24 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
just 2.2 million viewers last night, as BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 relied on repeats and Christmas specials. BBC One’s traditional repeat of Only Fools and Horses at 9pm claimed the prime time top sport ...
Emmerdale and The Bill brought in 7.9 and 5.4 million viewers respectively. The BBC’s hit comedy show ...
23 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
Not even the British Comedy Awards on ITV1 could tear viewers away from BBC One’s Christmas ...
triumph over the first series’ winner, BBC News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky. In comparison, ITV1’s ...
.6% watching BBC One’s Tony Pappano: A Year at the Opera and 11.5% for Five’s World’s Worst Drivers 3 ...
22 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
viewing, because of Freeview driving digital penetration, is up by a whopping 10%.
BBC Two was the biggest disappointment, losing 9% of its weekly audience year-on-year. ITV and BBC One were down 4 ...
, at the expense of the BBC," according to the report.
Despite 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here ...
22 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
A host of Grumpy Old Women helped BBC Two clinch the top spot last night, attracting 4.8 million....5% of the viewing audience than ITV1’s Teenagers from Hell and BBC One’s Cops, Robbers and Videotape ...
close second with 4.6 million watchers, while BBC One’s footage of a plain-clothes squad catching ...
again, it was BBC One who triumphed as its hospital drama Holby City went head-to-head with ITV1’s ...
22 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
for the first time.” BBC News 24 and Sky News Active currently broadcast looped news, sport and weather ...
22 Dec 2004
| by Kieron Judge, TV manager, Starcom Motive
The Christmas Day TV battle is back. BBC staff might not get a Christmas bonus this year...Adopting a family viewing approach, the BBC appears to have produced a winning formula. Box ...
and viewers with a more consistently strong schedule than the BBC.
Under pressure to justify the licence fee ...
available on DVD, the BBC has a great deal to prove. It needs to learn that good programming should not just ...
22 Dec 2004
23 December: A River Cottage Christmas Feast, Channel 4, 8pm.
24 December: Film: Shrek, BBC One ...
and Judy
Finnegan, and Eamonn Holmes and Sir Alex Ferguson.
24 December: Film: Chocolat, BBC Two, 9pm ...
and the Philosopher's Stone, BBC One,
6.05pm.
26 December: Flashmob: The Opera, BBC Two, 4.45pm. Contemporary ...
21 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
The 90-minute programme at 9pm pulled in a share of 42.7% and was watched by an average audience of 10.5 million viewers. BBC One countered the with Hollywood blockbuster. Armageddon, starring Bruce ...
and won a 31% share. Rivals to these yuletide primetime offerings included BBC Two’s comedy night: Never ...
21 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
Chief executive David Mansfield earned a total of £601,000, up 23% on the £487,000 he received last year. Most of the increase came through his bonus, which more than doubled to £168,000.
Operations director Paul Davies received a total of £357,000 and a bonus of £93,000, up 22% on last year ...
21 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
Issue, the Depaul Trust and BBC’s Head Hunting the Homeless initiative. By Kevin May ...