Tuesday 22nd December 2015

 

BBC One

Celebrity Mastermind: 4.04m (20.1%)

EastEnders: 6.31m (30.2%)

Holby City: 4.54m (21.2%)

Luther: 4.77m (21.5%)

 

BBC Two

University Challenge: 2.49m (11.9%)

Masterchef - The Professionals: 3.34m (15.6%)

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story: 2.67m (12.0%)

QI: 1.60m (8.6%)

 

ITV

Emmerdale: 5.55m (27.5%)

 

Channel 4

Hollyoaks: 844k (4.4%)

How the Rich Live Longer: 1.22m (5.7%)

Supervet at Christmas: 1.68m (7.6%)

 

Channel 5

Dog Rescuers at Christmas: 1.00m (4.7%)

Michael Buble's Christmas: 956k (4.3%)

 

E4

Tattoo Fixers: 607k (2.7%)

 

Wednesday 23rd December 2015

 

BBC One

Eastenders: 5.79m (27.3%)

Snow Chick: 3.68m (17.5%)

Boomers: 2.41m

 

BBC Two

Christmas University Challenge: 2.6m (12.3%)

Masterchef: The Professionals: 2.93m (14%)

Christmas Shopping Fever: John Lewis: 2.31m (12%

 

ITV

Emmerdale: 5.45m (27.7%)

Coronation Street: 6.21m (29.8%)

Prey: 2.04m (9.8%)

 

Channel 4

Hollyoaks: 815k (4.5%)

Posh Pawn at Christmas: 1.15m (5.5%)

24 Hours In A&E: 1.5m (7.2%)

Toast of London: 360k (2%)

 

Channel 5

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!: 1.26m (6%)

 

BBC Four

The Dectorists: 547k (3%)

 

Christmas Eve 2015

 

BBC One

Celebrity Mastermind: 3.55m (18.1%)

Would I Lie to You? at Christmas: 3.56m (16%)

Pointless Celebrity Christmas Special: 3.87m (18.3%)

Eastenders: 5.7m (24.8%)

Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny: 4.84m (22.7%)

Walliams and Friend: 3.83m (20.4%)

 

BBC Two

Christmas University Challenge: 1.48m (6.9%)

The Great History Quiz: The Tudors: 1.17m (5.4%)

Masterchef: The Professionals: 2.75m (12.2%)

 

ITV

Emmerdale: 5.4m (25.7%)

Coronation Street: 6.00m (27.2%)

The ABBA Christmas Party: 2.64m (11.9%)

Through the Christmas Keyhole: 1.94m (10%)

 

Channel 4

Jamie's Night Before Christmas: 1.1m (5.3%)

My Crazy Christmas Lights: 1.06m (4.7%)

8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas Special: 1.8m (7.4%)

Rude Tube: Christmas Cracker: 1.07m (5.8%)

 

Channel 5

The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show: 964k (4.5%)

 

BBC Four

All Aboard! The Sleigh Ride: 316k (1.4%)

 

 

Christmas Day 2015

 

BBC One

The Queen: 6.1m

Brave: 5.5m

Stick Man: 6.4m

Doctor Who: 5.77m (29.4%)

Strictly Come Dancing: 6.49m (30%)

Eastenders: 5.73m

Call the Midwife: 5.8m (24.5%)

Mrs Brown's Boys: 6.41m (27.7%)

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show: 3.62m (20.4%)

 

BBC Two

Darcey's Ballet Heroes: 1.01m (4.2%)

 

ITV

The Queen: 1.1m

Emmerdale: 4.26m (19.2%)

Coronation Street: 5.59m (23.5%)

Downton Abbey: 6.5m (28.3%)

 

 

Channel 4

Gogglesprogs: 2.24m (9.33%)

Alan Carr's Chatty Man: 990k (4.4%)

 

Channel 5

Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs: 863k (3.8%

Delighted that Doctor Who secured such high ratings in comparison to how the series has fared this year. It's particularly impressive when you take into account the very early timeslot and the fact that all the other programmes are actually down on their normal ratings, whereas Doctor Who has actually increased by at least 1.5m! It's amazing that it beat Eastenders and Coronation Street, showing that there's still a lot of interest in the show. I guess it shows that the show needs to be placed earlier that 8:30pm and hopefully the BBC takes this into account next year.

Using the ratings posted, this is the Top 10 most watched programmes for Christmas Day:

 

01. 6.50m Downton Abbey (5.51m)

02. 6.49m Strictly Come Dancing (6.98m)

03. 6.41m Mrs Brown's Boy (7.61m)

04. 6.36m Stick Man

05. 5.80m Call the Midwife (6.83m)

06. 5.77m Doctor Who (6.34m)

07. 5.73m Eastenders (7.55m)

08. 5.59m Coronation Street (6.41m)

09. 4.26m Emmerdale (5.53m)

10. 3.62m Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

 

In brackets are the ratings from last Christmas - all are down, some quite significantly, aside from Downton Abbey which is, unsurprisingly, up due to it being the last ever episode and being advertised in every single ad break on ITV since the beginning of December. The biggest shock is Eastenders which is almost 2m down! It's had bigger ratings even this week. Suppose that could be somewhat put down to the clash with Downton Abbey, but that's still a big drop however you look at it. It was the second most-viewed programme last year.

Just seent that Stick Man also got 6.4m! :o

Brave also got 5.5m and BBC and The Queen's message got a combined audience of 7.2m (6.1m on BBC One and 1.1m on ITV).

I see that some articles have added +1 channel ratings which puts Corrie ahead of Eastenders.

Just seent that Stick Man also got 6.4m! :o

Apparently my three-year-old niece absolutely loved it. As soon a it had finished, she wanted to watch it again, but it was time to go home from my brother's in-laws. She kept repeating on the way home that she wanted to see it again. When they got home, she was told she could see it again in the morning, so, at about 6am, she wandered into her parents' room asking if it was morning yet "so I can see Stick Man". :lol: She was persuaded to go back to bed, and eventually watched it again (twice) at about 8-ish. She held out until this afternoon before the fourth viewing :lol:

Brave also got 5.5m and BBC and The Queen's message got a combined audience of 7.2m (6.1m on BBC One and 1.1m on ITV).

 

In all my 50+ years on the planet - I'm pleased to say that I have never watched any Queen's Christmas Day messages! Is this a record?

13 years ago the Queens Speech was pulling almost 10 million viewers.. shame to see there has been a dip in interest.

In all my 50+ years on the planet - I'm pleased to say that I have never watched any Queen's Christmas Day messages! Is this a record?

No. I've managed 55 years without ever watching it :D

EastEnders and Downtown done great considering they clashed, if aired separately they would rated far higher. In general the Christmas ratings are very low this year. Not the best year for Christmas tv.

Boxing Day 2015

 

BBC One

Eastenders: 5.68m (26.6%)

Dickensian: 4.99m (24.9%)

Still Open All Hours: 5.15m (24.9%)

Dickensian: 4.34m (20.9%)

And Then There Were None: 6.01m (27.5%)

 

BBC Two

Top Gear: From A to Z: 1.36m (6.6%)

A Gert Lush Christmas: 830k (3.8%)

Country Strife: Abz on the Farm Christmas Special: 539k (2.7%)

Backchat End of Year Show: 477k (2.9%)

 

ITV

Surprise Surprise: 2.46m (12%)

Peter & Wendy: 1.44m (6.8%)

The Jonathan Ross Show: 1.13m (6.2%)

 

Channel 4

The Secret Life of Children at Christmas: 496k (2.7%)

Britain;s Favourite Children's Books with David Walliams: 680k (3.4%)

Inside Lego at Christmas: 1.77m (8.5%)

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2015: 2.14m (10.6%)

 

Channel 5

Christmas Makes You Laugh Out Loud: 622k (3%)

Great showing for BBC One but absolutely AWFUL for ITV especially when Peter & Wendy had the likes of Stanley Tucci involved.

Some additions for BBC One:

 

The Croods: 3.5m

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas: 4.8m

Match of the Day: 3.4m

If you think yesterday was bad for ITV, wait until you see last night's ratings. Nothing passed 2m or 10% share all day! Atrocious!

Nice to see EE getting pretty much the same ratings for Boxing Day as it did for Christmas Day - they're pretty bad for the latter but very good for the former given it's never on a Saturday and, as far as I'm aware, wasn't advertised by the BBC.

Wow... And Than There Were None, got top ratings :o Mind you that was the best dramatisation I've seen in ages.

Sunday 27th December 2015

 

BBC One

Countryfile: 5.68m (29.4%)

Still Open All Hours: 4.95m (24.4%)

And Then There Were None: 5.14m (24.1%)

 

BBC Two

Dragon's Den: 1.94m (9.5%)

Gorilla Family & Me: 1.4m (6.6%)

U2: Innocence and Experience Live in Paris: 419k (3.2%)

 

ITV

Jekyll & Hyde: 1.17m (6%), 1.07m (5.2%)

Harry Pride: Ghost Hunter: 1.39m (7.6%)

 

Channel 4

Walking the Himalayas: 1.66m (8.1%)

Homeland: 936k (4.4%)

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special: 707k (4.4%)

 

Channel 5

On Benefits: Cashing in for Christmas: 1.09m (5.3%)

Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015: 1.07m (6.05%)

 

Sky One

Fungus the Bogeyman: 696k (3.6%) Highest overnight figure for Sky One of the year

11:26

 

I want it 26 minutes earlier.