{"id":36465,"date":"2023-09-04T15:50:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1883652"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:58:51","slug":"bbc-calls-report-of-ratings-drop-after-andrew-marrs-exit-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bbc-calls-report-of-ratings-drop-after-andrew-marrs-exit-meaningless\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC calls report of ratings drop after Andrew Marr\u2019s exit \u201cmeaningless\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC has said the figures cited don\u2019t take into account the “many people who watch on screens, phones or tablets and on iPlayer catch up”. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 04 September 2023 at 13:50 PM<\/p>

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The BBC has responded to reports that Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg has seen a decline in ratings since it replaced The Andrew Marr Show as BBC One\u2019s Sunday morning politics programme last year.<\/p>\n

It was reported in The Sunday Times<\/a> and Mail Online<\/a> that BARB figures showed a decline of 700,000 viewers between the average figures for Marr\u2019s show (1.9 million) and the average of Kuenssberg\u2019s in 2023 (1.2 million).<\/p>\n

However, a spokesperson for BBC noted that the figures cited don\u2019t appear to take into account catch-up viewership or viewers watching on alternate devices, such as tablets and laptops.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cThese aren\u2019t the right figures, as they don\u2019t take into account the many people who watch on screens, phones or tablets and on iPlayer catch up, bringing the actual average to 1.5m, which broadly compares to Andrew Marr before the pandemic \u2013 it\u2019s meaningless to use the extraordinary period of the pandemic as a comparison.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased SWLK has become the weekend\u2019s agenda-setting programme.\u201d<\/p>\n