My week started on
Wednesday 11th June @ 18:00 hrs and concluded at 18:00 hrs on Wednesday 18th
June @ 18:00hrs
BBC2 Wednesday
11th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Well as expected
there wasn't quite as many links on this channel for midweek. A good winner for
the Beeb is the Simpsons of course which can always be relied upon. There's
always going to be the odd film tucked away on 2 so no links there. As we go
through the night we hit on educational programmes again that offer no links.
The main links that might interest some are Ready Steady Cook and The Weakest
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In this 24hr period
there were 39 programmes of which 14 were linked. This equates to 35.89% being
linked.
BBC2 Thursday
12th June from 18:00 for 24hrs
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All your main
consumer programmes, and The Simpsons of course were linked from 18:00hrs.
Links continue to about midnight. (Fresh Prince, Malcolm in The Middle etc.)
Nice addition was the Queens Tennis Tournament - ideal for all those fans not
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In this 24hr period
there were 45 programmes broadcast of which only 16 were linked. This equates
to only 35.55% being linked.
BBC2 Friday 13th
June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Again the day
started off well with the big seller, The Simpsons. Friday night seems to be a
good night for links with Robot Wars, Joy Of Gardening and Timewatch all
offering links. The ever popular Thin Blue Line was also linked even though
they are old repeats. Throughout the night there's the compulsory film
thats obviously not linked but then the little green arrow returns with
full force from 06:00hrs with kids programmes being linked until
16:00hrs. |
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In this 24hr period
there were 24 broadcasts of which 16 were linked. This equates to a very
respectable 66.66% being linked.
BBC2 Saturday
14th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Not so great this one
from the Beeb. There were no links during the early evening, and it was only
the Friday evenings repeat of Have I Got News For You that offered the service.
Nothing was linked through the night, occasionally there was the odd consumer
programme that offered the link, and apart from the Tennis also being covered
that was about all.
In this 24hr period
there were 24 programmes broadcast of which only 7 were linked. This equates to
only 29.16 % being linked.
BBC2 Sunday 15th
June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
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From about
18:40hrs programmes started to be linked, this continued to about 23:30hrs(Some
Mothers Do av em, Top Gear and BBC2's top Sunday night programme 24) Nothing
appeared to be linked through the night, nor were any kids or school programmes
during the following day. Around about 16:00hrs links started to appear again,
with the ever present Ready Steady Cook and Weakest Link. |
In this 24hr period 42
programmes were broadcast of which only 10 were linked. This equates to
only23.80% being linked.
BBC2 Monday 16th
June from 18:00hrs for 24 hrs
The same
principal applies where the early evening programmes were linked, (Simpsons,
Fresh Prince, University Challenge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks). Again, possibly
due to the fact there's many short educational programmes through the night,
there was nothing linked. There were no Pre- school programmes or kids
programmes linked throughout the day. The links started up again with Royal
Ascot and Weakest Link. |
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In this 24hr period
there were 47 programmes broadcast of which 18 were linked. This equates to
38.29 % being linked.
BBC2 Tuesday 17th
June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
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The trend being
set here by BBC2 is that all early evening programmes and late evening
programmes are being linked.(Simpsons, TOTP2, Star Trek, You Money Or Your
Life, Battle Of The Atlantic and Newsnight.)Again there were no links through
the night, but picked up nicely at 13:30hrs for Working Lunch, Neighbours,
Laurel & Hardy, Royal Ascot and Weakest Link. |
In this 24hr period
there were 45 programmes broadcast of which 13 were linked. This equates to
28.88 % being linked.
Overall
Conclusion for BBC2's Series link Service
As probably expected
BBC2's service did not fare quite as well as BBC1's. Saying that they have most
of there most popular series linked. Early evening showings seem to very
popular with the links. From 18:00hrs each evening (Simpsons) links appear and
continue to about approx 22:00hrs.. The trend seems to be that there are many
school programmes broadcast through the night, none of which are linked.
Because of this there seems to be quite a high number of broadcasts for the
week, and therefore the % of links seems to be low. However if BBC2 continue to
link the majority of their top series I dont think anyone will be
complaining.
Over the course of the
week BBC2 broadcast 266 programmes of which 94 were linked. This equates to a
weekly total of 35.33% being linked. The best day for links was Friday
and the worst day for links was Sunday.
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