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Robin Hood (2006 TV series)



The opening episode won its timeslot in the unofficial overnight ratings, with an average viewing figure of 8.2 million, peaking at 8.5 million. This compared to an average of 7 million for its nearest opposition, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV1.[19] According to the Guardian Unlimited overnight ratings report the following Monday, this equated to a 37% share of the total viewing audience available for Robin Hood in its timeslot, as against 31.1% for Ant and Dec.[20]

The second episode of the series lost 1.5 million viewers compared to the debut, with an average of 6.7 million in the overnight figures and a 30% audience share. This put it second in its slot, behind The X-Factor on ITV1, which average 7.3 million and a 35% audience share.[21]

By the time of the second series' confirmation at the end of November, the programme had averaged an audience of 6.6 million viewers for its seven episodes then broadcast.[7] The first series averaged 6.19 million viewers[22] and the second series averaged 5.83 million.[23]

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Overseas sales

As a co-producer on the series, BBC America owns the United States broadcast rights to the programme,[24] which debuted on the channel on Saturday, March 3, 2007. In Australia, the programme began playing mid 2007 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 7.30pm Sunday slot. From April 2008 it was broadcast in Serbia on channel B92[25]. In Spain the programme started the 4th of January 2008 on La Sexta, in the 21.00 slot. In Hong Kong, the programme started June 16, 2008 on ATV World in Monday 8.00pm slot. The Sales have also been agreed with broadcasters in Denmark, France, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Israel, Canada, Czech Republic and Latin America.[26]

Season one became available on iTunes in May 2008. However, since the second season was just beginning in the US, the Season two episodes are released on iTunes on a weekly basis, corresponding with the public releases.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Robin Hood returns to British TV. BBC News Online (2006-04-03). Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
  2. ^ Robin Hood. Tiger Aspect. Retrieved on 2006-04-06.
  3. ^ Thomas, Liz. "Hood the new Who?", The Stage, 2005-07-14. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. 
  4. ^ Deans, Jason. "BBC starts search for a new Robin Hood (subscription link)", The Guardian, 2005-10-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. 
  5. ^ Robertson, Cameron. "ROBIN WHO? EXCLUSIVE — BBC picks unknown for £8 million Robin Hood series", The Stage, 2005-07-14. Retrieved on 2006-07-19. 
  6. ^ Robin Hood revealed. bbc.co.uk (2006-04-03). Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
  7. ^ a b Robin returns for second series. BBC News Online (2006-11-23). Retrieved on 2006-11-23.Robin Hood returns for second series in 2007. bbc.co.uk (2006-11-23). Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
  8. ^ BBC Robin Hood Homepage - Back in 2008
  9. ^ Methven, Nicola. "Robin Hood Kidnapped", Daily Mirror, 2006-08-28. Retrieved on 2006-08-28. 
  10. ^ Tapes for BBC's Robin Hood stolen. BBC News Online (2006-08-28).
  11. ^ Hungary for publicity? (subscription link). Guardian Unlimited (2006-08-30). Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
  12. ^ Robin Hood overcomes theft drama. BBC News Online (2006-09-07). Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
  13. ^ Stolen Robin Hood tapes recovered. BBC News Online (2006-09-08). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  14. ^ Wilson, Benji (2006-09-02–2006-09-08). "Stories to Stay in For". Radio Times 330 (4300): 12. BBC Worldwide. 
  15. ^ Plunkett, John (2006-09-07). First review: Robin Hood. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
  16. ^ Hoggart, Paul. "Old villains steal new show", The Times, 2006-09-07. Retrieved on 2006-09-07. 
  17. ^ Osborn, Michael. "Robin Hood given modern makeover", BBC News, 2006-09-08. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 
  18. ^ Johanson, MaryAnn. "the BBC goes WB with ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Hex’", The Flick Filosopher, 2007-06-04. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 
  19. ^ Robin Hood debut watched by 8.2 m. BBC News Online (2006-10-08). Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
  20. ^ Day, Julia (2006-10-09). ITV all-of-a-quiver as Robin rides in (requires free registration). Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
  21. ^ Day, Julia (2006-10-16). Robin's audience swiped (requires free registration). Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
  22. ^ Exact figure: 6.187692308, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 8/10/06 and all subsequent weeks until 31/12/06 which can be found here
  23. ^ Exact figure: 5.826153846, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 7/10/07 and all subsequent weeks until 30/12/07 which can be found here
  24. ^ Sheppard, Fergus. "Merry men Ant and Dec bow to latest incarnation of Robin Hood", The Scotsman, 2006-10-09. Retrieved on 2006-10-13. 
  25. ^ Serije na TV B92
  26. ^ Akyuz, Gün (2006-10-11). BBC's Robin Hood rides into action. C21 Media. Retrieved on 2006-10-13.

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