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Got some clips of Emmerdale Farm:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeoRN6wJaVE[/ame] Joe Sugden (Jack's brother, now deceased) with grandad, and Matt Skilbeck.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECDsvOvGfHM&mode=related&search=[/ame] From 1976, the Sugdens: Annie and Jack (this was the first Jack just prior to leaving, not the current Jack played by Clive Hornby).
Enjoy. :)
emmerdale won again last night but neither show had very good ratings,emmerdale had 7.2 but dropped to 6.6 when EE was on and EE got 6.5,
I think we can safely assume that Tuesday was a very fair contest as I personally didn't think a lot happened in the hour long special of Emmerdale and neither soap was airing a big storyline. Although it was a very minor victory I am pleased that Emmerdale is still ahead in the head to heads.
Just goes to show that even without a major storyline it still beats EE. I wonder what the beebs excuse will be. There were no explosions, car chases or anticipated deaths. Just two ordinary episodes shown back to back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Babe14
I don't the Beeb will say anything, it was pretty much even between the two, Emmerdale was only .1 ahead so fair contest.
Yes but its changed times now. It used to be that EE was only trying to beat Corrie with Emmerdale trailing the two of them in third place. Now EE struggles to beat Emmerdale when they go head to head. As said last nights was just two ordinary episodes. Imagine what it will be like if they go head to head later on in the year with some of the big storylines planned for the Dales. What have we to look forward to in the way of big stories on EE. The death of Pauline, return of Miss Piggy and/or the Return of the Chuckle Brothers. Who knows Den's return brought in the viewers so maybe a third resurrection is on the cards:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
Personally I don't think that it's only Eastenders that have to worry about Emmerdale, I think that Corrie will have to watch their backs too. Although thinking about it I should imagine that the rivalary between Emmerdale/Corrie isn't as strong as Emmerdale/Eastenders because of them being part of the same Television Network, ITV, whereas Easties is a BBC programme, so we also have the battle of the TV Networks thrown into the equation here.Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
IMO although I found Tuesday's episodes a bit slow, but still good viewing, Emmerdale is still shining brillantly. For example Wednesday's Episode was back to it's high standard, with lots happening, we have baby Sarah, Tom struggling to cope in the aftermath of his kidnap ordeal, Jo still scheming, Toni/Del saga, The Kings trying to recover their financial losses, etc.along with plenty of emotion, comedy, anger and that was just in one episode!
Whereas Eastenders, there is nothing that special happening for me, even though we are building up to Jake's "Explosive" exit:rolleyes: and to be honest these days I just record and flick through.
I've got to produce a newspaper for my A Level Media Studies coursework, one of the articles I'm including is about Emmerdale beating Eastenders in the ratings, here is the article, any feedback would be appreciated
Soap Ratings War:
Emmerdale Thrashes Eastenders!
Thursday’s hour long episode of Emmerdale has once more beaten BBC soap Eastenders in the ongoing war of soap ratings!
Last night’s hour long Emmerdale extravaganza saw an average of 8.3 million viewers tune in, a 43% audience share in its 7pm-8pm timeslot compared to Eastenders 4.5 million viewers, winning a 23% share, almost half of the viewers that tuned in to see the climax to the gripping King hostage storyline.
The Yorkshire based soap opera saw long-term characters Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) and Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) depart the show last night, with a shocking and sensational end to the dramatic hostage drama that saw Cain kidnap millionaire Tom King and lover Sadie and hold the pair at gunpoint.
This was compared to a rather dull episode of Eastenders that saw newly wed’s Billy (Perry Fenwick) & Honey (Emma Barton) Mitchell come to terms with the fact that newborn daughter Janet had Downes syndrome. Despite it’s emotionally moving action and well written scripts it is set to be a slow burner, and would explain why Eastenders lost out in ratings to ITV soap Emmerdale.
This comes after the hard hitting news that Eastenders faced back in July when it suffered its lowest ratings of all time, averaging just 3.9 million viewers when up against Emmerdale’s hour long episode that saw the Kings River show home explosion, which got 6.7 million in the same time slot.
Emmerdale has seen a steady accent in ratings over the past few years, as the quality of storylines, acting and writing has improved drastically. The show now often beats both Eastenders and its ITV rival Coronation Street in the fiercely contended soap ratings wars, a clear change from the days when it was regularly in third position. It’s hour long episodes almost always beat Eastenders in the ratings, and this is set to continue over the Winter with ITV planning more explosive hour long episodes to go head to head with Eastenders.
An Eastenders spokesman has described the figures as “very untypical, with the average audience per episode being 10 million.” The spokesman went to say that “"Eastenders is a show in good health which has had a strong year both critically and with audiences, and we have an “explosive” Winter planned"
Gone are the days when everyone watched Eastenders regularly and episodes drew in 30.1 million viewers. With this year seeing character assignations, recycled versions of age-old storylines and a bombardment of talentless and dry characters, the future looks bleak for the BBC’s flagship show….
that seems one good peice of coursework you have done,one which if written in the press would be informative without being bitchy and gloating which is the way the tabloids report the soap ratings
Excellent and very professionally written BB. I agree with the above it would be a good press article, as it doesn't come across as back stabbing or bias. The article contains "Fact and Truth", not Lies and Fiction"