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Posted by: burbe 22nd November 2016, 04:27 PM

Today the BBC announced their highlights and some newspapers have also revealed the ITV highlights.

BBC



The Great British Bake Off Christmas [2 episodes]
Strictly Come Dancing
Doctor Who
Outnumbered [40 minute special]
Ethel & Ernest
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Awful Auntie [David Walliams adaptation]
Mrs Brown's Boys [2 episodes]
Sherlock [already confirmed for New Year's Day return]
Call the Midwife
Last Tango In Halifax [2 episodes]
Witness for the Prosecution [Agatha Christie adaptation]
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Michael McIntyre's Christmas Show
Top of the Pops [Christmas and New Year specials]
New Year's Eve concert and fireworks [rumoured to be Robbie Williams performing]
Still Open All Hours
Walliams and Friend
Jonathan Creek [one off special]
To Walk Invisible [Bronte sisters biopic]

ITV

Grantchester
Birds of a Feather
Blankety Blank [One off special]
Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs
The Big Quiz: Corrie v Emmerdale


Obviously more to be announced for ITV BBC looks quite strong though! Also rumours they have Frozen and Monsters University on this year.

Posted by: Jack 22nd November 2016, 05:09 PM

It all looks pretty poor imo. I'll watch Bake Off though.

Posted by: Bluth 22nd November 2016, 07:30 PM

Its just the same old recycled programmes now. As much as I love some of them, there's just a lack of inspiration and I'm not surprised that Christmas TV ratings are decreasing.

Posted by: J▲hq 22nd November 2016, 07:35 PM

Here for the Outnumbered special and that's pretty much it from this list.

Posted by: jase. 22nd November 2016, 09:38 PM

same shit different year

Witness for the Prosecution [Agatha Christie adaptation]

Very excited about this, though!

Posted by: liamk97 22nd November 2016, 10:31 PM

It is similar stuff as always but, given the BBC usually win the night and get the highest rating programme of Christmas Day (aside last year when the last ever Downton Abbey won it for ITV, for the first time in years), it's not really a surprise that they don't change it up. I know last year seemed like it had disappointing ratings with shows generally bringing in 5 or 6 million, but they all time-shifted very well, reaching highs of 9 and 10m.

Looking at the programmes listed though, you can pretty much predict there will be a chain of Doctor Who, Strictly, Call the Midwife, Eastenders, Mrs Brown's Boys and Michael McIntrye, as ever! You'll probably see a kids film (Monsters University perhaps, if that's rumoured) straight after the Queen's speech at 3pm followed by (depending on the timings) a short animation (perhaps this Ethel & Ernest?), given the success of Stick Man last year. It would be great if one of the Bake Off specials was shown on Christmas Day, but like I said, that chain from Doctor Who to Michael McIntrye has remained in tact for the last few years and I don't know what they'd replace if they were to do so.

Open All Hours and Agatha Christie will premiere on Boxing Day and I wouldn't be surprised to see two Eastenders episodes appear on New Year's Day again after the success of splitting the episodes last year, with David Walliams in the middle and the new Sherlock appearing afterwards at 9pm.

I don't really pay much attention to the ITV schedules but I reckon Grantchester will take Downton's slot and appear opposite Eastenders.

I appreciate that's a lot of waffle but I thought I best put it in writing to act as evidence before I eat my hat if I am wrong.

Posted by: liamk97 23rd November 2016, 12:41 PM

The Mirror has confirmed that the BBC will show Frozen on Christmas Day following the Queen's Speech. I believe this is its TV premiere (or at least a network premiere) so I reckon it will receive some really good ratings and set the BBC up for a healthy run throughout the night.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 will be shown on Boxing Day, Captain America: The Winter Soldier on December 30th and Monsters University on New Year's Day.

Mr Peabody & Sherman, Penguins of Madagascar, Planes, Muppets Most Wanted and Tinkerbell & The Pirate Fairy will also air over the Christmas period, whilst BBC 2 will air Saving Mr Banks, The Lady in The Van and Pride.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/can-go-christmas-day-bbc-9312997

Posted by: richie 23rd November 2016, 01:48 PM

It's feature length and it'll be one of the highlights. I think Revolting Rhymes will be in the Stick Man / Gruffalo slot.

Shall be watching these:
Ethel & Ernest (saw it in the cinema, it's excellent)
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Michael McIntyre's Christmas Show
To Walk Invisible

Maybe watch these:
Bake Off
Strictly (but the Christmas special is always poor. I guess they probably filmed it this week?)
Last Tango In Halifax
Top of the Pops - only if they feature older tracks, no wish to hear anything from 2016.
Jonathan Creek

Posted by: bipolar angel 23rd November 2016, 06:03 PM

outnumbered<3

I love that show

and I love birds of a feather

and the roald dahl sounds good (after last year I have high expectations!)

Posted by: burbe 23rd November 2016, 06:06 PM

Overnight wise, Frozen will probably be the most watched thing on Christmas Day tbh Such a massive coup for them!

Posted by: liamk97 24th November 2016, 12:40 AM

Not out of the question! Last year, Brave followed on from Queen's Speech and received 5.5m so it would seem Frozen would have an easy time topping 6m in comparison, perhaps even in touching distance of 7m.

-x-

Digiguide have these as the provisional schedules:

Christmas Eve (Saturday)
BBC One
14:15 Film: Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian
16:30 Shrek the Halls
16:50 Penguins of Madagascar
18:15 BBC News
18:30 Pointless
19:25 Michael McIntyre's Big Show
20:25 Eastenders
21:00 David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Basset
22:05 Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle

ITV
15:20 Film : 101 Dalmations
17:00 You've Been Framed!
17:30 ITV News
18:00 Film: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
21:00 Birds of a Feather
22:00 Through the Keyhole
23:00 ITV News

Christmas Day (Sunday)
BBC One
15:00 The Queen
15:10 Film : Frozen
16:40 The Great Christmas Bake Off
17:40 Doctor Who
18:40 Strictly Come Dancing
19:55 Call the Midwife
21:25 Eastenders
22:25 Mrs Browns Boys
23:00 Tracey Ullman's Sketch Show

ITV
15:00 The Queen
15:10 ITV News
15:25 Film: The Lion King
17:15 ITV News
17:30 Emmerdale
18:30 Blankety Blank
19:30 Coronation Street
20:30 Maigret

Boxing Day (Monday)
BBC1
18:30 Revolting Rhymes
19:00 Christmas Bake Off
20:00 EastEnders
20:30 Still Open All Hours
21:00 Witness For The Prosecution
22:00 Outnumbered

ITV
18:00 Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 YBF!
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Grantchester

In regards to Christmas Day: The Doctor Who to Mrs Brown's Boys chain continues, but they managed to fit Bake Off in there too! I think the BBC will easily get better ratings than ITV and I can't see anything ITV have to offer winning the night. Maigret seems like it could be ITV's biggest rating on Christmas Day but I don't think it will do too much more than the 5.4m that watched the first episode back in March.

Of course, things are bound to change around before the official schedule comes in (particularly timings I would think) but it's a good enough idea of what to expect.

Posted by: richie 24th November 2016, 11:05 AM

Excellent - looks like another Christmas Day with the TV off! That's the best way.

Posted by: UltraBasicWitch 24th November 2016, 11:09 AM

Yasssss Frozen! Had a feeling that would be premiering this year <3

Love the films line-up, only ones I haven't seen are Pride and Lady In The Van and want to watch both of them! Highly recommend all the others!

Posted by: Steve201 27th November 2016, 11:50 AM

The Lion King is on ITV as the Xmas day afternoon movie??

Posted by: liamk97 27th November 2016, 12:25 PM

I assume ITV know they'll be eaten alive by Frozen on BBC so have chosen something that is likely to at least get a couple million viewers.

-x-

If anyone's interested, here's the list of BBC's Christmas Day afternoon films since 2000:

Posted by: lewistgreen 27th November 2016, 01:12 PM

Those late 80s - early 90s ratings *.*

Posted by: Mack 27th November 2016, 11:26 PM

Looking forward to World's Strongest Man on Channel 5.

Posted by: Houdini 28th November 2016, 12:59 AM

I will watch:

Top Of The Pops
EastEnders
Charlie Brooker's 2016 wipe
Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
8 Out Of 10 Cats Christmas Special

Posted by: Houdini 28th November 2016, 01:02 AM

Who actually watches the Queen's speech? I've never purposefully watched a whole Christmas speech from her.

Posted by: Suedehead2 28th November 2016, 08:44 AM

It was a major part of our traditional family Christmas. We'd do the washing-up while TOTP was on. As soon as the programme finished, we'd turn the telly off and start opening our presents. Decades on, I've still never watched any of the Queen' speech and don't expect I ever will.

Posted by: burbe 28th November 2016, 11:20 AM

Personally I don't but there are people who do. It's got ~7m viewers the last two years.

Posted by: T Boy 28th November 2016, 07:37 PM

I usually delve into my DVD collection a lot.

The Good Life Christmas special is a must every year.

Posted by: Steve201 4th December 2016, 08:32 PM

So is Father Ted and Vicar of Dibley Xmas classic episodes too!

Did the BBC Xmas 2016 start tonight on bbc1?

Posted by: jase. 22nd December 2016, 11:27 PM

Stirctly vs. Mrs Brown's Boys vs. Bake Off

I wanna throw some money on one of them but I'm changing my mind every other second as to who will top the ratings

Posted by: Steve201 22nd December 2016, 11:48 PM

Father Ted is on ch4 tonight, my fav watch if each December!!

Posted by: Christmas 22nd December 2016, 11:55 PM

You can 100% count Strictly out as Mrs Browns Boys has beat it in the last few years so I don't see why this year would be different. GBBO will be interesting considering its the first Christmas episode, its obviously the penultimate episode to air on the BBC but the Comic/Sport Relief episodes have never done anywhere near as well as the regular series. If I was a betting person, I would say Mrs Browns Boys easily.

It has made me realise that Doctor Who will probably be the least watched programme on BBC One (from The Queen onwards) this year. Eastenders is probably the only one it has a chance of beating, especially with the lack of a major storyline for EE.

Posted by: liamk97 23rd December 2016, 12:15 AM

I think Doctor Who is against Emmerdale. Obviously Doctor Who has its die hard fanbase that will watch live, but Emmerdale has been holding stronger year on year than the other two major soaps as well as having the most buzz surrounding it. Will definitely be interesting to see which wins the slot.

I imagine Eastenders will out rate Doctor Who, although the odds are stacked against it, given it airs as 9:30pm and against Maigret.

Posted by: jase. 23rd December 2016, 01:36 AM

I wonder if Mrs Brown's Boys late start could harm its ratings. Is it usually on after half 10 at night?

Posted by: Jack 23rd December 2016, 08:33 AM

People actually find Mrs Brown's Boys entertaining? Wow.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 23rd December 2016, 08:44 AM

It is weirdly addictive, in a ‘so terrible you can’t look away’ way. At least it is not the car crash that was Mad About Alice which is without doubt the worst sitcom of all-time.

Looking forward to Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe and the The Entire Universe, as well the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures which I always end up watching.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 23rd December 2016, 10:46 AM

Looking forward to Witness for the Prosecution, after last year's adaptation of And Than There Were None, which I was very impressed with, looks like BBC1 are adapted Agatha Christie Books to the small screen every year during the festive period. Unless this is to tie in with marking 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first crime novel.

Posted by: Kath 23rd December 2016, 04:27 PM

I don't understand it either. I watched it for the first time last night and just thought - this is just so dated. The canned laughter makes it even worse than it is.

I like the fellow who plays Mrs Brown though - in person he seems like a really nice chap.

Posted by: Jingle Burbes 23rd December 2016, 04:46 PM

Personally I think it will be Bake Off vs. Frozen! Mrs Brown's Boys is on quite late this year, so I can't see it topping the night.

In fact I'll be bold and do a top 10 prediction:

01. Bake Off - 7.4m
02. Frozen - 7.2m
03. Mrs Brown's Boys - 6.2m
04. Corrie - 6m
05. Strictly - 6m [I think they'll be very close, could be the other way round]
06. Eastenders - 5.7m
07. Call The Midwife - 5.6m
08. Doctor Who - 5.6m
09. Emmerdale - 5.5m
10. Maigret - 5.1m

I'm interested to see how close I get! I'll be hugely surprised if anything on ITV comes close to the top. I might be underestimating Call The Midwife but I just can't see that many people sitting through 90 minutes of it on Christmas Day. The Frozen / Bake Off pairing will really help other out which is why I think they'll be the top 2 by some margin.


In terms of what I'm looking forward to, only really Bake Off and Eastenders. I'm looking forward to finally getting round to watching The Lady In The Van though!

Posted by: liamk97 23rd December 2016, 05:01 PM

Frozen will get good ratings for a film - 7m definitely seems achievable - and Bake Off will have its dedicated audience on top of people tuning in for sentimental value of it being the penultimate episode on the BBC (although it won't bring in the same ratings as the series did; 7m nevertheless seems perfectly in reach).

Tbh, those predictions seem pretty good to me! However, I'm unsure whether Doctor Who and Emmerdale will be able to bring in pretty much the same ratings when they're on at the same time. I feel people would be more inclined to catch-up on Emmerdale, so I fear it could end up with comparitively underwhelming ratings.

I feel like Mrs Brown's Boys is the type of show that could bring in solid ratings regardless of what time it was on.

Posted by: jase. 23rd December 2016, 10:44 PM

You see...now I'm definitely thinking NOT MBB. So it's between Strictly, Bake Off...and Frozen? Could that really do it? I DON'T KNOW!

Posted by: liamk97 23rd December 2016, 11:21 PM

Bake Off and Frozen are the hardest to predict given they've never been on at Christmas. We all know how successful Bake Off is, but perhaps it'll see a similar dip in ratings that Strictly gets from its seriea to its special (about a 3m dip, so still like 7m) and Frozen is one of the most popular films, so its premiere should get more than the typical 5/6m that films in its slot get. However, you can just not predict these things for sure as to what they'll rate on the night. I imagine both could get 9m+ with official 7 day data.

Posted by: liamk97 23rd December 2016, 11:25 PM

Bake Off and Frozen are the hardest to predict given they've never been on at Christmas. We all know how successful Bake Off is, but perhaps it'll see a similar dip in ratings that Strictly gets from its seriea to its special (about a 3m dip, so still like 7m) and Frozen is one of the most popular films, so its premiere should get more than the typical 5/6m that films in its slot get. However, you can just not predict these things for sure as to what they'll rate on the night. I imagine both could get 9m+ with official 7 day data.

Posted by: jase. 23rd December 2016, 11:28 PM

20 quid on Frozen would get me £260 back. Oh the DECISIONS

EDIT: Incorrect. The maximum you can put on Frozen is £8.33 to which I'd get £108.29 back so I've done that seeing as though it's only 8 quid. Also placed £20 on Bake Off to which I'd get £68.01 back.

And that's my final flutter of the year

Posted by: liamk97 24th December 2016, 12:30 AM

Tbh Frozen is a good bet to win the night. Im sure Downton Abbey won the night last year with 6.9m and the Christmas film usually averages 6m, and you'd think Frozen was popular enough to get 7m, so could easily win the night.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 24th December 2016, 07:39 PM

ITV's version of Blankety Blank was nothing special, same format, same jokes, and awful prizes, I can do without a series.

Posted by: Steve201 24th December 2016, 08:14 PM

I'm just watching The Polar Express on ITV 2!

Posted by: bah... humbug... 24th December 2016, 09:22 PM

I'm so looking forward to the Agatha Christie's 2 part adaptation, 9pm, The Witness For The Prosecution that trailer looked amazing, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough, Billy Howle, Kim Cattrall and David Haig, its going to be my highlight of the evening on Boxing Day.

Posted by: jase. 24th December 2016, 09:27 PM

Same! Outside of the soaps + TOTP, that's the only Christmas show which interests me this year

Posted by: bah... humbug... 24th December 2016, 09:55 PM

That's going to score pretty high in the ratings, I think.

Posted by: liamk97 25th December 2016, 09:08 PM

My night has been all ITV tonight and I'm usually Team BBC! Watched Emmerdale, Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs and now Corrie. I'll turn over for Eastenders then probably watch Love Actually back on ITV. The BBC schedule, although objectively strong, just doesn't interest me.

Boxing Day looks better for BBC. I'll probably watch Revolting Rhymes on BBC, Emmerdale and Corrie on ITV, then Eastenders, back to Corrie for the second episode, then Witness for the Prosecution and Outnumbered.

BBC 1 Boxing Day
14:40 Brave
16:05 The Gruffalo
16:30 How to Train Your Dragon 2
18:05 BBC News
18:30 Revolting Rhymes
19:00 The Great British Christmas Bake Off
20:00 Eastenders
20:30 Still Open All Hours
21:00 Witness for the Prosecution
22:00 Outnumbered

ITV Boxing Day
14:40 Sleeping Beauty
16:10 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
18:45 ITV News
19:00 Emmerdale
19:30 Coronation Street
20:00 You've Been Framed
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 Captain Phillips

Posted by: JosephCarey 25th December 2016, 09:13 PM

Tonight for me has been Doctor Who, Emmerdale on +1, Corrie, then EastEnders and Mrs Brown's Boys coming up so the BBC just have the edge. Very hyped for Outnumbered tomorrow!

Posted by: liamk97 25th December 2016, 09:28 PM

What was Doctor Who like? I heard it was an improvement on the past series and recent Christmas specials, although I don't think it'll be enough to get me back into it.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 25th December 2016, 10:35 PM

It was alright, but nothing special, I just find the Christmas specials always lack something, I did get bored in the middle of it.

Posted by: Danta Claus 25th December 2016, 10:38 PM

definitely better than the last few christmas specials, though probably not great enough to convert the non-fans.

Posted by: JosephCarey 25th December 2016, 10:39 PM

It was a pretty decent episode! Not one of the very best but it was good enough. I think next series is probably the time to try and start watching again though, it's supposedly going back to basics!

Posted by: liamk97 25th December 2016, 10:42 PM

Thanks guys. I may give the next series a go, but I know I'll be very impatient and not stick with it if I'm not hooked back in by the first episode.

Posted by: Slade 25th December 2016, 10:43 PM

Snubbed Frozen in favour of The Lion King My favourite animated movie of all-time

Posted by: Christmas 26th December 2016, 11:14 AM

Overnights

01. The Queen - 7.7m (BBC One & ITV)
02. Strictly Come Dancing - 7.2m
03. The Great British Bake Off - 6.3m
04. Mrs Browns Boys - 6.1m
05. Call the Midwife - 6.1m
06. Eastenders - 5.9m
07. Coronation Street - 5.8m
08. Doctor Who - 5.7m
09. Frozen - 4.7m
10. Emmerdale - 4.2m

Emmerdale & Corrie don't include +1. Got these from Lizo Mzimba.

Actually surprised Strictly was the highest and Frozen only got 4.7m! Quite low figures on the whole though, nowhere near the heights that we had a few years ago and they just seem to be decreasing year on year now. Pleased that Doctor Who did comparatively well though and that it beat Emmerdale by 1.5m!

I'm sure GBBO or Mrs Browns Boys will be the highest in the 7 day BARB ratings.

Posted by: liamk97 26th December 2016, 11:35 AM

Big update, thanks to lewiep93 and rzt on Digital Spy:

BBC 1
06:00: Breakfast - 1.18m (32.2%)
09:00: The Nutcracker - 890.7k (10.9%)
09:45: Dragons: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon - 708.8k (7.5%)
10:00: Christmas Day Service - 819.9k (8.1%)
11:00: Songs of Praise - 1.09m (10.1%)
11:40: BBC News - 1.38m (12.5%)
11:50: Film: The Croods - 1.52m (13.0%)
13:20: The Farmer’s Llamas - 1.47m (11.8%)
13:50: Top of the Pops - 1.92 (14.3%)
14:50: BBC News - 3.35m (23.7%)
15:00: The Queen - 5.19m (32.5%)
15:10: Film: Frozen - 4.65m (29.4%)
* peak - 5.38m (31.5%) at 16:35
16:45: The Great Christmas Bake Off - 6.32m (33.7%)
* peak - 7.15m (36.9%) at 17:35
17:45: Doctor Who - 5.68m (27.1%)
* peak - 6.08m (27.9%) at 18:40
18:45: Strictly Come Dancing - 7.17m (32.7%)
* peak - 7.56m (34.1%) at 19:20
20:00: Call the Midwife - 6.06m (26.7%)
* peak - 6.55m (29.7%) at 21:00
21:30: EastEnders - 5.90m (28.1%)
* peak - 6.44m (31.8%) at 22:25
22:30: Mrs Brown’s Boys - 6.13m (32.4%)
* peak - 6.29m (34.6%) at 22:55
23:00: The Best of Tracey Ullman’s Show - 2.72m (18.9%)
23:30: BBC News - 2.34m (19.0%)
23:45: On Christmas Night - 1.62m (14.5%)
23:50: Would I Lie to You? - 1.06m (11.8%)
00:20: Have I Got a Bit More 2016 News for You - 766.4k (12.3%)
01:05: Citizen Khan - 476k (11.4%)

BBC 2
10:20-11:40: Film: Bee Movie - 595k
13:55: The Good Life - 618k
14:25-16:00: Film: The Artist - 244k
17:40: The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show - 1.90m
18:45: University Challenge - 1.52m
19:15: Blackadder's Christmas Carol - 1.34m
20:00: Dad's Army - 1.48m
20:30: Gospel Christmas - 605k
21:30: Victorian Bakers - 951k
22:30: QI - 1.03m

ITV (inc. +1)
08:25: Weekend at Christmas - 382.8k (5.0%)
09:25: Countrywise - 797.5k (8.8%)
09:55: Film: Despicable Me 2 - 2.30m (21.8%)
11:55: Film: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 3.10m (24.8%)
15:00: The Queen - 2.95m (18.4%)
15:10: Film: The Lion King - 3.58m (22.3%)
* peak - 4.55m (26.5%) at 16:40
16:55: ITV News - 3.20m (17.3%)
17:15: You’ve Been Framed! - 2.80m (14.6%)
17:45: Emmerdale - 4.73m (22.5%)
18:45: Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs at Christmas - 3.21m (14.7%)
19:45: ITV News and Weather - 3.80m (16.9%)
20:00: Coronation Street - 6.12m (26.5%)
* peak - 6.64m (28.7%)
21:00: Maigret - 3.19m (15.3%)
23:00: Film: Love Actually - 1.28m (16.1%)

Channel 4
14:20: Film: It's A Wonderful Life - 849k
16:55: The Snowman and The Snowdog - 1.10m
17:25: We're Going on a Bear Hunt - 1.17m
18:00: Film: Home Alone - 3.02m
20:00: Travel Man - 1.71m
21:00: Gogglebox 2016 - 1.98m
22:30: Alan Carr's Christmas Chatty Man - 1.04m

Channel 5
14:10: Film: The Wizard of Oz - 695k
16:15: Film: Singin' in the Rain - 734k
18:20: Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs - 678k
20:30: When Celebrities Go Pop - 679k

Posted by: jase. 26th December 2016, 01:24 PM

So Strictly won in the end and Frozen didn't even break 5m? f*** my life

Posted by: liamk97 26th December 2016, 01:35 PM

Compared to last Christmas on BBC: Top of the Pops is down 910k; BBC's broadcast of The Queen's Speech is also down 910k; Frozen is down 850k from last year's film in its slot (Brave); Doctor Who is only slightly down (90k); Strictly is up 680k; Call the Midwife is up 260k; Eastenders is up 170k; and Mrs Brown's Boys is down 280k.

On ITV: Harry Potter is up 1.54m on last year's film in its slot (Happy Feet); ITV's broadcast of The Queen's Speech is up 1.61m; You've Been Framed is down 280k; Emmerdale is up 310k (despite being on an hour earlier than last year); Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs is up 60k (very different slot though: 6:45pm compared to 5pm); Coronation Street is up 270k; and, now the biggy, Maigret's 2 hour special is down a huge 3.69m on Downton Abbey's 2 hour special in its slot last year.

These are the Eastenders Christmas Day overnights since 2000 that I can find:

2016: 05.90m (28.1%)
2015: 05.73m (23.8%)
2014: 07.55m (30.2%)
2013: 07.78m (29.0%)
2012: 09.37m (34.3%)
2011: 09.92m (33.4%)
2010: 11.40m (43.2%)
2009: 10.86m (45.9%)
2008: 09.89m (40.6%) / 11.47m (44.9%) *
2007: 11.60m (53.7%) / 13.90m (55.3%)
2006: 09.24m (44.3%) / 10.68m (44.0%)
2005: 10.12m (44.0%)
2004:
2003:
2002: 12.40m / 16.00m (62.2%)
2001: 10.50m / 14.50m
2000: 00.00m / 12.10m (46.8%)

* There seems to be some issue with 2008's 11.47m figure, as the consolidated figure is only 11.34m.

Posted by: liamk97 26th December 2016, 01:40 PM

By the way, if anyone wants to see any other Christmas comparisons like the one for Eastenders, I can see what I can do!

Posted by: UltraXmasWitch 26th December 2016, 01:44 PM

What's was Brave's competition last year? I feel like The Lion King affected Frozen's ratings heavily!

Posted by: liamk97 26th December 2016, 01:53 PM

Cameraman to the Queen (1.05m) and Countrywise Winter Wonderland (1.17m). The Lion King will have affected Frozen but I don't think anyone anticipated it to be that much!

Posted by: liamk97 27th December 2016, 03:01 PM

If you thought Christmas Day was bad...

Boxing Day BBC Ratings
16:30 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 2.76m (17.1%)
18:05 BBC News
18:30 Revolving Rhymes - 3.31m (17.3%)
19:00 The Great Christmas Bake Off - 4.57m (21.7%)
20:00 EastEnders - 5.85m (27.8%)
20:30 Still Open All Hours - 3.16m (14.7%)
21:00 The Witness for the Prosecution - 4.69m (22.7%)
22:00 Outnumbered - 4.45m (23.2%)

Boxing Day ITV Ratings
16:10 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 3.40m (20.6%)
18:45 ITV News
19:00 Emmerdale - 5.58m (26.9%)
19:30 Coronation Street - 5.96m (27.8%)
20:00 You've Been Framed - 2.61m (12.4%)
20:30 Coronation Street - 5.48m (25.4%)
21:00 Captain Phillips - 3.40m (18.3%)

Posted by: Kath 27th December 2016, 04:05 PM

I was as well. Wished I hadn't bothered now. I'm going to have to dig out the old Charles Laughton / Marlene Deitrich one to cleanse my mind of it. Or close my eyes and try and relive the brilliant production that Wigan Little Theatre did of it.

Posted by: Kye 27th December 2016, 04:12 PM

I don't know anyone that actually watched Christmas TV live this year, we didn't even have the TV on on Christmas day
The catch up and recording services mean that it's not a necessity to watch the shows live so we will definitely continue to see ratings decline or stay very similar.

Posted by: Mart!n 27th December 2016, 04:14 PM

That was bit of a dull squib, I was expecting more from it, not sure if I want to bother with the final episode tonight but there is nothing else on TV

Posted by: Kath 27th December 2016, 05:07 PM

The thing is - if its done right - it really is worth sticking with for the ending. I'd stick to the 1957 film though if I were you - or if its staged at a local theatre (an am-dram production) go and see that.

Posted by: jase. 27th December 2016, 10:01 PM

Episode 2 of WFTP was AMAZING. That twisted ending Andrea Riseborough was absolutely phenomenal.

Posted by: Mart!n 27th December 2016, 10:20 PM

I stuck with it in the end, part II was a lot better, the ending was quite good, with that twist. This is one book I did not read and I wasn't aware of the original film.

Great performance from Andrea Riseborough, I just fell in love with the character in the end.

I hope BBC1 keep on adapted the novels for TV every year

Posted by: Christmas 28th December 2016, 01:55 PM

Unbelievably excited for Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe and Cunk on Christmas tomorrow!

Posted by: Mart!n 28th December 2016, 10:37 PM

Jonathan Creek special, superb, I was quite intrigued and glued to the TV screen as the story unfolded, my partner worked it all out, especially the phony bit so much better than last year's Christmas special

Posted by: JingleBellsMack 30th December 2016, 01:01 PM

Do you have Channel 4's ratings for Boxing Day by any chance?

Posted by: dandy* 30th December 2016, 01:36 PM

Enjoyed the Jonathan Creek special the other day, it was definitely back to the original spirit of the show with a mix of the absurd and the guessable with a bizarre side plot thrown in for good measure.

Posted by: liamk97 30th December 2016, 01:54 PM

Only these:

19:00 The World's Most Expensive Toys (Repeat) - 0.97m (4.6%)
20:00 Lego Christmas - 1.93m (9.1%)
21:00 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year - 1.68m (8.7%)

Posted by: Steve201 30th December 2016, 02:09 PM

I enjoyed Ch4 the best - they just showed classic Christmas films like Home Alone and Its a Wonderful Life.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 30th December 2016, 04:00 PM

I didn't know the latter was a thing, need to search that out *.*

2016 Wipe was great, it was always gonna be a pretty tough job trying to make comedy out of such a depressing year If only we could go back to that puddle being the news of the day.

Posted by: Doctor Mysterio 1st January 2017, 12:32 PM

Cunk on Christmas followed 2016 Wipe in the schedules but obviously that doesn't mean anything when watching on catch up! Did you catch Cunk on Shakespeare earlier in the year? That was hands down the funniest half hour of TV I've ever seen, Cunk on Christmas was good but couldn't come close to the brilliance of the first one.

2016 Wipe was obviously great, a lot of hilarious things that came out of it and some brilliant observations. Probably one of the few times I have actually been a bit depressed when watching one of the Wipes just because I was reminded of all the events, all the things that were said all at once. Loved the fact that they did a Moments of Wonder on the Apocalypse (or a 'Pocalypse')!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 1st January 2017, 12:51 PM

It was a shame there was no Doug Stanhope or Adam Curtis feature this year but still a good Wipe - especially the Trump parody of OutKast written by CasssetteBoy.

Posted by: Doctor Mysterio 1st January 2017, 01:09 PM

I'm not the biggest fan of Doug Stanhope but I suppose it might have been good regarding Trump. Apparently the first edit was 90 minutes long so there was a lot of material left on the cutting room floor!

Posted by: liamk97 2nd January 2017, 03:29 PM

BARB has yet to update (probably tomorrow) but some ratings have come through. In brackets are the overnights and how much they've time-shifted:

Christmas Day
BBC 1
15:10: Frozen - 5.25m (4.65m; + 60k)
16:45: The Great Christmas Bake Off - 8.21m (6.32m; + 1.89m)
17:45: Doctor Who - 7.83m (5.68m; + 2.15m)
18:45: Strictly Come Dancing - 8.94m (7.17m; + 1.77m)
20:00: Call the Midwife - 9.21m (6.06m; + 3.15m)
21:30: EastEnders - 7.83m (5.90m; + 1.93m)
22:30: Mrs Brown’s Boys - 8.98m (6.13m; + 2.85m)

ITV (inc. +1)
15:10: The Lion King - 4.03m (3.58m; + 45k)
-
17:45: Emmerdale - 6.21m (4.73m; + 1.48m)
18:45: Paul O'Grady's For The Love Of Dogs At Christmas 3.97m (3.21m; + 76k)
20:00: Coronation Street - 8.12m (6.12m; + 2.00m)
21:00: Maigret - 4.92m (3.19m; + 1.73m)

So the official Top 10 programmes were (excluding The Queen and News; in brackets are the positions from the overnights):

01. (05) Call the Midwife 9.21m
02. (03) Mrs Brown's Boys 8.98m
03. (01) Strictly Come Dancing 8.94m
04. (02) The Great Christmas Bake Off 8.21m
05. (04) Coronation Street 8.12m
06. (07) Doctor Who 7.83m
07. (06) Eastenders 7.83m
08. (08) Emmerdale 6.21
09. (09) Frozen 5.25m
10. (12) Maigret 4.92m

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Also, Christmas Eve saw Channel 4 win the night with a huge 6.73m for We're Going on a Bear Hunt, despite only 3.02m watching overnight! Behind it were Eastenders (6.51m); Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show (6.44m); Coronation Street (6.37m); Grantchester (5.55m); Peter Kay’s Christmas Comedy Shuffle (4.46m); The Lady In The Van (4.39m); and Birds Of A Feather (4.34m).

Some may be interested to know that Emmerdale's Tuesday episode (a special devoted to Ashley's dementia) was the top rated episode from the soap in Christmas Week, with 7.43m viewers.

Posted by: liamk97 2nd January 2017, 03:32 PM

And, because I'm kind, here is every single Christmas Day rating for Eastenders:

1985: N/A
1986: 19.55m / 18.95m (29.55m / 30.15m inc. omnibus)
1987: 16.67m (25.19m inc. omnibus)
1988: N/A
1989: N/A
1990: 12.80m (17.25m inc. omnibus)
1991: N/A
1992: 15.12m (21.47m inc. omnibus)
1993: 17.39m (23.04m inc. omnibus)
1994: 14.23m
1995: 15.18m / 16.98m (19.54m / 22.28m inc. omnibus)
1996: 17.05m (24.33m inc. omnibus)
1997: 12.90m (17.63m inc. omnibus)
1998: 10.81m / 15.04m (16.15m / 22.14m inc. omnibus)
1999: 11.96m / 12.43m
2000: 10.93m / 13.74m (14.56m / 18.31m inc. omnibus)
2001: 11.78m / 14.95m (15.55m / 18.98m inc. omnibus)
2002: 13.08m / 16.97m
2003: 12.25m / 15.22m
2004: 12.82m
2005: 10.60m
2006: 09.40m / 11.56m
2007: 11.97m / 14.38m
2008: 11.11m / 11.34m
2009: 11.67m
2010: 12.61m
2011: 11.33m
2012: 11.31m
2013: 09.36m
2014: 08.60m
2015: 07.67m
2016: 07.83m

2016 saw ratings go up for the first time since they did so in 2010!

Posted by: Kath 2nd January 2017, 05:00 PM

My favourite Christmas viewing so far has been Gordon Buchanan's Elephant Family! Little Wiva!!!!!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 2nd January 2017, 05:09 PM

I didn't really enjoy it. Jonathan didn't seem to be all that bothered that he'd just murdered someone (this was brushed over very quickly) and I just miss Caroline Quentin and the old windmill too much.