Sacred Wonders of Britain

British television documentary series (2013–2014)

  • BBC Two
  • BBC Two HD
Release30 December 2013 (2013-12-30) –
13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)

Sacred Wonders of Britain is a British television documentary 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.

External links

  • Sacred Wonders of Britain at BBC Online Edit this at Wikidata
  • Sacred Wonders of Britain at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Radio Times, Sacred Wonders of Britain