Further linked within was an old BBC article; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6981356.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6981356.stm "

Further linked within was an old BBC article; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6981356.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6981356.stm "... there aren't very many examples of sudden decreases in demand triggered by TV programmes. A rare example would be the two minutes' silence at 11am on Remembrance Sunday, but this occurs during daylight hours so is nowhere near comparable." I'm remembering when the Queen passed now - it was very interesting to see a lot of systems at some major retailers lose their minds because of a super sharp order volume drop from normal expectations. It fired off all sorts of automations to investigate service outages... only for a few tickets a few minutes later to pop in to announce the death of the Queen and how to work that onto the homepage.