Research and Statistics Bulletin - September 2005 - BFI

Table 4.4: Number of recent (made within the last 8 years) UK films broadcast in the first six
months of the year 2003-2005
Channel 2003 2004 2005 % change 2004/5
BBC1 10 11 9 -18.2
BBC2 8 20 7 -65.0
ITV1 6 1 8 +700.0
Channel 4 8 17 13 -23.5
Five 1 1 6 +500.0
Total 33 50 43 -14.0
Source: BARB, DGA Metrics
4.4 Total number of foreign language films on terrestrial TV
There were 27 foreign language films broadcast on terrestrial TV in the first half of 2005,
2.4% of the total. We do not have figures for the first half of 2004, but this level is slightly
lower than the proportion for the full year 2004 (2.7%).
Table 4.5 shows the majority were subtitled, with only three dubbed films broadcast in
the period.
Table 4.5: Number of foreign language films on terrestrial TV, first half 2005
Channel Dubbed Subtitled Total foreign
language
Source: BARB, DGA Metrics
% all films
BBC1 0 0 0 0
BBC2 2 8 10 5.4
ITV1 0 0 0 0
Channel 4 0 16 16 5.7
Five 1 0 1 0.3
Total 3 24 27 2.4
Research and Statistics Bulletin Volume 3 (1) September 2005 Copyright UK Film Council 2005
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