All Channel Overview articles – Page 30
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RatingsGB baking rises again
One far-flung summer past I worked for the Severn Trent Water Authority researching the history of its sewerage system.
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NewsViewers check out of Hotel GB
In my day, every self-respecting student had a poster of Karl Marx on their wall, usually next to that photograph of a ‘Parisian kiss’ by Paul Doisneau.
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FeaturesNigella serves up a winner
This week, Channel 4 did drugs, BBC2 took us downstairs to reveal the life of the maids who washed their masters’ pants, and Nigella served up a meat-based pizza.
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FeaturesBBC on song with Choir
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along come a couple of doozies to jolt the old complacency.
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FeaturesBrave move pays off for C4
Do you ever get the feeling you are being followed? Channel 4’s The Audience will freak you out then. C4’s post-Paralympic schedule included unwrapped food, emergencies and a brave entertainment dive into mid-Saturday evenings.
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RatingsGames bow out on a high
The Paralympics has ended. Sob. Throughout, Channel 4 collected very tidy shares and lots of lovely - and, it would hope, lucrative - viewers to boot.
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RatingsC4’s parallel universe a hit
The Paralympics, are so called because they are sort of parallel to the Olympic Games. Wednesday transported Channel 4 to a parallel universe as its coverage of the opening ceremony caused havoc.
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RatingsGood start for Parade’s End
The spectral image of a nun at a coronation was the spookiest sight this week in Channel 4’s latest royal documentary. Elsewhere, BBC2 found its buns rising and its parade ending in a very ‘channel of the year’ kind of way.
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RatingsKay takes the cake-makers
The buns are back in town, as Thin Lizzy never said (but I bet they wish they had). BBC2 had more fun with baking and enjoyed the origins of the Paralympics.
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FeaturesBBC1’s loss is BBC2’s gain
Newsflash from the future: it’s October and BBC1 has just realised that BBC2 still has its schedule and is refusing to give it back.
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RatingsEnd of Line cheers BBC2
BBC2’s peerless Line Of Duty came to its shattering end, as did, more poignantly, Twenty Twelve.
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RatingsUni quiz rises to challenge
As The Olympics loom, BBC2’s Twenty Twelve wandered brilliantly beyond parody and benefited. University Challenge returned for more random Monday-night guessing, while Line of Duty and 24 Hours in A&E charged on.
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RatingsJamie versus the volcano
In AD 79, Pliny the Younger described his Uncle Pliny the Elder’s decision to inspect the exploding Vesuvius by heading towards it; soon Nephew Pliny was Pliny the Only One.
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RatingsDeferred Bard pegged back
When sport is live, nobody, not even the Bard, is sacred – as Henry IV found out this week.
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RatingsCop and ball story for BBC2
BBC2’s schedules were rent with Wimbledon’s capriciousness but amid it all, its new drama began splendidly. Channel 4 sending Gordon Ramsay to jail worked well too.
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RatingsA tax break for C4’s Cats
The furore over Jimmy Carr’s tax helped Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats do rather well
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RatingsSweet result for BBC2
Due to a physiological miracle that I am loathe to investigate too closely, no matter what I eat, weight stays away. After watching BBC2 on Thursday, I realise how insanely lucky that is, since it seems the biggest conspiracy of modern times is not political, it’s sugar.
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RatingsFrom BB house to 50s house
This week, after the Jubilee was done, it was once again time to scrutinise entrapped housemates as attention turned to the Big Brother house.
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RatingsSpringwatch has sprung
This week’s channel overview considers Springwatch, Embarrassing Bodies and a new doc on Afghanistan among others.
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RatingsViewers enjoy a fishy tale
BBC2’s fishy series began well, Chelsea bloomed and Gok got his wok out.