The BBC and Channel 4 may have divided their audiences after the broadcasters scheduled two of the biggest TV dramas of the year up against one another.
Baptiste and Traitors are both listed as beginning at 9pm on Sunday night – and fans are undecided which series to watch live and which to catch up on after their first choice has aired.
However, with viewers having two high-end thrillers with six episodes in each series to pick from, it seems it will be only the Beeb or Channel 4 who lose out – on ratings – if those watching at home are split over what to watch first.
Furthermore, with ITV screening the second hour of Endeavour at the same time, there is a real risk most of the Sunday night viewing audience may already be tied up with the adventures of Shaun Evans’ Morse prequel.
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Telly devotees explained their difficult choice on social media – with some hinting that recording both shows may be their only option.
“Busy few days. Baptiste on BBC1, Traitors on Channel 4. Both on Sunday at the same time,” noted one user.
“I’m keen to see two dramas starting this Sunday: #Baptiste on BBC and #Traitors on C4,” said another, setting themselves up for a viewing quandary.
Another viewer commented on how much programming they have to set reminders for, even if they don’t watch as they air.
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“So much to record Sundays now – @CallTheMidwife1 #Endeavour #Baptiste #Traitors, oodles to watch,” they tweeted.
But another user – apparently hoping to see the Channel 4 production fare well – expressed their frustration at their belief Baptiste could pull in more eyes.
“Everyone’s gonna be watching Baptiste instead of Traitors on Sunday and I’m annoyed. WATCH TRAITORS,” they huffed.
Baptiste – starring Tom Hollander, Tchéky Karyo and Call the Midwife’s Jessica Raine – sees holidaying investigator Julien Baptiste embroiled in a mystery that looks beyond the streets, canals and houses of Amsterdam to the seamy underworld beneath.
Meanwhile, in Traitors, Keeley Hawes and Emma Appleton star in a post-war spy drama in which a British civil servant keeps tabs on her own government for the US.
Which will you be watching?
– Traitors begins at 9pm on Channel 4, Sunday February 17. Baptiste starts at the same time, on the same day, on BBC One
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