BBC Worldwide delivers rating winners and brand new dramas to Australian Broadcasting Corporation

 

With an extraordinary 37.8% average household share, Silent Witness has become the top-rating programme for ABC TV in Australia for 2004.

 

BBC Worldwide Australia has recently supplied ABC TV with two other critically acclaimed series that feature in the channel's top ten highest-rating programmes and will deliver successful new dramas Charles II, New Tricks, Cutting It and the second series of Red Cap for ABC TV's upcoming schedules.

 

The epic natural history series, Wild Australasia, co-produced by ABC TV and Animal Planet, attracted an impressive 29% average household share across six weeks from Sunday 8th February while State of Play achieved the highest audience for an ABC TV Sunday night drama, with an impressive 25% average household share since transmission on 8th March.

 

Marena Manzoufas, Head of Programming, ABC TV comments: "We're very pleased these great shows have attracted a strong following. Their success demonstrates that people like good, strong stories and of course, Wild Australasia gave us a fascinating insight into our own environment."

 

Julie Dowding, Head of Sales, BBC Worldwide Australasia says: "These outstanding series from our drama and natural history departments have created comprehensive ratings success for ABC TV. Australian audiences will soon be tuning into more of the BBC's most successful new dramas including New Tricks, Charles II and Cutting It. We're also looking forward to the second series of Red Cap."

 

BBC STAND G3.40 AT MIPCOM

 

BBC WORLDWIDE