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A Survey of Heritage Television Viewing Figures

Angela Piccini¹ | University of Bristol

Issue 1 — June 2007 | ISSN 1754-8691

List of figures, tables & plates

List of figures

• Figure 1: Number of heritage programmes watched in the last 12 months
• Figure 2: Number of heritage programmes watched in the last 12 months, after removal of Top 5 programmes
• Figure 3: Viewer profiles, comparing heritage with total TV viewers
• Figure 4: Viewer profiles, comparing total heritage with non-antiques heritage programming

List of tables

• Table 1: Ten top-rated heritage titles
• Table 2: Ten top-rated heritage titles, excluding antiques programming
• Table 3: Ten top-rated heritage titles, excluding antiques programming, in terms of viewer numbers
• Table 4: Percentage of viewers who saw at least one heritage programme in the last 12 months
• Table 5: Television hours watched per week
• Table 6: Computer use
• Table 7: Which of the following kinds of TV programmes do you especially choose to watch?
• Table 8: Which of the following subjects are you particularly interested in?
• Table 9: Time Team, C4 transmission data
• Table 10: A History of Britain, UKTV transmission data

List of plates

• Plate 1: Timewatch - Mystery of the Headless Romans
• Plate 2: Coast
• Plate 3: The Story of 1
• Plate 4: Timewatch - Mystery of the Headless Romans
• Plate 5: Rome

This research was commissioned by the CBA and funded by English Heritage and the University of Bristol. It was presented to English Heritage for Heritage Counts, an annual review of England's Historic Environment, in November 2006.

Published in 2007 by the Council for British Archaeology, St Mary's House, Bootham, York, YO30 7BZ

The author would like to thank the BBC for permission to reproduce the plates used throughout this publication. All plates ©BBC

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