The BBC gained the score battle for Christmas Day, with the King’s first Christmas speech being probably the most watched present.
King Charles III used his first speech to pay tribute to his late mom and thanked the general public for his or her messages of assist following her passing earlier this 12 months.
Making the primary festive King’s Speech since 1951, the brand new monarch stated he remained deeply touched by the ‘love and sympathy you may have proven our complete household’ following Queen Elizabeth II’s loss of life in September.
Well-liked: The BBC gained the score battle for Christmas Day, with the King’s first Christmas speech being probably the most watched present
Round 8.1 million folks tuned in to observe King Charles, peaking at 8.3 million and taking 54.1 per cent of viewership.
The BBC additionally took the crown for the subsequent 5 highest watched reveals, with ITV limping in to second place with positions seven, 9 and ten.
Coming in at second was the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas particular, which was gained by Alexandra Mardell.
5.4 million folks watched her battle off competitors from Nicola Roberts, Larry Lamb, Rickie Haywood-Williams, Rosie Ramsey and George Webster.
Winners: Corrie’s Alexandra Mardell gained the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Particular on Sunday alongside professional dancer Kai Widdrington
Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel was proper behind, with viewing figures of 4.8 million which peaked at 5.2 million.
Name The Midwife narrowly missed out on the highest three, being watched by 4.5 million viewers.
Nevertheless, EastEnders solely managed to tug in 3.2 million for its Christmas Day particular, which noticed fan-favourite Danny Dyer apparently killed off.
Whereas this was a rise of 0.3 million from final 12 months’s 2.9 million viewers, it meant that the cleaning soap got here in eighth place, behind Aladdin, Ghosts and Doc Martin.
Trailing behind: Nevertheless, EastEnders solely managed to tug in 3.2 million for its Christmas Day particular, which noticed fan-favourite Danny Dyer apparently killed off
Nevertheless it did handle to beat out competitors from rivals Coronation Road and Emmerdale, which solely managed 2.8 million and a pair of.6 million respectively.
In the meantime, for ITV one of the best performing programmes had been Corrie, Ant and Dec’s Christmas Limitless Win and The Chase Celeb Christmas Particular.
The divisive Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Particular managed simply 2.4 million on BBC One.
Whereas Channel 4 managed to crack the highest 20, with Dwelling Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, Gogglebox 2022 and The Nice Festive Pottery Throwdown.
