Thrill of Antiques Roadshow outshines Glasto and World Cup
Despite a lot of drizzle and rain, the past weekend played host to a number of iconic outdoor activities which were thankfully all available to watch from the comfort and safety of the TV set.
BBC Two kicked off yesterday’s Glastonbury 2014 coverage at 5pm, with rhinestone-studded, bewigged country popstrel, Dolly Parton, entertaining the masses with her large legends slot on the Pyramid Stage.
An audience of 1.9 million viewers tuned in for the 2 hours of live performances and highlights, netting an 11% share for the channel and BBC Two’s biggest hit of the day.
Over on the other side, ITV was getting ready to hand its entire Sunday schedule away to FIFA World Cup 2014 coverage, with viewers being spoilt by an entire hour of pre-match ‘fun’ as Adrian Chiles barely managed to feign interest.
5.3 million viewers tuned in for the entire coverage of the Holland v Mexico game (kick off 5pm), peaking at 8.7 million viewers in the closing moments. The match, which saw Mexico’s World Cup dreams dashed, pulled in an average audience share of 34%.
Afterwards a spot of Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7:30pm) was watched by 3.6 million viewers and an 18% share, while BBC One’s eternally popular Countryfile (7:20pm) secured 5.3 million viewers and a 27% share.
If Countryfile‘s visit to Lincolnshire didn’t offer enough twee to float viewers’ Sunday evening boats, Antiques Roadshow (BBC One, 8:10pm) came along straight afterwards to keep the excitement levels up.
Yesterday saw Fiona Bruce and her hoard of academic types descend on yet another lovely country house, this time in rainy South Yorkshire. While that mightn’t sound very thrilling, the damp antiques appraising action took in Sunday’s biggest audience.
5.8 million people tuned in to BBC One to see an array of hopeful middle aged people queue up to get their dusty bits assessed, resulting in an impressive 27% share.
Around the same time on ITV, it was time to dart back to Brazil for the second game of the day with coverage starting at 8:30pm. 5.2 million viewers tuned in to see Costa Rica exhaust Greece in a 1-1 game, only to go on and send the Greek team crashing out in penalties.
The taut battle secured an average share of 30% and peaked with 6.3 million viewers at 10:45pm.
9:10pm saw BBC One go completely mad altogether and air Casualty on a night that wasn’t Saturday. The medical drama’s extremely rare Sunday outing dealt with the aftermath of last week’s train disaster and was watched by 4 million viewers, with an audience share of 18% tuning in to see the staff of the hectic A&E lose one of their own to the wards of Holby City.
10pm brought the final trip to Glastonbury 2014 for BBC Two, with a live broadcast of Kasabian’s closing set peppered with highlights of the day bringing in just 623,000 viewers and a 5% share.
At the same time, Channel 4 broadcast that film scientifically designed to make you feel all sorry for those poor Royals. The King’s Speech, the big award magnet from 2010, saw Colin Firth’s King George VI find his voice, which attracted an audience of 1 million viewers and a 5% share – Channel 4’s biggest hit of the day.
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