4gamesandcounting Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Was looking through my pictures from vancouver - I went to the Skeleton finals - and Clare was wearing exactly the same jacket last night as in vancouver when Amy won. Her lucky coat maybe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Oops. Introducing the Korean 2-man bobsleigh team, a BBC commentator referred to the next Winter Olympics "in Pyongyang". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 That won't be the last time someone says Pyeongyang. We've got four more years of that to look forward to. If the BBC's getting it wrong, you have to wonder how these guys will cope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 i like that ed guy who does the xtreme snow commentary. he's such an idiot but he makes me laugh. we never get people like that in the states who go off script to make a slighly off color, funny joke. i'm starting to look forward to his events. (could this be the crush that gets me over javier?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 He is brilliant and they've finally found him a decent co-commentator with the guy they've bought in this year. The freestyle skiing coverage is very dull in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Consolidated BARB ratings (i.e. including iPlayer catch-up) for the BBC TV coverage of the first few days of Sochi 2014 are now in, among the general stats for the week 3-9 February.The Opening Ceremony was BBC2's 11th most popular programme of the week, with 2.38 million viewers (which, a little unusually, is actually down from the initial overnight estimate), just beating the Sunday afternoon coverage (2.26 mil.). Saturday early evening was at number 7 (2.74 mil.); the Sunday evening summary at 6 (2.74 mil. and a tiny bit); Saturday evening summary at 5 (2.8 mil.) and Sunday early evening at 3 (3.08 mil.). The momentous Saturday morning coverage (8am onward) was at 27, with 1.72 million viewers. [uK viewers may well have anticipated that BBC2's top two shows of the week were Dragons' Den (3.12 mil.) and the mighty Top Gear (6.97 mil.) on Sunday evening.] Alan Davies' Après-Ski did not make the BBC2 top 30; overnight ratings had put it at 1 million, which seems to place it well behind the consolidated rating for Channel 4's number 10 show of the week, The Last Leg with Adam Hills, which had 1.5 million in the same Friday 10pm timeslot.Overall weekly viewing stats (3-9 Feb vs 27 Jan-2 Feb):BBC2 average daily reach 16,112,000 viewers (27.5% of UK population over 4); UP from previous week 13,720,000 (23.5%) BBC Red Button (main) average daily reach 919,000 viewers (1.6% of pop.); UP from previous week 474,000 (0.8%) BBC Red Button (Olympic extra) average daily reach 372,000 viewers (given in chart as 1.1% of pop. but actually 0.6%); previous week 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Considering Clare Balding rightly or wrongly got all the plaudits for the BBC's coverage of 2012 it's quite appropriate she's been upstaged this time around by the #sochitrolley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 What a star! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 The first full week of UK consolidated TV ratings for Sochi is now in. In the first week of Vancouver 2010, when there was basically a single block of programming starting in late afternoon UK time, the Olympics made the BBC2 Top 30 programmes every day except Thursday. Making an estimate of 1.7 million viewers for Thursday, we get a daily average of 2.35 million Olympic viewers from 15-21 February 2010.For the week of 10-16 February 2014, all the nightly "Today at the Games" highlight shows made the BBC2 Top 30, with a daily average of 2.44 million viewers. In addition, nine blocks of the live coverage also made the Top 30, with audiences ranging up to 3.02 million on Sunday afternoon (no. 4 in the BBC2 chart).In terms of overall audience, BBC2's daily reach for this week was up to 17,709,000 viewers (30.3% of the population); Red Button (main) up to 2,024,000 (3.5%); Red Button (Olympic) 1,062,000 (1.8%).What makes comparisons with 2010 slightly difficult is that for Vancouver, web streaming was not a realistic option for most households. Instead, satellite viewers could access eight Red Button channels- which was fine for satelllite viewers, and no doubt boosted BSkyB subscriptions for that year, but was only available to a minority. None of the satellite streams in 2010 reached more than 430,000 viewers a day. The 2014 online streams are, unfortunately, outside BARB's statistical remit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 In honour of Clare and her trolley, here's the back of the new £1 coin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 who's that Clare person?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 who's that Clare person?? Claire Balding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 who is she??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 One of the main presenters on the BBC's Olympic coverage for the last few Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 One of the main presenters on the BBC's Olympic coverage for the last few Games. She's a good presenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Wow Britain must not have enough significant people if they're putting a tv person on their coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 She's replacing the Queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 She's replacing the Queen. Well, in terms of status. Probably won't get the palaces and castles though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 She can;t be that good if I haven't heard of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 She can;t be that good if I haven't heard of her. As a matter of curiosity, can you, without resorting to online searches, give us your summary of the work of Ant and Dec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 As a matter of curiosity, can you, without resorting to online searches, give us your summary of the work of Ant and Dec? Just saw this now. Without knowing those 2, how about an F- and an F+?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow Britain must not have enough significant people if they're putting a tv person on their coins. They should only put royals on coins. My vote's for Lupo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Just saw this now. Without knowing those 2, how about an F- and an F+?? Oh dear, you have such a lot to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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