Sacred Wonders of Britain

Sacred Wonders of Britain
GenreFactual
Presented byNeil Oliver
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network
Release30 December 2013 (2013-12-30) –
13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)

Sacred Wonders of Britain is a British television documentary series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 December 2013. The three-part series was presented by Neil Oliver. Computer-generated imagery was produced by Carbon Digital at MediaCityUK for the series, including the title sequence.[1]

Episode list

# Title Directed by Original air date UK viewers
(millions)[2]
1"Episode 1"Martin Kemp30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)2.58
2"Episode 2"Jonathan Barker6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)1.99
3"Episode 3"Graham Johnston13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)1.56

Reception

Ratings

According to overnight figures, the first episode had 2.36 million viewers with 9.79% of the audience share.[3] The second and third episodes had audience shares of 7.3%.[4][5]

Critical reception

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian said the programme was "equally unafraid to be informative and meditative, which made it rather wonderful".[6] The Daily Mirror called it a "towering spectacle of non-information" and was unconvinced by the series.[7]

References

  1. ^ Hartley, Sarah (22 October 2013). "'Sacred Wonders of Britain' brought to life by Carbon Digital imagery". Prolific North. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ "BARB Top 30s".
  3. ^ Drewett, Meg (31 December 2013). "Mrs Brown's Boys tops Monday ratings with 8.7 million on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ Eames, Tom (7 January 2014). "The 7.39 beats The Bletchley Circle in Monday drama ratings battle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ^ Eames, Tom (14 January 2014). "Channel 4's Benefits Street rises to 4.3m to top Monday ratings". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ Mangan, Lucy (31 December 2013). "The Thirteenth Tale; Sacred Wonders of Britain – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ^ Simon, Jane (30 December 2013). "Sacred Wonders Of Britain offers few answers but plenty of wild guesses". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 February 2014.