Tuesday 30 June 2015

Most Haunted viewing figures. Some much need perspective.

You may be aware Most Haunted recently made a return to our screens on the Really channel.  Our mole on the Most Haunted facebook page ( Official Most Haunted ) has been quietly amused at all the self congratulation occurring over the viewing figures.





We then have the usual tsunami of fawning, simpering sycophants commenting on the figures.  No doubt desperate for a 'like' from pantomime-esque self styled 'Demonologist' Fred Batt or some other member of the crew.



Anyway, I thought I'd try to give the 'Haunties' a bit of perspective.  Yes, Most Haunted is the number one show on the Really TV channel.  But where does it sit in the overall UK viewing figures?  In honour of England Womens heroics at the World Cup I decided to find out in the form of a footballing analogy....

Lets lay all the English football teams out in the order which they finished in the leagues.  So we have Chelsea, as champions of England at position 1, right down to Belper Town, who finished bottom of the Evo-Stik League Northern Premier which equates to 162nd place.

So which football club does Most Haunted equate to?  Liverpool? West Ham? Well, according to the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) , Most Haunted was the 156th most watched program during the week.  The team which finished in overall 156th place in England was.....wait for it....

FRICKLEY ATHLETIC of the EVO-STICK LEAGUE NORTHERN PREMIER !!!

So there we have it.  In football parlances Most Haunted is a team of part-timers plying their trade in the 8th division. Who'da thought it?

PERSPECTIVE : ACHIEVED

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