Research and Statistics Bulletin - September 2005 - BFI

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Because of the success of the ITV1 James Bond season, the overall top 10 for UK originated films was skewed towards these perennial favourites. Table 4.10 shows the top 10 UK films without the Bond films, giving a more representative picture of the different types of UK films that attract sizeable TV audiences. Table 4.10: Top 10 UK-originated films (excluding Bond films) on terrestrial television, first half 2005 Rank Title Channel Country of origin Year of theatrical release Source: BARB, DGA Metrics Audience (million) 1 Bend It Like Beckham BBC1 UK/Ger 2002 7.3 2 Billy Elliot BBC1 UK/Fra 2000 5.6 3 About a Boy ITV1 UK/USA 2002 4.6 4 Enigma BBC1 UK/USA/Ger/Neth 2001 3.4 5 The Full Monty Channel 4 UK/USA 1997 3.2 6 Gosford Park Channel 4 UK/USA/Ger/Ita 2001 3.2 7 Ali G Indahouse ITV1 UK 2002 3.0 8 Resident Evil Channel 4 UK/Ger/Fra 2002 2.8 9 The Heroes of Telemark BBC2 UK 1965 2.5 10 The Dam Busters Channel 4 UK 1954 2.4 Research and Statistics Bulletin Volume 3 (1) September 2005 Copyright UK Film Council 2005
4.8 Top foreign language films on terrestrial TV The top foreign language film on terrestrial TV was Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Table 4.11). French was the dominant language of the top 10, with only two “rest of the world” titles appearing– the original Japanese versions of the Ring and Ring 2. Table 4.11: Top 10 foreign language films on terrestrial television, first half 2005 Rank Title Channel Country of origin Main language Audience (million) 1 Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Source: BARB, DGA Metrics Five Fra/Ger French 0.57 2 Être et avoir BBC2 Fra French 0.56 3 The Idiots Channel 4 Den/Swe/Fra/Ita Danish 0.42 4 My Mother’s Courage BBC2 Ger German 0.41 5 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix BBC2 Fra French 0.40 6 Ring Channel 4 Jap Japanese 0.39 7 Ring 2 Channel 4 Jap Japanese 0.36 8 Artemisia BBC2 Fra/Ger/Ita French 0.32 9 Asterix Versus Caesar BBC2 Fra French 0.32 10 Nationale 7 BBC2 Fra French 0.22 Research and Statistics Bulletin Volume 3 (1) September 2005 Copyright UK Film Council 2005 27
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