Last night, BBC2 aired "Margaret," a made-for about how Prime Minister Thatcher found herself swept out of office, starring Lindsay Duncan as Thatcher and that first-season "Whose Line?" madcap John Sessions as her hsuband--digest of critics' reviews:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/27/margaret-thatcher-bbc2-docudrama Meanwhile, in the main grades the staunch Tory Thatcher would care about, "Margaret" only pulled a 12 share at 9 p.m. against a Billy Connolly travelogue on ITV and the 10 p.m. newscasts on BBC1 and ITV, wasting half of the lead-in from the finale of "MasterChef," which I assume is sort of their "Top Chef": http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/27/masterchef-final-pulls-in-viewers "MasterChef" did unusually well for the "minority channel," beating the long-running cop soap "The Bill" on ITV and only being beat by a BBC1 tribute to Wendy Richard, the long-time star of "EastEnders" (known by U.S. public TV viewers more for her ditzy shop clerk on "Are You Being Served?") who died yesterday. I do find it ironic that BBC2 delayed the start of "Newsnight" 20 minutes to 10:50 p.m. last night so that a show on the seemingly-prim and proper Margaret Thatcher could air within the 9 p.m. adult programming "watershed." I will expect that "Margaret" will be airing this fall on "Masterpiece Contemporary" over here. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
