Channel 4's Sri Lanka documentary draws 700,000 viewers
Film shown in late night slot due to shocking footage pulls in another 100,000 on +1 serviceJason Deans
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 15 June 2011 13.37 BST
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields. Photograph: Channel 4
Channel 4's Sri Lankan horror show
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: Channel 4, 11.05pm – The documentary presented by Jon Snow investigated alleged war crimes carried out in the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 and was broadcast in a late evening slot due to the shocking nature of some of the footage.
The documentary attracted 700,000 viewers and an 8.3% audience share in its slot, with about another 100,000 watching an hour later on Channel 4 +1.
Competition included a BBC1 documentary series about a Scottish housing project, The Scheme (11.05pm: 1.2 million/13%), a repeat of movie The Game on ITV1 (10.35pm: 600,000/6.8%) and a CSI repeat on Channel 5 (11pm: 600,000/5.9%).
Elsewhere last night BBC1's Idris Elba crime drama Luther began its second series with 5.6 million viewers and a 25.2% share from 9pm.
Competition in the slot included new ITV1 documentary series Baby Hospital (2.6 million/11.8%, ITV1 +1 200,000), BBC2's The Country House Revealed (1.5 million/6.9%, including BBC HD), Channel 4's The Fairy Jobmother (1.2 million/5.6%, C4+1 300,000), and Channel 5's CSI repeat (900,000/4%).
All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated
• To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
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Film shown in late night slot due to shocking footage pulls in another 100,000 on +1 serviceJason Deans
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 15 June 2011 13.37 BST
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields. Photograph: Channel 4
Channel 4's Sri Lankan horror show
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: Channel 4, 11.05pm – The documentary presented by Jon Snow investigated alleged war crimes carried out in the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 and was broadcast in a late evening slot due to the shocking nature of some of the footage.
The documentary attracted 700,000 viewers and an 8.3% audience share in its slot, with about another 100,000 watching an hour later on Channel 4 +1.
Competition included a BBC1 documentary series about a Scottish housing project, The Scheme (11.05pm: 1.2 million/13%), a repeat of movie The Game on ITV1 (10.35pm: 600,000/6.8%) and a CSI repeat on Channel 5 (11pm: 600,000/5.9%).
Elsewhere last night BBC1's Idris Elba crime drama Luther began its second series with 5.6 million viewers and a 25.2% share from 9pm.
Competition in the slot included new ITV1 documentary series Baby Hospital (2.6 million/11.8%, ITV1 +1 200,000), BBC2's The Country House Revealed (1.5 million/6.9%, including BBC HD), Channel 4's The Fairy Jobmother (1.2 million/5.6%, C4+1 300,000), and Channel 5's CSI repeat (900,000/4%).
All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated
• To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
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