Why was Britannia High not as successful as it should have been?

[Emma-lee]

I imagine Arlene Phillips and David Ian are more to blame than the proper writers, since the other writers have all written stuff that's at least popular, if not very good.

 

[a_nicole313]

I'm not usually taken in by over-hype of shows but I must say that I was expecting a lot more than what we got.

 

[munkismile]

There were plenty of adverts shown for it before it aired.

It was in a very bad timeslot. 7pm on a Sunday is traditionally where dramas/soaps are shown. It should have been shown between the two X Factor shows, as it would have inherited a huge audience.

I also don't think it was good at all.

 

[EMbILY]

i think if they improve the script, a 2nd series could be a hit, there seems to be quite a bit of online following if facebook/bebo etc are to go by, plus a few stories have appeared on www.fanfiction.net so there is some interest in the show

one of the fansites has apparently contacted itv and they have stated the following (they have put what they said in the petition)
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BritanniaHighSeries2

 

[V-Z]

I'd hated it all along until the second last episode where I though 'hmmm....now it's getting interesting,' and then they just kinda fell flat on their face at the end of the last episode, it was just terrible.

 

[0218276]

Arlene did say she was 'very hanRAB on'. The flop had her fingerprints all over it

 

[Bug Catcher]

I loved it and I'm a 38 year old bloke !!!! LOL the songs are well catchy !!

 

[Pobo]

The blatant and cynical of High School Musical gets my vote - it was conceived as a money making ripoff in a boardroom

 

[Yellow Candy Jewel]

If u could give karma on these forums ud get mine for a week

But tell me also u hate High Uncool Musical??

 

[Snake0209]

Oh and btw people who have bebo, on the official britannia high bebo page, itv are doing a blog asking for peoples thoughts

 

[BettyBM]

I don't think it tried to be edgy at all, although it did deal with some serious issues. I liked it because it was lighthearted.

 

[Rubluffin]

Because you can't micro-manage something into a success. Something like this falls into place, you can't create it because it then loses its charm.

 

[Demi.]

IMO, its all to do with the time slot! 7:00pm Sunday??? Was never going to work!!

 

[Marin3 muscl3]

Ive just been in my mcolls and there selling britannia high photo carRAB didnt buy any though.

You know what id like too see brintannia high singstar! wHOOP would never happen though

 

[Crγstαl™ ($$$]]

Because it was on ITV1.

Because it was a rip-off.

Because it was shown on the wrong day and at the wrong time.

Because it was British and as a not-very-patriotic nation we prefer American imports over homegrown productions.

 

[Pregnant With #1!]

I watched the "making of" documentary of BH recently and they definitely tried to force everything too much. They expected instant success but this is rare. Things like High School Musical are rarities. For every success story in the market like HSM, there are twenty stories of failure.

 

[sport fan1]

LOL I actually don't like High School Musical, watched it once with the kiRAB and it didn't do much for me, couple of the songs get in your head and they did a show in Universal Studios in Florida that we stood and watched this year but nothing special for me with this one, not seen any of the sequals either

Have to wonder if all the people who are slagging Britannia off actually sat and watched each episode?? I can't see that they did so how can you make a judgement based even on just one week and if you did watch EVERY episode....WHY did you when it was so bad in your opinion, if I don't like something I switch off.

 

[Vasiq]

from yahoo Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has jumped to the defence of ITV1 programme Britannia High. Skip related content
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Video: Arlene Phillips defenRAB Britannia High
The television programme is a musical drama, with music written by Take That's Gary Barlow.

"I think there's life in Britannia High yet and obviously Gary's just had a baby girl and so we're getting together.

"I think we'll wait and see what happens. I don't think it's done and dusted."

In response to rumours surrounding the Strictly judges, including Phillips, getting the axe from Britannia High, she said: "The advice I took from Bruno Tonioli when he said to me 'Don't read a newspaper, carry on,' and that's what I do.

"Because if you open every newspaper and you see dramatic headlines, not because of what it is but because of what you've done, then it's best not to read it."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090125/ten-arlene-phillips-defenRAB-britannia-hi-ea4616c.html
video here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090125/video/ven-arlene-phillips-defenRAB-britannia-hi-cf04a8a.html

 

[lala.xo]

Charlie Brooker's review of BH on Screenwipe was hilarious - he ripped the dyslexia song to bits. For that alone, I wish the show was still on just to hear him complaining some more.

 

[syazdefined]

i guess your right, but its a shame they wont give it a 2nd chance, there is clearly a market for it, many of the clips on you tube have in excess if 50k hits

and for example, this clip has over 200,000 hits
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HTrQC7GcJEg for watch this space

official bebo page is popular and there is a lot of facebook sites that have popped up and the petition has over 400 sigs so far http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BritanniaHighSeries2

makes you wonder if another channel, ie channel 4 or e4 could have made it work (ie in their t4 slot) or even bbc on a sat afternoonn