Farm show beats Big Brother
Saturday 10th January 2009, 11:45AM GMT.
A BBC TV show based on a south Shropshire estate pulled in more viewers than Celebrity Big Brother during its first screening.
Victorian Farm, based at Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, attracted nearly three million viewers at the start of its six-week run on Thursday.
Executive producer David Upshal said: “The show performed extraordinarily well on Thursday, pulling in just short of three million viewers – and, this is the best part, managing to beat Celebrity Big Brother.”
The show sees historians recreate farm life as it might have been in 1885.
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That’s because it was an interesting programme, CBB is just rubbish for simple minds.
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I’d watch paint dry before watching big brother.
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I can’t believe they still show big brother does anyone watch it now?
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I just wish it was on earlier so my children could watch it. You can find out more about Acton Scott at http://www.actonscott.com
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