Secondary Research – BARB viewing figures

What is the show’s title?

The title of the show is "Extreme OCD Camp" which showcases the lives of people who have severe OCD problems. There are 6 people who come from the UK who go to america where they will be rinsed of their OCD problems and help them with their current ordeal. The show goes over all of their very strange obsessions, and then tries to go through many tasks to help these 6 individuals deal with their OCD.

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

The channel that made and broadcasts the show is "BBC THREE". The shows broadcast day is Friday the 11th of October 2013, and the time slot is 8:00.

What are the show’s viewing figures for the past week?

The documentary viewing figures ranged from 100 to 300 views this past week, this may be because the show is not as popular in the United Kingdom, as it is in any other country around the world.

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

The show does go over certain obsessions that these 6 people have, which is very similar to what our documentary is going over. We are planning on going over many different obsessions people have, but we are going to explain why they have these obsessions rather than helping them deal with their obsessions. 

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

Our show will beat it in viewing figures cause our show will go over many interesting facts that are not included in this show, and our show will go over a lot of addictions that a lot of people could relate to, and show if they are harmful or not, because of this our show might seem a lot more interesting to watch for the audience, and they would want to watch our documentary instead of this show.



Watch Fish! A Japanese Obsession in Educational & How-To  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

What is the show’s title?

'Fish! a Japanese obsession' is about a man named Charles Rangeley-Wilson who travels to Japan and learn why Japan has an odd fascination for fish and how it has become an iconic obsession to them. While a lot of people do wonder what fuels japans weird obsessions, not many of them are able to fly over to Japan

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

The show first aired on BBC Four on Monday the 23rd of March 2009 at 21:00. The other times that it has aired on TV was Tuesday the 24th of March 2009 at 01:05, Sunday the 29th of March 2009 at 00:00, Sunday the 5th of April 2009 at 22:00 and Monday the 12th of November 2012 at 23:10. All times it was aired was on BBC Four.

What are the show’s viewing figures for the past week?

When looking up the viewing figures for the documentary in Japan, there has been around 500 people who have viewed it in the past week. This kind of documentary would be quite interesting for people overseas to watch, whereas the Japanese audience would find this relatively normal. 

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

This show goes over the obsession that many people in Japan have, which is fish, since this goes over the  topic of obsessions people have, which is a very similar topic that our documentary is going to go over, except we are going to look at addictions and obsessions in general, rather than just one

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

Our documentary would seem a lot more interesting to watch for the audience instead of this show, because that this show only goes over the huge obsession over fish that occurs in Japan, which seems like an interesting topic, but our documentary will go over many different obsessions that people could have, rather than just one, which would be a more enjoyable show to watch for the audience.

What is the show’s title?

The title of the show is "OCD: The War Inside" which is about the disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, also known as OCD. This show goes over the daily lives of people that live with OCD, and how the anxiety disorder is misunderstood. It goes over how the disorder is a very painful thing to live with and how it is like a war every day.

What is the show’s channel, broadcast day and time slot?

While the broadcast is not specified on the internet, this documentary was uploaded on to YouTube on the 18th of October 2014. As we were searching for the broadcast date, we could not find any mention of it on Google.

What are the show’s viewing figures for the past week?

The shows viewing figures for the past week were shown to be around 100 to 200 views. We had checked the analytics of the video on YouTube and it has clearly stated that there has been around 100 to 200 views, as there is no clear evidence of when it was first broadcasted on live television.

What similarities does the show’s format and content have with your own?

Both ideas are very similar to each other since this show goes over OCD and how it is a terrible thing to live with, which is very similar to our show, but we will go over addictions that people have, and how they can be very harmful to peoples lives. 

How would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

Our documentary would beat this show in viewing figures since our documentary goes over a very similar topic, but it will be much more lighthearted, and the documentary will go over a lot more facts about obsessions that was not included in this show, so people would want to watch our documentary instead.