Hey Jimmy do you want to be ratings fodder?

Tonight on BBC1 an one off drama called Care will be screened. It is about a woman (played by Sheridan Smith) who seeks to find the proper accommodation for her Mother (as played by Alison Steadmen) after she suffers a severe stroke. It is written by Jimmy McGovern who is best known for many hard hitting dramas some of which are based on true life events like the Hilsbourgh disaster. However Care will be facing an uphill task to gain a large audience as it will be facing the final of this year's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. This has IAC most successful year in terms of ratings. To make up for absence of Ant McPartlin while he recovers from well documented personal problems producers put together the most high profile line up of camp mates (Noel Edmonds, John Barrowman to name just 2) in years. The result has been that IAC seen it's best ratings for 5 years. While the winner of this year's IAC will not be known until they are announced the ratings battle between BBC1 and ITV is in no doubt.

Fiona is in charge

After much speculation it has been confirmed that Fiona Bruce is the new host of BBC1's political discussion programme Question Time. She will become the first women to moderate the some times fiery exchanges that tend to happen on the programme. No news as yet on Fiona's other hosting duties on The 10 O'clock News and The Antiques Roadshow.

Herclue and the case of deja vu

On Boxing Day BBC1 will be showing the first part of it's adaptation of Agretha Christie's Herclue Poirot novel The ABC Murders starring John Malkovich as the Belgian defective. However earlier that day ITV3 will showing the 1993 version starring David Suchet as Poirot. However this not the first time the rival broadcasters have had a battle over different versions of the authors work. In the mid 2000s ITV started producing their own version of Miss Marple the BBC responded by repeating the much admired Joan Hickson adaptations from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. How the new version of ABC Murders compares the previous will be decided this Xmas.

No I don't move like that

Last night the World governing body of Football FIFA gave out it's annual awards. There was raised eyebrows when Ada Hegerberg collected the award for Women's Player of the Year, As she collected the award Ada was asked by host Martin Solvig if she Twerk. Twerk for those who don't know is a sexually provactive dance. Ada tersely responded that she did not. Solvig's question provoked outburst of fury world wide. One person who vented their fury was 3 time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray. What should have a major showcase for Solvig has turned into a PR disaster.

TV ratings 31-11-2018

The penultimate episode of the current series of Doctor Who was watched by 5.1 million viewers. This was down from the 5.7 million who watched the previous episode, There are currently rumours that both star Jodie Whitaker and show runner Chris Chibnall are going after the next series. Despite being the least watched series of X-Factor, the final was watched 7 million viewers. It saw judge Robbie Williams reuniting with 3 of his Take That band mates.

Alan Dale in the States

Neighbours the Australian Soap Opera will this Christmas will see the return of the character Jim Robinson even though the character had died. However actor Alan Dale who played Jim has been very busy since moving to the US. Here are some of the films and TV shows he has been in.


24

In the clock ticking thriller series Alan played fictional US Vice President Jim Prescott. In the second season he made a play for the main job but was foiled.

NCIS

Alan played NCIS director Tom Morrow for the long running shows first three seasons. The character made the occasional return before being killed by a renegade CIA agent.

Star Trek:Nemesis

In the last of the TNG films Alan under prosthetics plays Romulean Preator Hiream. His character barely lasts a few minutes as a chemical attack reduces him and others to crumbling statues

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls

When Indy survives a nuclear blast by getting into a fridge he finds himself being grilled by FBI agents about the KGB being on US soil. Alan plays an US Army General who gets him out of it.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Alan plays the role of a World Security Council member in what seems to be running theme in his career. This time by Robert Redford's covert HYDRA agent

Noel is out

The first personality to be voted out of this year's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! was in a shock result Noel Edmonds. Noel can console himself with being paid six hundred thousand pounds for his appearance and being given his highest profile in the media for at least a decade.