Sacred Wonders of Britain

Last updated

Sacred Wonders of Britain
Sacred Britain.jpg
GenreFactual
Presented by Neil Oliver
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network
Release30 December 2013 (2013-12-30) 
13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)

Sacred Wonders of Britain is a British television documentary series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 December 2013. The three-part series was presented by Neil Oliver. Computer-generated imagery was produced by Carbon Digital at MediaCityUK for the series, including the title sequence. [1]

Contents

Episode list

#TitleDirected byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [2]
1"Episode 1"Martin Kemp30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)2.58
2"Episode 2"Jonathan Barker6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)1.99
3"Episode 3"Graham Johnston13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)1.56

Reception

Ratings

According to overnight figures, the first episode had 2.36 million viewers with 9.79% of the audience share. [3] The second and third episodes had audience shares of 7.3%. [4] [5]

Critical reception

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian said the programme was "equally unafraid to be informative and meditative, which made it rather wonderful". [6] The Daily Mirror called it a "towering spectacle of non-information" and was unconvinced by the series. [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kate Garraway</span> British broadcaster

Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Currently, Garraway is the presenter of Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway on Smooth Radio and newsreader and co-anchor of the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Benjamin</span> British actress (b. 1970)

Lucy Benjamin is an English actress. After appearing in various television series including Close to Home (1989–1990), Press Gang (1989–1993) and Jupiter Moon, she was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Lisa Fowler in 1998, for which she received a nomination for Most Popular Actress at the 2001 National Television Awards.

<i>Never Better</i> British TV series or programme

Never Better is a British television sitcom which started on BBC Two from 10 January to 14 February 2008. It stars Stephen Mangan as recovering alcoholic Keith Merchant and Kate Ashfield as his suffering wife Anita. The series is written by Fintan Ryan for World Productions.

The twelfth series of the British medical drama television series Holby City commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 20 October 2009. The series deals with the repercussions of the death of ward sister Faye Byrne's son Archie, including the resignation of consultant Connie Beauchamp and the return of former registrar Thandie Abebe-Griffin. It also focuses on staff members' romantic and family lives. F1 Oliver Valentine becomes romantically involved with registrar Jac Naylor and ward sister Daisha Anderson, and his sister Penny embarks on a secret romance with a heart transplant patient. Consultant Linden Cullen is reunited with his estranged daughter Holly, nurse Donna Jackson decides to adopt her half-niece Mia, sister Chrissie Williams gives birth to a son, Daniel, and Faye becomes pregnant by her estranged husband Joseph. The series includes a crossover episode with sister show Casualty and it also has the highest number of episodes to date, as the series contains a small number of episodes which air during the same week.

<i>Accused</i> (2010 TV series) British TV drama series

Accused is a British television anthology series created by Jimmy McGovern. The drama series first aired on 15 November 2010 on BBC One and has run for two series. Each episode follows a different character as they await their verdict in court, and tells the story behind how they find themselves accused. The series has featured actors and actresses such as Christopher Eccleston, Benjamin Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Andy Serkis, Marc Warren, Naomie Harris, Sean Bean and Anne-Marie Duff as the accused in each episode.

<i>Citizen Khan</i> Family-based British sitcom

Citizen Khan is a British sitcom produced by the BBC and created by Adil Ray. It ran for five series, from 2012 to 2016. It is set in Sparkhill, South Birmingham, described by its lead character, a British Pakistani man Mr Khan (Ray), as "the capital of British Pakistan". Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of Mr Khan, a loud-mouthed, patriarchal, cricket-loving, self-appointed community leader, and his long suffering wife and daughters Shazia and Alia. In Series One, Kris Marshall starred as Dave, the manager of Mr Khan's local mosque. The first name of Mrs Khan is Razia; however, Mr Khan's first name is never revealed.

<i>The Big Reunion</i> British TV series or programme

The Big Reunion is a British reality-documentary series that began airing on ITV2 on 31 January 2013. The show featured chart-topping bands who were big in the UK pop music scene between the 1990s and early 2000s, and the programme followed them as they reunited for the first time in a decade and went through their two weeks of intensive rehearsals before finally stepping back on stage for a comeback performance.

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series began airing on ITV on 31 August, and finished on 15 December 2013. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV and Caroline Flack was back to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2, along with comedian Matt Richardson, who replaced Olly Murs. Flack also presented backstage segments during the live shows. Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger returned as judges for their respective tenth, third and second series, with Sharon Osbourne returning to replace Tulisa after five series away. This was Barlow's final series as a judge. Osbourne and Scherzinger also departed the series, but reprised their roles as judges with Walsh again in series 13 and series 14.

<i>Truckers</i> (2013 TV series) British TV series or programme

Truckers is a British drama television series first broadcast on BBC One on 10 October 2013. The series is about Britain through the lives of truck drivers working in Nottingham, and was written by William Ivory.

<i>Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet</i> British TV series or programme

Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet is a British documentary television series about the Iceland supermarket chain that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 21 October 2013. The three-part series was co-produced with the Open University.

<i>Britains Great War</i> British TV series or programme

Britain's Great War is a British documentary television series that broadcast on BBC One 27 January 2014. The documentary series is presented by Jeremy Paxman and was produced by the Open University and BBC Productions. The series shows how World War I affected Britain and its people. The series leads the BBC World War I centenary season.

<i>Supermarket Secrets</i> British television series

Supermarket Secrets is a British documentary television series, presented by Gregg Wallace, that first broadcast on BBC One on 4 July 2013. The series shows how British supermarkets make and move the food they sell. A new series started in 2019

<i>House of Fools</i> (TV series) British TV series or programme

House of Fools is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 14 January 2014. The series features Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves, who are also the writers.

<i>The 7.39</i> British TV series or programme

The 7.39 is a British drama television film that was broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 6 January and 7 January 2014. This romantic drama from Carnival Films was written by David Nicholls.

The second series of the British reality-documentary series The Big Reunion began airing on ITV2 on 6 February 2014 and ended on 27 March 2014. The show features 'teen' bands, some of whom were big names in the UK pop music scene between the 1990s and early 2000s, and the programme follows them as they reunite for the first time in a decade and go through their two weeks of intensive rehearsals before finally stepping back on stage for a comeback performance.

<i>Pound Shop Wars</i> British TV series or programme

Pound Shop Wars is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 7 November 2012 until 30 September 2015. Narrated by Caroline Aherne, the series shows the competition between rival pound shops, focusing on Poundworld. The second series, comprising eight episodes, began on 12 August 2015.

<i>London Spy</i> British-American television series

London Spy is a British-American five-part drama television serial created and written by Tom Rob Smith that aired on BBC Two from 9 November until 7 December 2015. It was aired on Netflix in 2018.

References

  1. Hartley, Sarah (22 October 2013). "'Sacred Wonders of Britain' brought to life by Carbon Digital imagery". Prolific North. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. "BARB Top 30s".
  3. Drewett, Meg (31 December 2013). "Mrs Brown's Boys tops Monday ratings with 8.7 million on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. Eames, Tom (7 January 2014). "The 7.39 beats The Bletchley Circle in Monday drama ratings battle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. Eames, Tom (14 January 2014). "Channel 4's Benefits Street rises to 4.3m to top Monday ratings". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. Mangan, Lucy (31 December 2013). "The Thirteenth Tale; Sacred Wonders of Britain – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. Simon, Jane (30 December 2013). "Sacred Wonders Of Britain offers few answers but plenty of wild guesses". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 February 2014.