What does “BARB”
stand for?
BARB is an acronym for Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board.
New Tricks BBC 1–
8.26 million
Hunted BBC 1– 4.50
million
Homeland CHANNEL 4
– 2.74 million
CSI Miami CHANNEL
5- 1.14 million
1)
New Tricks
“New Ticks” is a
British television drama series that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved
Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Led by Detective
Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who
have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes. New Tricks is set in
different places around London. The target audience is middle aged people to
older viewers because it is quite a slow paced program and it is quite boring,
there isn’t really any action either.
2)
Hunted
Australian actress Melissa George stars as Samantha, an espionage operative for "Byzantium", a private intelligence agency. She survives an attempt on her life, which she strongly suspects was orchestrated by members of her own squad. After recovering and returning to active duty, she goes back to work undercover as a nanny, not knowing who tried to kill her or whom to trust. It becomes evident that the attempt on her life is tied into a horrific event from her childhood. The first series will take place mainly in London. If the show is commissioned for a second series, each series will take place in a different European city. The New York-based actress will move to London for six months of the year to film the show. The target audience is for younger adults because there is a lot more action and it is more interesting.
3)
Homeland
Homeland is a drama/thriller series developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, and based on the Israeli series Hatufim created by Gideon Raff. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine. Mathison has come to believe that Brody, who was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now threatens the United States. The series is broadcast in the U.S. on the cable channel Showtime, and is produced by Fox 21. It premiered on October 2, 2011. The first episode was made available online, more than two weeks before broadcast, with viewers having to complete some tasks to unlock access.
4)
CSI Miami
CSI: Miami follows a South Florida team of forensic investigators/police officers who use both cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes. Lieutenant Horatio Caine heads the team of investigators while working crimes in the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. Horatio, his second in command Detective Calleigh Duquesne, and their team probe cases similar to those of their Las Vegas counterparts, but Miami CSIs are cops first and scientists second.
