Sacred Wonders of Britain

Sacred Wonders of Britain
Genre Factual
Presented by Neil Oliver
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 3 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Original release 30 December 2013 (2013-12-30) – 13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)
External links
Website

Sacred Wonders of Britain is a British factual television 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]

Episode list

# Title Directed by Original air date UK 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]

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.
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