Speak Up Saturday

[feurioo]

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Comments

[jo]

Yes, Mr. Bates was really good. It's a shame it got such low viewership, especially given the topic.

Er -- it was a massive hit in the UK, which is really the only place viewership numbers would matter, and had a massive impact there: https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a46330337/mr-bates-vs-post-office-viewing-figures/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/13/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-why-it-took-a-tv-series-to-bring-the-post-office-scandal-to-light

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240112-post-office-scandal-how-a-tv-drama-shook-up-britain-in-just-a-week

(and dozens of similar articles out there)

[yourlibrarian]

Oh that's great! I thought I remembered seeing that the BBC invested a lot in it and it hadn't paid off in terms of response, but I must have been confusing it with something else.