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Tuesday 09 Mar 2010
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Episode One PDF Print E-mail

Desperate Romantics opens to 2.5m

Wednesday, July 22 2009, 17:35 BST

By Dan French, TV Reporter (DigitalSpy)

Zoe in Desperate RomanticsDesperate Romantics had a decent debut for BBC Two last night, according to early ratings figures.

The first episode of the series, starring Zoe Tapper, opened to 2.47m (11%), putting the channel in fourth place in the 9pm hour.

It was beaten by ITV1's Car Crime UK, which had 3.17m (14.2%), the similarly-themed Truth About Crime, which took 3.04m (13.6%) for BBC One, and Five's screening of the latest CSI: Miami, which was seen by 2.54m (11.4%).

The latest visit to the Big Brother house attracted 2.24m (10%) to Channel 4 over the same period.

Holby City came top during the 8pm hour, putting in 5.42m (24.4%) for BBC One, while ITV1's Send In The Dogs logged 3.65m (16.5%).

BBC Two's Coast had 3.11m (14%), Property Snakes And Ladders grabbed 2.06m (9.3%) for Channel 4, and 810k (3.65%) tuned in for Monster Moves on Five.

Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 21.6% to ITV1's 16.1%. BBC Two was third with 9.8%, followed by Channel 4 with 7.7% (+1: 1.3%) and Five's 6.6%.

Elsewhere, Sci Fi's 8pm screening of Knight Rider averaged 125k (0.6%). Dollhouse followed at 9pm, pulling in 117k (0.6%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional

Original article here.

 
Episode Two PDF Print E-mail

Desperate Romantics' drops 500,000

Friday, July 31 2009, 11:41 BST

By Neil Wilkes, Editor
'Desperate Romantics' drops 500,000

Desperate RomanticsBBC Two drama Desperate Romantics dropped around 500k on Tuesday, according to early figures.

The second episode of the series, about the steamy world of the pre-Raphaelites, took 1.99m (9.2%) in the 9pm hour, putting the channel in last place for the period.

ITV1 won the slot with 3.81m (17.5%) for Car Crime UK, while BBC One's The Truth About Crime had 2.76m (12.7%). Five's CSI: Miami was close behind with 2.7m (12.4%) and on Channel 4, the latest visit to Big Brother drew 2.13m (9.8%).

At 8pm, Holby City put in a slot-winning 5.1m (22.7%) for BBC One. ITV1's Send In The Dogs averaged 3.87m (17.2%) and on BBC Two, Coast appealed to 3.22m (14.4%). Channel 4's Property Snakes and Ladders interested 2.1m (9.3%) and Five's Big: Bigger: Biggest claimed 981k (4.4%).

Overall, BBC One won primetime with an average share of 20.8% to ITV1's 17.7%. BBC Two was third with 9.7%, followed by Channel 4 with 7.4% (+1: 1%) and Five with 7.1%.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional

Original article here.

 
Episode Three PDF Print E-mail

Desperate RomanticsBig Brother grabbed 2.1m (9.6%) for Channel 4, and the third episode of BBC Two's Desperate Romantics pulled in 2m (9.1%), putting the channel in last place during the timeslot.

Original article here.

 
Episode Four PDF Print E-mail

Desperate RomanticsDesperate Romantics - starring Aidan Turner and Rafe Spall - came last during the 9pm hour, drawing 1.74m (8.1%) for BBC Two.

Original article here.

 
Episode Five PDF Print E-mail

2.5m see the Duchess tackle hoodies

Thursday, August 20 2009, 11:50 BST

By Dan French, TV Reporter

The first part of Sarah Ferguson's The Duchess On The Estate had a fair start for ITV1 last night, according to the latest ratings figures.

The 9pm documentary, which saw the duchess spend a week on a council estate in Manchester in a bid to solve the drugs and crime problems, pulled in 2.51m (11.8%), coming second in its timeslot.

It was beaten by BBC One's Crimewatch Solved, which attracted 3.75m (17.4%).

Desperate RomanticsDesperate Romantics averaged 1.82m (8.4%) for BBC Two, 2.51m (11.6%) watched CSI: Miami on Five, and Channel 4's Big Brother highlights show was seen by 2.07m (9.6%). A further 405k (2.6%) tuned in on Channel 4+1.

Holby City led the 8pm hour, pulling in 5.07m (23.5%) for BBC Two. Its nearest rival, BBC Two's Coast, had 3.43m (15.9%).

ITV1's Car Crime UK managed 3.06m (14.2%), 1.7m (7.9%) tuned in for the penultimate part of Channel 4's Property Snakes And Ladders, and Five's Big, Bigger, Biggest was seen by 551k (2.6%).

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 22% to ITV1's 14.4%. BBC Two was third with 11.7%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.8% (+1: 1%) and Five's 6.2%.

Elsewhere, a new BBC Three series, Virgin Cooks - starring chef Gordon Jones - managed 360k (1.8%) during the 9pm hour.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional

Original article here.

 


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High Octane Interview

Total Sci-Fi Online interviewed Zoë and Robyn Addison about their experiences in Series 2 of Survivors and their characters, Anya and Sarah.

The interview is here: Total Sci-Fi Online Interview with Zoe Tapper and Robyn Addison - February 2010.

 
DVD Box Sets

The DVD box set for Survivors Series 2 release date has been put back to 1st March 2010 (due to transmission delays) and there is to be a box set containing both Series 1 and Series 2 of Survivors!

More details on the Survivors DVDs Page.

 
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BBC America have a section of their US-based website for Survivors Fans.

The Survivors pages are here.

 
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All six episodes of series two of Survivors will be available for streaming (or time-limited download) on the BBC iPlayer service. Rather than the standard seven-day access to a single episode (after which a new episode replaces the previous one) the entire series will be ’stacked’ on the iPlayer.

More on the News Page.

 
Monumental End!

In an interview on the Digital Spy website, Survivors actor Paterson Joseph (Greg) suggests that series two will conclude with a ‘monumental’ finale, as key storylines play out in episodes five and six.

Please note that the interview contains significant ***SPOILERS*** concerning end of series two plot developments.

 
Ratings

A new page in the Survivors Section called Ratings, reflects the UK ratings for each episode of Survivors just after they air.

 
Worlds Apart

The Survivorsbbctv blog announced yesterday the forthcoming publication of a new guidebook on the BBC’s remake of Survivors, written by the author of the blog and published by Classic TV Press. Full details here.

 
Daily Mail Interview - Jan 2010

A new interview with Zoë by UK newspaper The Daily Mail posted in the Interviews Section. In the interview, Zoë talks about her acting career from when she first started acting in Stage Beauty, to her current role in Survivors, Series 2 of which is to be aired in the UK on January 12th and Series 1 airing in the US on February 13th.

The complete interview is in the Interviews Section and the Survivors Section has the details about both Series of Survivors, including the UK trailer for Series 2 and a YouTube catch-up video for Series 1.

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Romantics in Australia

BBC drama Desperate Romantics is to be aired to audiences in Australia as part of a raft of sales down under. The 6 x 60-minute period drama, described as a 19th century Entourage, has been picked up by public broadcaster ABC TV in a deal with BBC Worldwide. More on the News Page.

 
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Baseline - a new film currently in production and co-starring Zoë as Jessica:

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Recently added to The Curse of Steptoe Gallery - pictures and video clips of Zoë as Shelia Steafel in the BBC play The Curse of Steptoe.