| Re: Autumnwatch on at a new time
Not about to flame anybody, but I'd say A/W is one of the only programmes I can think of which is aimed at the whole family. Far from 'everything' being aimed at kids, there are stacks of programmes about nature for adults. A/W S/W was a really special case where the next generation of ecologists got to watch and enthuse their parents and vice versa. I know plenty of kids who were inspired to get active/interested on the back of the original format.
The audience figures for Friday were one of the lowest ever, at 2.9 million - a million less than the old format's peak. I think that's worrying. Some will have watched on Saturday, but although I don't have the figures for that yet, I do know that the figures for 'Merlin', scheduled opposite, were the highest ever, which doesn't sound good for A/W. |