Official: Prince Philip is Dead, 9th April 2021

[not-bono-ever]

That’s what happens when you have never done a days work in your life

 

[ska invita]

BBC entertainment news!! Great ratings!



Get the impression they are feeling a bit defensive after record complaints etc

 

[JimW]

Not a patch on 'enders in its heyday.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not a patch on 'enders in its heyday.

Yeh but that's what you get when auld writers with their best years far behind them are employed to try to keep the monarchy exciting

 

[Saul Goodman]

What is that likely to be? It looks pretty nasty and painful.

He's an Abzorbaloff, from the planet Klom.

 

[Pickman's model]

BBC entertainment news!! Great ratings!

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Get the impression they are feeling a bit defensive after record complaints etc

By contrast 31.5m watched Diana's funeral, 19m mountbatten's funeral and 15m Churchill's funeral

 

[Badgers]

By contrast 31.5m watched Diana's funeral, 19m mountbatten's funeral and 15m Churchill's funeral

Need to adjust for population to really highlight how little the nation now cares.

 

[JimW]

Need to adjust for population to really highlight how little the nation now cares.

And shouldn't think tellies were that ubiquitous in Churchill's last days.

 

[maomao]

And shouldn't think tellies were that ubiquitous in Churchill's last days.

84% of the population lived in a home with a TV in 1965 so not far off.

 

[moochedit]

They've edited in a prince philip reference at the insistence of jed mercurio and adrian dunbar

Was he H?

 

[Pickman's model]

Was he H?

You'll have to wait and see

 

[Pickman's model]

Need to adjust for population to really highlight how little the nation now cares.

More people, more people with tellies, fewer people giving a fuck

 

[Ax^]

well at least it was not bad as Diana funeral

on all 5 stations and most of Cable

 

[JimW]

well at least it was not bad as Diana funeral

on all 5 stations and most of Cable

What's Elton John done for this one? Like A Fart in A Spacesuit?

 

[moochedit]

You'll have to wait and see

So whose taken over as OCG boss now then? My money's on pizzanonce

 

[Serge Forward]

What's Elton John done for this one? Like A Fart in A Spacesuit?

Nothing. Sir Elton has failed in his royal funeral dirge songsmith duties, the blighter

 

[ska invita]

Nothing. Sir Elton has failed in his royal funeral dirge songsmith duties, the blighter

 

[BoxRoom]

I didn't watch the funeral show. Did the Queen bring her new boyfriend? Was everyone like, "oooooooooo... Who's THAT!"
And then say things Iike, "That roof Phil fell off that he couldn't physically get to looks a little suspicious right now!"

 

[PR1Berske]

If the Mail is any guide, and I know, I know, Phil's longtime mistress was there.

 

[stavros]

Aren't you glad Match of the Day had slow motion replays of a minute's silence at the beginning of both last week's episode and last night?

 

[Argonia]

13 million is a pretty poor showing. Says a lot about the state of the monarchy here now. Pickman's Model is right about Diana's funeral getting a lot more and the World Cup final in 1966 the most with 32.30 million.

List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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[MickiQ]

By contrast 31.5m watched Diana's funeral, 19m mountbatten's funeral and 15m Churchill's funeral

Didn't watch any of them either, at least I don't think I watched Churchill's but I was only 7 at the time

 

[stavros]

13 million is a pretty poor showing.

Did it beat the Markle-Hewitt interview, or Andy's car crash with Emily Maitlis?

 

[hippogriff]

Did it beat the Markle-Hewitt interview, or Andy's car crash with Emily Maitlis?

peak audience of 12.4 million viewers tuned in to watch Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, ITV have confirmed

 

[rekil]

What's Elton John done for this one? Like A Fart in A Spacesuit?

Bantermaaan

 

[Saul Goodman]

Well that was fast...

 

[Pickman's model]

Well that was fast...

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Proof if it were needed of how things have accelerated

 

[brogdale]

Goes down in my estimation.

 

[agricola]

Goes down in my estimation.

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Wasn't that after he was portrayed by Charles Dance though?

Killing him off generally ruins anything - just look at GoT, which was half the show once Tywin had died.

 

[Orang Utan]

Goes down in my estimation.

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Just found out my Great Uncle Douglas was Mountbatten’s aid-de-camp in his exploits in India and Burma. He thought he was a cunt.