New Years Eve ratings

London put on an amazing firework display last night which topped Sydney by a long way, yet the BBC still had a way of ruining it. It reminded me of their Millennium coverage when they missed entirely the centre-piece of the fireworks - the River of Fire and missed the Queen singing Auld Lang Syne. Why can they not cover fireworks properly? Half of it out of shot, constantly cutting from shot to shot (the dizzy effect which ruined Top of the Pops), focusing on the guys in the boats and on the fireworks behind Big Ben instead of the main display, and with some idiot talking drivel over the top of it...come on, learn to film them properly for next year!

With regards to the topic description "I bet ITV wish they hadn't bothered!", I think most of the target audience for the ITV show would have been at a party or out clubbing etc, not sat in front of the TV.

The BBC show and the ITV show were extremely different in terms of content with the BBC show pitched at an older audience.

Not sure where to stick this as it doesn't really need a thread of its own but I was watching France 24 at 11pm last night. There was no cut away to Paris or anything like that. The newsreader was doing the main news, nothing about its now 2008 etc. Whilst this was all serious in front of the camera, behind the newsreader is the newsroom offices as you see all the staff there kissing away, opening champange and being a little bit rowdy!.

4.15 million.

Quite respectable, then. It wasn't bad, I wouldn't mind if it was never on again but it was a good way to lead in to New Year Live .

Just a poor rip-off of C4's "Big Fat Quiz of the Year" really though.

Please tell me I'm not imagining what I saw last night on ITV1...the final part of the late film Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life was played BEFORE all the other parts in order?

A computer balls-up or did they think we'd be too drunk to notice?

I wanted to headbutt that stupid git of Take That who did the same joke at least five times - counting down to Midnight and another band member going "it isn't time yet!"

Utter tripe. Kate Thornton added into the proceedings, ITV really shouldn't have bothered.

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Anyone have a cap of this?

That would be on C4 - and it wouldn't surprise me.

The Meaning Of Life was definitely on ITV1.

Having seen this film many years ago I knew something was wrong just a few minutes in - instead of the "fish" sketch followed by the woman being wheeled to the delivery suite, I thought they were showing the wrong film entirely.

The correct Part One finally appeared - after the break.

So did they replay the wrong sequence again in order? Did the film then overrun?

I think i turned on just as it was playing in the right order, and the film all seemed to be there.

I watched some of the Take That concert, its ashame we can't have something like that live in Trafalgur Sq or something similar.