Sunday, 3 December 2017

TV Ratings report of the day 03-12-2017

The first half of the X Factor continued the series decline by only attracting nearly 4 and a half million viewers. Even I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here has shown signs of decline by posting just over 7 million viewers. Has the reality bubble burst?

Friday, 1 December 2017

2018 World Cup draw

the draw for next year's World Cup draw has thrown up some intriguing match ups in the group stages. The most appealing is the match up between Spain and Portugal, it already has the feel of a local derby. Other juicy matches include England vs Belgium, Germany vs Sweden and Saudi Arabia vs Egypt. The cup starts next June.

Thursday, 30 November 2017

The Night Manager returns

It has been annoucned that Matthew Orton will be writing the sequel to the Night Manager, the extremely successful adaptation of John le Care's tale of the murky world of arms dealing. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Oliva Colman and a BAFTA winning Tom Hollander, the series gained massive ratings and many awards. The new series will not based on a le Care so therefore will tread it's own path.

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

The Hatton Garden mystery

ITV have just postponed a new drama about the infamous Hatton Garden robbery of 2015 in which £200 million pounds worth jewellery was stolen. The drama starring Timothy Spall and Kenneth Cranham as members of the gang was due to shown over 4 consecutive days from 11th December and was even trailed quite heavily. Then suddenly ITV pulled the drama from the schedule and replaced it with the fictional crime drama Bancroft starring Sarah Parish. ITV say the Hatton Garden drams should be seen next year.

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Stupid quiz show answer of the day 28-11-2015

On today's edition of Tipping Point contestants were asked which Northern English city hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games. One contestant buzzed in with the answer Edinburgh which of course is in Scotland. The answer is Manchester.

Monday, 27 November 2017

Where have the Suits gone?

The announcement of the engagement between Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle has of course made the headlines. One interesting aspect is that Suits the legal drama Markle starred in until this year was dropped by British TV channel Dave and was snapped by streaming giants Netflix. One has to wonder how the bosses at Dave are feeling just now.

Saturday, 25 November 2017

The return of Toast

Matt Berry has announced that an new series of Toast of London is being made. Berry who stars as the luckless actor Steven Toast as well as co-writing with Arthur Matthews. Episodes have seen Steven star in a film called Prince Philip: Scoundrel Dog, buried alive and fleeing from Michael Ball who is trying to collect a gambling debt he owes to Andrew Lloyd-Webber. The show has seen guest appearances from many famous actors either in Character (Brian Blessed, Timothy West, Amanda Donohoe) or as themselves (Ball, Peter Davison, John Nettles). Fans are waiting to see what misadventures Steven gets up to this time around.