My week started on
Wednesday 11th June @ 18:00 hrs and concluded at 18:00 hrs on Wednesday 18th
June @ 18:00hrs
Channel 4
Wednesday 11th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Well
channel 4's main seller at the moment has to be Big Brother, this is on at
regular times, and the good news is that it's linked. The links start off well
with Big Brothers Little Brother at 18:00hrs. |
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Repeats of
Friends and the new series of ER are also linked. Sneaked between these two big
sellers was the series How Clean is Your House at 20:30hrs which also offered
the link. Big Brother then returned as did the ever popular V Graham Norton,
which both again offered the series link function. At 23:45hrs The Michael
Essany Show offered the link and then we were taken into Big Brother
Live.
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Surprisingly RISE was not linked at 07:00hrs nor was Countdown at 16:00, this
seems strange considering that they are broadcast every day at the same
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In this 24hr
period 43 programmes were broadcast of which 16 were linked. This equates to
37.20 % being linked.
Channel 4
Thursday 12th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Again the
day started off with The Big Brother link. Hollyoaks then joined the list, as
did the evening programme Place In The Sun. Big Brother was again linked in the
evening and throughout the night. The news and educational programmes that were
broadcast through the night failed to offer any links, and this appeared to be
consistent throughout the week. Richard and Judy appeared with links at
17:00hrs. |
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In this period
36 programmes were broadcast of which 14 were linked. This equates to 38.88 %
being linked.
Channel 4
Friday 13th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
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Good
evening for links this one. The majority of all 4's entertainment programmes
offered this function, with Big Brothers Little Brother kick starting the
action. This was followed by another popular channel 4 favourite, Hollyoaks.
The links then continued from 19:30hrs to the early hours. These included Big
Brother, Friends and V Graham Norton. |
Again no links
were offered throughout the night (Kids programmes and Films) but Brookside was
then linked from 16:00hrs.
In this 24hr
period 28 programmes were broadcast of which 12 were linked. This equates to
42.85 % being linked.
Channel 4
Saturday 14th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
It was only
really the showings of Big Brother that were linked in this period. This was on
throughout the evening, only interrupted by the odd film that obviously didn't
carry the link. Throughout the night there was 4 music programmes linked,
however quite strangely, no links were offered to the regular kids
programmes in the morning. The period was finished off nicely though with the
usual link for Big Brother and Hollyoaks that were on in the
afternoon.
In this 24hr
period 33 programmes were broadcast of which 14 were linked. This equates to
42.42 % being linked.
Channel 4
Sunday 15th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Not a bad
24hr period for links this one. The period started off well at 18:00hrs with
the programme Superman Smallville being linked. Again no weekend news
programmes seemed to be linked, however again all the Big Brother Links
appeared to carry the link. At 22:00hrs the big seller, 6 Feet Under was
linked, as was Graham Norton, Richard Taylor and This Model Life(01:20hrs -
03:30hrs) There were no early morning kids programmes linked, nor were there
any links for the educational programmes in the afternoon. |
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The afternoon
programmes, Place In The Sun and Britains Best Homes were linked,
Countdown rather strangely was not, but good old Richard and Judy saved the day
by offering the link function.
In this 24hr
period 35 programmes were broadcast of which 13 were linked. This equates to
37.14 % being linked
Channel 4
Monday 16th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
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This day
very much seemed to follow the trend set by previous weekdays. All the Big
Brother programmes offered the series link function, as did the channel 4 soap
Hollyoaks. The evening shows of Surviving Extremes, V Graham Norton and West
Wing were also linked. Countdown again was not linked, but the Place In The Sun
and Richard and Judy were. |
In this 24hr
period there were 55 programmes broadcast of which 13 were linked. This equates
to 23.63 % being linked
Channel 4
Tuesday 17th June from 18:00hrs for 24hrs
Good evening this one to finish off the
week of links on 4. There seemed to be links from 18:00hrs through to 02:00hrs.
These programmes included; Big Brother, Hollyoaks, Britains Best Homes,
Born To Be Different, V Graham Norton, Soul Nation and Natwest Cricket
Highlights. Again no links throughout the night and during the night but from
15:15hrs links were offered to Place In The Sun and Britains Best Homes.
Again no Countdown link, but a big slap on the back for Richard and Judy at
17:00hrs. |
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In this 24hr
period there were 57 programmes broadcast of which 15 were linked. This equates
to 26.31 %being linked.
Overall
Conclusion for Channel 4's Series Link Service
Well on the
whole I have to say that Channel 4 have made a good effort. At this time Big
Brother is there big winner and it was good to see that the majority of
showings were offering the link. Hollyoaks, ER, V Graham Norton also offered
the link which is great as these are obviously very popular. Rather strangely
the daytime programmes RISE at 07:00hrs and Countdown at 16:15hrs failed to
offer the link. This is rather strange as they are long running series on 4 and
Im sure they attract many morning and afternoon viewers.
Over the course
of the week Channel 4 broadcast 287 programmes of which 97 were linked. This
equates to a weekly total of 33.79 % being linked. The best day for links was
Friday and the worst day for links was Monday. |