BARBS - British Audience Research Board

Top 4 TV Crime Dramas This Week Are:


New Tricks  - BBC1 – 8.26 Million Viewers:

Cast: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Denis Lawson
Plot: New Tricks is a British television drama series that follows the work of the the Metropolitan Police Service. Led by Detective Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to investigate crimes.
AUDIENCE: Adults from 30-70 years of age.
Set in London.


Hunted – BBC1 – 4.50 Million Viewers:

Cast: Melissa George, Adam Rayner
Plot: Hunter is about a girl called Samantha who works for a secret organization called “Byzantium”. She thinks one of her squad members tried to kill her. She then dresses up as a disguised nanny and tries to find out who was trying to kill her.AUDIENCE: Young adults.
Set in London.

Homeland – Channel 4 – 2.75b Million Viwers:
Cast: Clair Danes, Damien Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Morena Maccarin
Plot: Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody returns home eight years after going missing in Iraq. Carrie Mathison, a driven CIA officer, suspects he might be plotting an attack on America.AUDIENCE: 20-30 years of age.
Set in Iraq, England.

CSI Miami – Channel 5 – 1.14 Million Viewers:
Cast: Anthony E. Zuiker, C-Murder, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, Shane Brennan, Marc Guggenheim
Plot: A team of investigators from Miami who investigate mysterious and unusual deaths in the area.AUDIENCE: Young and older adults.
Set in Miami.