However, following disappointing ratings, the show was moved to a later time slot for its final four episodes.
(meta data) TITLE: People's Book Of Records loses slot | News | Broadcast 5 captures 03 Mar 2016 - 15 May 2018 About this capture COLLECTED BY Collection: Wikipedia Outlinks March 2016 Crawl of outlinks from wikipedia.org started March, 2016. These files are currently not publicly accessible. Properties of this collection. It has been several years since the last time we did this. For this collection, several things were done: 1. Turned off duplicate detection. This collection will be complete, as there is a good chance we will share the data, and sharing data with pointers to random other collections, is a complex problem. 2. For the first time, did all the different wikis. The original runs were just against the enwiki. This one, the seed list was built from all 865 collections. The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214106/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/peoples-book-of-records-loses-slot/1115847.article Skip to main contentSkip to navigation By continuing to use the site you agree to our Privacy & Cookies policy ## BC Search the site # People's Book Of Records loses slot 24 April, 2003 Endemol's bid to move into comedy has been dealt a significant blow after Channel 4 decided to move its ailing stunt-based series The People's Book of Records out of its primetime Friday night slot because of poor ratings, writes Penny Hughes ## Subscribe to continue reading... To read this article in full and benefit from unlimited Broadcast news, data and insight, simply subscribe below or call + 44 (0) 330 333 9414 Not sure yet? Take a REQUEST A FREE DIGITAL ISSUE OF BROADCAST and see for yourself how Broadcast can benefit you. This content is free for subscribers. If you are a subscriber, please enter your email address below to sign in Our records show you are already a registered user. Please sign-in with your password... By continuing to use the site you agree to our Privacy & Cookies policy Not registered? Registration is simple and quick and provides access to a range of newsletter updates (meta data) TITLE: C4 shunts stunt show. | News | Broadcast 3 captures 03 Mar 2016 - 15 May 2018 About this capture COLLECTED BY Collection: Wikipedia Outlinks March 2016 Crawl of outlinks from wikipedia.org started March, 2016. These files are currently not publicly accessible. Properties of this collection. It has been several years since the last time we did this. For this collection, several things were done: 1. Turned off duplicate detection. This collection will be complete, as there is a good chance we will share the data, and sharing data with pointers to random other collections, is a complex problem. 2. For the first time, did all the different wikis. The original runs were just against the enwiki. This one, the seed list was built from all 865 collections. The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211553/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/c4-shunts-stunt-show/1116152.article Skip to main contentSkip to navigation By continuing to use the site you agree to our Privacy & Cookies policy ## BC Search the site # C4 shunts stunt show. 30 April, 2003 Endemol's bid to move into comedy has been dealt a significant blow after Channel 4 decided to move its ailing stunt-based series The People's Book of Records out of its primetime Friday night slot because of bad ratings, writes Penny Hughes. ## Subscribe to continue reading... To read this article in full and benefit from unlimited Broadcast news, data and insight, simply subscribe below or call + 44 (0) 330 333 9414 Not sure yet? Take a REQUEST A FREE DIGITAL ISSUE OF BROADCAST and see for yourself how Broadcast can benefit you. This content is free for subscribers. If you are a subscriber, please enter your email address below to sign in Our records show you are already a registered user. Please sign-in with your password... By continuing to use the site you agree to our Privacy & Cookies policy Not registered? Registration is simple and quick and provides access to a range of newsletter updates
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The People's Book of Records
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British production company Zeppotron produced the programme after being commissioned in 2002 by the Channel Four Television Corporation, who broadcast the show on their eponymous channel. "The People's Book of Records" was featured as part of a £430 million season of new television programming on Channel 4 during 2003, and ran for a single series of nine 30-minute weekly episodes. Each episode was directed by Atul Malhotra, whose previous directing work had included the 2002 series of "Comedy Lab". 
 During promotion of the programme, considerable media attention was given to a record shown in the first episode of a man being licked on the buttocks by a dog as many times as possible in two minutes. Several commentators criticised the series as a whole for including such a segment: Jason Deans of "The Guardian" branded the show a "dog's dinner", while Jim Kresse of "The Spokesman-Review" stated that TV had "officially hit bottom" as a result. The record was set during episode one by Doug Bennett and his dog Harley with a final score of 71, before being broken during the third episode by Martin Shaw and his dog Star with a total of 145 licks. Executive producer Phil Gilheany defended the programme, describing it as "quite innocent fun". 
 "The People's Book of Records" received a sponsorship deal from Kenco Rappor, and its first five episodes were broadcast during a prime time period on Channel 4 at 9:30 p.m. on Friday nights.