2 articles from 2008
2 July 2008 12:28 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
The BBC channels enjoyed strong ratings on Monday, with coverage of Andy Murray's four-hour Wimbledon match peaking at 10.4m viewers. Schedules were rearranged to make way for the match, in which Murrary ultimately defeated Richard Gasquet and progressed to the quarter-finals. Coverage began on BBC One at 5.30pm and drew 3.8m (28%) until 6pm, when it moved to BBC Two and attracted 4.3m (23.5%) until 8.30pm. Back on the flagship channel, the closing stages drew an impressive 8.6m (37.2%) until 9.35pm and peaked with a 44% share between 9.15pm and 9.30pm. BBC One was forced to drop benefit fraud documentary On the Fiddle? and delay new drama Criminal Justice and The 10 O'Clock News. The crime drama, which stars Ben Whishaw and Pete Postlethwaite and is being stripped across this week, attracted 5.5m (26%) over an hour from (more)
By Dave West
22 May 2008 6:58 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
BBC One is making a new five-part crime thriller starring Ben Whishaw and Pete Postlethwaite to air this summer. Criminal Justice centres on Ben Coulter, who finds himself being prosecuted for murder after waking up in bed next to an attractive young woman who has been stabbed to death. Coulter, played by Whishaw (Perfume, I'm Not There), finds himself on a "rollercoaster ride" through the criminal justice system. Ending up in prison, he has to learn to survive alongside tough (more)
Dave West
2 articles from 2008