All Digital Focus articles – Page 28
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RatingsBig impact for E4’s Big Bang
But The Big Expansion Theory just sounded like elasticated slacks, which is not a great brand image. E4 won’t care, though, as its acquired sitcom continues to expand.The Big Bang Theory began its new series on E4 on Thursday at 8.30pm with its best figures yet – 1.7 million/8% (inc ...
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RatingsBBC4 quiz fails to connect
“Take your BBC1 shilling and be gone Buns!’ BBC2, wounded but proud, points dramatically to the exit. Then with barely a beat, but arms akimbo, it welcomes a quiz with hieroglyphics. BBC4 turns around, looks at the drawing board and says huffily: “Well?”
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RatingsRepeats work for Some Girls
Some girls, said the Rolling Stones, give money, clothes and heart attacks.
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RatingsNo mystery to ITV3 success
“It’s a mystery,” Toyah Wilcox once squeaked, leaping about the stage. Some years on from that postpunk anthem, she remains correct in her observation; except it’s a murder mystery, and they love it.
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RatingsBBC4 living la dolce vita
BBC4’s championing of the subtitled drama has been famously led by the dourly compelling ‘Scandi Noir’.
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RatingsJack’s back to buoy BBC3
I sometimes think most of my teachers were like Jack Whitehall in BBC3’s Bad Education.
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Ratings1.2m lap up Lemon’s Juice
The Edinburgh Festival ended this week, with BBC3 celebrating the up and coming, while a juice and two Xtras returned to ITV2.
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RatingsBig day joy for BBC3’s Brides
Any bride would surely be elated with a half-time ceremony at Stoke City FC in front of 28,000 strangers.
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RatingsRoyals rule on BBC4
There are an awful lot of kings and queens about at the moment and BBC4 joined in with its tales of the royal boudoir and the equally rambunctious goings-on of the Anglo Saxons and their falsely accused cake burner King Alfred.
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RatingsCartoons are a top draw
Displayed in the National Gallery is the Burlington House Cartoon by Leonardo someone.
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RatingsBaby joy for digital news
After naming the new royal urchin George Alexander Louis, I wondered if there might be a ‘By George, it’s a GAL’ headline.
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RatingsStar power wins for BBC4
BBC4 proved old stars never lose it as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor delivered nicely for the channel this week.
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RatingsThe Force is with ITV
In the ancient battle of the sexes, it was refreshing to see that when it comes to football, men and women are equal in their ineptitude, as England got booted out of the Women’s Euro tournament.
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RatingsDynamo's magic touch
Last year, he smashed ratings records; this year, the magic wasn’t quite there.
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RatingsBBC4 bowls them over
As The Ashes kicked off, BBC4 took a sideways look back at cricket, airing Aussie two-part factual drama Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War.
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RatingsSkins takes a bow for E4
Without a doubt, the scariest villain of all time is the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. BBC4 visited the location for his nefarious ne’er-do-well’s crimes this week and I hid behind a cushion. Elsewhere, Skins returned for a final fling and the top of the table revealed a ...
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RatingsCracking show for egg doc
After declaring himself the egg man, John Lennon sang ‘goo goo g’joob’ – the noise the eggs made when, as a nipper, I spilled the contents of our weekly shopping trolley into the road.
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RatingsSport is the winner
Someone said to me recently that 2013 was a non-sport year, which I found odd, because I’ve been watching a lot of it.
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RatingsBBC3 hits back of the net
I rang a call centre the other day. I was bamboozled into the wrong department by apparently not having enough choices to select, which, after pressing six on the third menu surprised me a bit.
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RatingsA good call for BBC3
We’re on a new digital journey, with a new table breaking out those digital shows unconnected to PSB operators. But where they have breakout hits, they’ll still appear here; think of this as the definitive digital mirror to our top 100.