat) - 11.32 (11.51) 3.  Strictly: Results  (Sun) - 10.93 (11.05) 4.  Seven Worlds, One Planet  (Sun) - 8.11 (8.28) 5.  His Dark Materials  (Su...

UK TV Ratings 4 November - 10 November His Dark Materials takes a tumble of over two million whilst Strictly remains well over 10 million. Ant & Dec'd DNA Journey also impressed with over 6 million watching.   All figures are shown in this format "0.00 (0.00)" which indicates two separate figures. The first one is the viewership on TV alone. The second figure that's bracketed is for 'All platforms' which includes PC, tablet and mobile viewing. This second figure is a much more accurate depiction of viewership in the UK. All figures are in millions unless shown as '000k.' All figures are courtesy of BARB TV. Top 5 Show of the Week (All Platforms) 1.  Strictly: Results  (Sun) - 10.58 (10.70) 2.  Strictly Come Dancing  (Sat) - 10.27 (10.45) 3.  Seven Worlds, One Planet  (Sun) - 8.28 (8.44) 4.  His Dark Materials  (Sun) - 7.47 (7.71) 5.  The Apprentice  (Wed) - 6.90 (7.30) More Figures The followin...

Comedy has been about for many years now, some of which has gone down in history, and some of which left the airwaves before it really even began. Shows within this genre have to have special qualities to keep it going and that is something many writers out there are envious of. I'm not a comedy writer in the slightest, I struggle a lot with writing anything comedic, but I would like to think I understand how to make a comedy work. I've come up with a few key ideas that I'll write about below and try and provide an example to illustrate my theories.  First of all, CHARACTER is one of the most important features of a successful comedy. Even if your show lacks any plot or structure, if the characters are funny, there's a chance it'll still work. For example, The Big Bang Theory has about twenty minutes to make you laugh and very rarely is an episode heavily plot based, nor do many episodes create a story arc or even remotely relate to each other... That's be...

UK TV Ratings 28 October - 3 November Seven Worlds, One Planet maintains 98.7% of its audience for the second installment. His Dark Materials begins with a well over 9 million viewers and Strictly continues to grow with almost 11 million watching.  A billboard promoting the series with real smoke coming from the Bear's mouth. All figures are shown in this format "0.00 (0.00)" which indicates two separate figures. The first one is the viewership on TV alone. The second figure that's bracketed is for 'All platforms' which includes PC, tablet and mobile viewing. This second figure is a much more accurate depiction of viewership in the UK. All figures are in millions unless shown as '000k.' All figures are courtesy of BARB TV. Top 5 Show of the Week (All Platforms) 1.  Strictly Come Dancing  (Sat) - 10.84 (10.91) 2.  Strictly: Results  (Sun) - 10.36 (10.49) 3.  The Great British Bake Off  (Tue) - 9.77 4. His Dark Materials (Sun) - ...

UK TV Ratings 21 October - 27 October Seven Worlds, One Planet made a strong debut. Strictly continues to top the chart with Bake Off close behind. X Factor drops out of ITV's top fifteen.  All figures are shown in this format "0.00 (0.00)" which indicates two separate figures. The first one is the viewership on TV alone. The second figure that's bracketed is for 'All platforms' which includes PC, tablet and mobile viewing. This second figure is a much more accurate depiction of viewership in the UK. All figures are in millions unless shown as '000k.' All figures are courtesy of BARB TV. Title Card for 'Seven Worlds, One Planet.'' Top 5 Show of the Week (All Platforms) 1.  Strictly Come Dancing  (Sat) - 10.54 (10.72) 2.  Strictly: Results  (Sun) - 10.23 (10.32) 3.  The Great British Bake Off  (Tue) - 9.06 (9.34) 4.  Seven Worlds, One Planet  (Sun) - 8.70 (8.98) 5.  Rugby World Cup 2019  (Sat) - 7.59 (7.92) ...