Barb research

BARB

BARB is The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) is the organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1977 to replace a previous systems whereby ITV ratings were compiled by JICTAR (Joint Industry Committee for Television Audience Research), whilst the BBC did their own audience research.

BARB stands for broadcasting audience research board

It is an official source of television viewing figures in the UK

BBC1 These are the top 30 programs THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (SAT 2000) 8,936 2 EASTENDERS (TUE 2003) 8,799 3 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) 8,469 4 EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) 8,210 5 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) 8,096 6 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 7,932 7 EASTENDERS (MON 2000) 7,827 8 EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) 7,723 9 EASTENDERS (TUE 1930) 7,663 10 HAPPY VALLEY (TUE 2101) 7,638 11 EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 7,596 12 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 7,532 13 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 7,501 14 HAPPY VALLEY (TUE 2101) 7,325 15 EASTENDERS (FRI 2001) 7,227 16 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 7,109 17 HAPPY VALLEY (TUE 2100) 7,104 18 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) 7,096 19 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) 6,847 20 HAPPY VALLEY (TUE 2101) 6,792 21 HAPPY VALLEY (TUE 2102) 6,625 22 MASTERCHEF (FRI 2031) 6,577 23 EASTENDERS (TUE 1928) 6,530 24 COUNTRYFILE (SUN 1859) 6,371 25 THE CRIMSON FIELD (SUN 2100) 6,327 26 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 6,295 27 MASTERCHEF (THU 2100) 6,227 28 EASTENDERS (MON 1929) 6,206 29 EASTENDERS (FRI 1929) 6,141 30

Midsummer murder

Midsummer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The current lead character is DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), who works for Causton CID. Dudgeon's character is the younger cousin of former lead character DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles). Dudgeon first appeared as randy gardener Daniel Bolt in the Series 4 Episode "Garden of Death". Dudgeon permanently joined the show in 2011 following Nettles' departure.

The stories revolve around the Barnaby's' efforts to solve numerous murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. The Barnabys have worked with several different sergeants throughout the run of the show: Sgt Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey), Sgt Dan Scott (John Hopkins), Sgt Ben Jones (Jason Hughes), and currently Sgt Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee). A third Christmas special aired on ITV on 24 December 2013.

INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY (WED 2000) 6,272 people watched this program last week on BBC 1. Inspector George Gently (titled George Gently for the pilot and

first series) is a British television series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and based on some of the 46 Inspector Gently novels written by Alan Hunter.

The series features Martin Shaw as the eponymous inspector, Lee Ingleby as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, Simon Hubbard as PC Taylor at the police station front desk, and Lisa McGrillis as WPC (later DS) Rachel Coles. The show moved the setting of the stories to Northumberland and County Durham, instead of the Norfolk portrayed in the books. As the series begins, the death penalty is still in effect in Britain, and a trip to the gallows ends some early episodes.

SILENT WITNESS 8,560 people watched this show on January the 12th-18th on BBC1. Silent Witness is a British crime drama series, produced by

the BBC, focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, and still on air, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. He later went on to create the hit series New Tricks, with writer Roy Mitchell. The original series was based on Professor Helen Whitwell, a forensic pathologist based in Sheffield, whom McCrery had known while serving as a police officer. The programme originally followed the activities of a female pathologist, Professor Sam Ryan, played by Amanda Burton. However, Burton's character departed early in the eighth series in 2004.

Target audience The target audience for these three programs could be middle aged people or people ranging from 35 onwards. I think this because younger people don’t usually watch crime dramas too much unless they have a new approach, the story it easy to follow and it has some comedy evolved to make the show more interesting.