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February was a good month for nearly all broadcasters, with only Channel 5 seeing revenue totals fall compared to 2014.The youngest of the main free to air commercial stations had a revenue fall of 12.1% year on year, to stand at just over £20m.ITV1 network had a double digit increase in revenues for the monthly,… Continue reading TV market round-up: February 2015

Wednesday night saw BBC One take a slice of Channel 4’s greased up chicken shop action, although The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop (9pm) featured significantly less aggressive drunks and amorous drag queens.

Tuesday night brought the launch of a new ensemble drama on BBC One, with Ordinary Lies promising to be a hard-hitting tale dealing with the self-made trials and tribulations of those put-upon working class Northern types.

The start of a fresh new week of TV brought an end to ITV’s latest crime drama, as credibility-stretching Arthur and George’s (9pm) time on our screens wrapped up after a swift three-week run.

One week after Aidan Turner’s Poldark (9pm) sent hearts aflutter the romantic reboot continued to pull in a strong audience last night as a result of some gratuitous Georgian skinny dipping.

Just one week since its début, Jimmy McGovern’s latest drama suffered a severe -30% drop in viewers, as Banished (BBC Two, 9pm) really began to live up to its name.

Single-handedly helping perpetuate the image of an eternally grim North, last night saw DCI Banks (9pm) return to ITV, although recently it looks like the put-upon detective has a good reason to frown.

As Jeremy Clarkson gets himself into hot water again, Raymond Snoddy wonders what implications his potential departure may have for the BBC.

Long-running culinary cook-off, MasterChef (9pm) returned to BBC One’s screens last night after the schedule mainstay deprived the TV viewing nation of John Torode and Gregg Wallace’s combined beauty for an agonising eight months.

Monday night saw ITV’s latest novelty crime drama reach the half way point of its very short run, with the second episode of its heavily Sherlock-influenced historical mystery taking quite a knock, week on week.