All Channel Overview articles – Page 20

  • Balliol University Challenge
    Ratings

    Uni final top of the class

    2017-04-21T12:20:00Z

    BBC2’s University Challenge final gripped 3.2 million

  • Second Chance Summer
    Ratings

    Foreign shores tempt viewers

    2017-04-19T17:16:00Z

    The opening episode of Second Chance Summer: Tuscany attracted 1.3m

  • University Challenge
    Ratings

    Top marks for Uni slugfest

    2017-04-06T17:01:00Z

    University Challenge’s first semi-final notched up 2.8 million

  • Mary Berry Everyday
    Ratings

    BBC2 rises to the challenge

    2017-04-03T16:01:00Z

    BBC2’s combo of University Challenge and Mary Berry Everyday both pulled in more than 2 million

  • The Great Pottery Throw Down
    Ratings

    Potters on fire for BBC2

    2017-03-23T16:56:00Z

    Johnny Vegas helped The Great Pottery Throw Down to its biggest audience to date

  • Top Gear
    Ratings

    Top Gear revs into top spot

    2017-03-20T15:22:00Z

    The second episode of the motoring format achieved 2.75 million

  • Shannon Matthews What Happened Next
    Ratings

    C5 beats comedy trio

    2017-03-10T12:47:00Z

    Documentary Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next pulled in 1.3 million

  • The Great Pottery Throw Down
    Ratings

    Potters craft a series high

    2017-03-03T13:00:00Z

    BBC2’s The Great Pottery Throwdown hit a series high of 2.1 million on Thursday

  • The Jump
    Ratings

    C4’s The Jump takes tumble

    2017-02-24T12:59:00Z

    The third episode achieved 1.8 million, the lowest of this run so far

  • Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week
    Ratings

    BBC2 Special Forces deliver

    2017-02-20T12:15:00Z

    BBC2’s third Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week achieved 1.2 million, defeating C4’s Homeland

  • The Great Pottery Throw Down
    Ratings

    Potters beat Bargain Brits

    2017-02-13T11:32:00Z

    BBC2’s The Great Pottery Throw Down returned with 1.8 million beating C4’s The Secret Life Of 5 Year-Olds and C5’s Bargain Loving Brits In The Sun.

  • Winterwatch
    Ratings

    BBC2 freezes out rivals

    2017-02-06T09:25:00Z

    BBC2’s best Winterwatch was Monday’s 8pm edition with 3.2 million beating C4’s Dispatches and Food Unwrapped, as well as Channel 5’s Police Interceptors repeat.

  • 24 hours in AE
    Ratings

    A+E to the rescue for C4

    2017-01-27T11:54:00Z

    C4’s hospital factual drew 2 million viewers last Tuesday, defeating CBB’s 1.8 million.

  • CBB 2017
    Ratings

    CBB Hell is heaven for C5

    2017-01-19T12:05:00Z

    Each winter brings, with increasing savagery, an NHS crisis, and with one currently blowing a hard chill, BBC2 fast-tracked a fly-on-the-medic doc series. Elsewhere, Channel 5 sent its inmates to hell.

  • No Offence
    Ratings

    Arresting start for No Offence

    2017-01-13T16:28:00Z

    The second series of Paul Abbott’s C4 comedy drama No Offence debuted on Wednesday at 9pm with 1.9 million/8% (320,000 +1), its second best overnight after series one’s opener: 2.2 million/ 10% (323,000 +1) on 5 May 2015.

  • David Blaine
    Ratings

    David Blaine magics up 1.2m

    2016-12-21T17:06:00Z

    This week as Channel 4 reminded us that David Blaine is still out there doing something or other BBC2’s intrepid traveller stayed home to fix lives.

  • Kirstie's Handmade Christmas
    Ratings

    C4 finds a festive jewel

    2016-12-16T17:14:00Z

    It must be nearly Christmas since Kirstie has started knitting her own festive jewellery. But before anyone gets carried away, BBC2 alliteratively reminded us of a disaster.Video:Top 30 shows (BBC2, C4 & C5): 5 - 11 DecChannel 4’s Our Guy In China wrapped up with 1.6 ...

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
    Ratings

    Antiques bring value to BBC2

    2016-12-13T14:36:00Z

    As if it’s not quite thrilling enough seeing long-haired lover Donny Osmond and Amarillo-dreamin’ Tony Christie rummaging around the Midlands for bric-a-brac, this week, BBC2’s antiques ramble went berserk and put Donny in a De Lorean – the automotive equivalent of bric-a-brac.

  • Masterchef The Professionals
    Ratings

    Top table for BBC2's chefs

    2016-12-05T10:22:00Z

    Forty years ago, it fell to West Bromwich of all places to promote black footballers and take on racists. On Sunday, BBC2’s doc about a strange but significant football match in 1979 defeated Channel 4’s Humans, as it did quite a few low-watt humans at the time.

  • Tori Herridge
    Ratings

    C4 washed out at low tide

    2016-11-25T15:14:00Z

    Beyond the shouty entertainment shows elsewhere, Channel 4 went all beachcombery on Saturday night — while BBC2,s arts strand was like Bargain Hunt on acid.