Ratings round-up: ‘Prisoners’ Wives’ return is visited by 4m viewers
The second series of Prisoners’ Wives debuted on BBC One on Thursday to an audience share of 17.8% and 4m viewers.
The second series of Prisoners’ Wives debuted on BBC One on Thursday to an audience share of 17.8% and 4m viewers.
As CSI Miami ends this week, here’s a new CSI that’ll leave the criminals… [puts on shades] …bricking it. ‘YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!’
Amy and Rory’s departure from the TARDIS was watched by 5.9m (26.9%) on Saturday and became the third most watched episode of the current series.
Tom Stoppard’s adaption of Parade’s End ended its five-part run at the weekend with 1.8m (8.4%) viewers for BBC Two.
This week saw the schedules get back to normal as the BBC waved goodbye to the Olympics and several new shows were launched.
Unsurprisingly, the BBC’s Olympic coverage has been running (and cycling and rowing and dressage-ing) away with the viewing figures this week.
As classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses hits its 30th anniversary this month, one of its best known stars, John Challis, reflects on the success of the show with Being Boycie, his ‘warts-and-all’ autobiography. Published on 29th September, Being Boycie is the story of an actor who has worked with everyone from the Royal Shakespeare … >
It’s a wonder there are still new crimes to cover now that there are exactly 108 (a complicated lab test involving iodine was used to determine this number) variants of the CSI franchise.
Currently starring in Hollyoaks as Pete Hamill, ex-professional footballer Peter Mitchell has also appeared in Channel 4’s Cast-Offs and recently landed a part in new comedy pilot Rick & Peter. Looking at political correctness around disability, Rick & Peter also stars Joe Wilkinson (Him & Her) and T4’s Rick Edwards. > Catch up with Hollyoaks … >
The CSI franchise has been rolling on for over a decade now. Not many shows make it to a tenth season these days, so it’s a mark of the Las Vegas original’s quality that the show has survived for so long.