Desperate Scousewives was a British reality television series based in Liverpool. It premiered on E4 at 10:00pm on 28 November 2011. It ran for eight episodes before it was officially announced that the show had been cancelled due to stagnating ratings and a perceived lack of interest in cast members from viewers. The show gained favourable viewing figures for its first episode debuting with 500,000 viewers, 24% up on the E4 channel's slot average. However, episodes for the rest of the series were regularly below this figure and outside of the E4 Top 10 weekly rankings.
The show's name is a play on words of the American comedy-drama Desperate Housewives and was said to be "Liverpool's answer to The Only Way Is Essex and Made in Chelsea". Repeats began airing on 4Music from 26 April 2012, sparking speculation from cast members that it may be a test run to recommission a new series on 4Music instead of E4. However, E4 reaffirmed their decision several times about the show's cancellation via their official Twitter pa
Street Magic TV was first aired in January 2006 on E4 as the first television series to feature new and upcoming magician Matt Grindley. Channel 4 had recently enjoyed success with Derren Brown/David Blaine specials and the show was aimed to capitalise on this in a more gritty down to earth way. Although the show received excellent reviews, the production company felt that this kind of magic had become over exposed and the format was revamped in 2007 and filmed as a one-off special for cable channel M-TV still featuring Matt Grindley and now including Bar Bets, Scams and Cons.