2006 Christmas Day - The Ratings

This was last years Top Ten. NB These are final figures, not overnights

1 - EASTENDERS (SUN 2104) - 10.60 - BBC1
2 - DOCTOR WHO (SUN 1902) - 9.84 - BBC1
3 - CORONATION STREET (SUN 1959) - 9.81 - ITV1
4 - THE TWO RONNIES CHRISTMAS SKETCHBOOK (SUN 2203) 7.87 - BBC1
5 - FILM: SHREK (SUN 1509) 6.74 - BBC1
6 - FILM: TOY STORY II (SUN 1632) 6.57 - BBC1
7 - WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (SUN 1903) 6.55 - ITV1
8 - EMMERDALE (SUN 1801) 6.24 - ITV1
9 - MY FAMILY (SUN 1759) 5.85 - BBC1
10 - THE GREEN GREEN GRASS (SUN 2002) 4.59 - BBC1

Here are the top 20 overnight ratings for last year's xmas day:

1. EastEnders - BBC One, 9pm-10pm - 10.12 million (44%)

2. Coronation Street - ITV1, 8pm-9pm - 9.41 million (41.2%)

3. Doctor Who - BBC One, 7pm-8pm - 9.4 million (42.7%)

4. The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook - BBC One, 10pm-11.05pm - 7.93 million (38.3%)

5. Shrek - BBC One, 3.10pm-4.30pm - 6.69 million (47.5%)

6. Toy Story 2 - BBC One, 4.30pm-6pm - 6.48 million (40.4%)

7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity - ITV1, 7pm-8pm - 6.31 million (28.7%)

8. BBC News and Weather - BBC One, 6.50pm-7pm - 6.18 million (31.2%)

9. The Queen - BBC One, 3pm-3.10pm - 6.18 million (45.6%)

10. Emmerdale - ITV1, 6pm-7pm - 6 million (32.2%)

11. My Family Christmas Special - BBC One, 6pm-6.50pm - 5.71 million (30.9%)

12. BBC News and Weather - BBC One, 8.50pm-9pm - 4.67 million (20.1%)

13. The Green Green Grass - BBC One, 8pm-8.50pm - 4.48 million (19.7%)

14. The Booze Cruise 2: The Treasure Hunt - ITV1, 9pm-10.50pm - 4.13 million (18.6%)

15. Top of the Pops Christmas Special - BBC One, 2pm-3pm - 3.76 million (35.9%)

16. Creature Comforts - ITV1, 5.30pm-6pm - 3.63 million (20.7%)

17. Before They Were Famous: The Confessions - BBC One, 11.05pm-11.45pm - 3.3 million (22.7%)

18. The Importance of Being Earnest - BBC Two, 8pm-9.30pm - 2.85 million (12.4%)

19. ITV News and Weather - ITV1, 5.15pm-5.30pm - 2.73 million (16.9%)

20. The Santa Clause - BBC One, 12.30pm-2pm - 2.67 million (29.8%)

half these show will only get BIG Viewer because there NOTHING eles good on!

apart form Doctor who, Doc martin and the BBC two comdays: Vicar of dibley / little Britain, the rest is will.... it shouldn't be on Xmas Day televison!

I have come to Understand why Ch4 have put the Secert life of jesus famliey on today! it Different, IT BOLD ! and I putting my money it will be in the Top 20!!!

I just can;t understand Why TV has got SO bad at xmas! I don;t think Eastenders will get the top shot!!!

What actually matters these days?

The actual original showing or do they add up all the showings on subsidary channels, plus the video taping as well?

We've watched EE, Who & SCD, while SKY + ing ITV.

Should theoritcally only BBC 1 count, or ITV also count as we've SKY + it?

(We've got no BARB box, so I don't expect this to matter personally, just wondered generally!)

Overnights is just who watched it. The actuals released about 3 weeks later include the people who recorded them

Notice The Queen was an ITN production this year. I was wondering how those wild ITN endcaps would look. They used a static version rather than the usual animated one

The Vicar of Dibley was the most watched this year - just over 11m

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6209697.stm

Dawn French's sitcom The Vicar of Dibley scored the highest ratings of any TV programme in the UK on Christmas Day, according to overnight estimates.

The BBC One show was seen by 11.4m viewers, compared to 10.7m for the last episode of an East Enders double bill.

Coronation Street was third, followed by the first half of East Enders.

The BBC's Doctor Who, Little Britain Abroad and Strictly Come Dancing were next, with ITV1's main drama of the night - Doc Martin - ninth on 5.3m.

The BBC report has changed, and now says that Doc Martin wasn't in the top ten.

The Vicar of Dibley becomes one of the highest rated programmes of the year.

This's because it wasn't

Top Twenty
1 …. 11.4 (46.6%) …. The Vicar of Dibley (21:30) BBC1
2 …. 10.7 (44.0%) …. EastEnders (21:00) BBC1
3 …. 9.6 (39.8%) …. Coronation Street (20:00) ITV
4 …. 9.2 (44.3%) …. EastEnders (18:30) BBC1
5 …. 8.7 (37.0%) …. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
6 …. 8.4 (37.7%) …. Little Britain Abroad (22:30) BBC1
7 …. 7.3 (30.3%) …. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (20:00) BBC1
8 …. 7.2 (30.6%) …. Emmerdale (19:00) ITV
9 …. 6.8 (34.8%) …. Strictly Come Dancing (18:15) BBC1
10 … 6.7 (35.0%) …. BBC News and Weather (18:00) BBC1
11 …. 5.7 (42.3%) …. The Queen (15:00) BBC1
12 …. 5.3 (22.2%) …. Doc Martin (21:00) ITV
13 …. 5.1 (32.0%) …. Monsters, Inc (15:45) BBC1
14 …. 5.1 (29.0%) …. My Family (17:15) BBC1
15 …. 4.8 (27.2%) …. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (16:00) ITV
16 …. 4.7 (25.4%) …. BBC News; Regional News; Weather (23:00) BBC1
17 …. 4.5 (21.3%) …. ITV News; Weather (18:45) ITV
18 …. 3.6 (25.8%) …. The Green Green Grass (15:00) BBC1
19 …. 3.3 (18.7%) …. ITV News; Weather (23:00) ITV
20 … 2.9 (27.0%) …. Top of the Pops Christmas Special (14:00) BBC1

Here's the top 25

1 …. 11.4 (46.6%) …. The Vicar of Dibley (21:30) BBC1
2 …. 10.7 (44.0%) …. EastEnders (21:00) BBC1
3 …. 9.6 (39.8%) …. Coronation Street (20:00) ITV1
4 …. 9.2 (44.3%) …. EastEnders (18:30) BBC1
5 …. 8.7 (37.0%) …. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
6 …. 8.4 (37.7%) …. Little Britain Abroad (22:30) BBC1
7 …. 7.3 (30.3%) …. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (20:00) BBC1
8 …. 7.2 (30.6%) …. Emmerdale (19:00) ITV1
9 …. 6.8 (34.8%) …. Strictly Come Dancing (18:15) BBC1
10 … 6.7 (35.0%) …. BBC News and Weather (18:00) BBC1
11 …. 5.7 (42.3%) …. The Queen (15:00) BBC1
12 …. 5.3 (22.2%) …. Doc Martin (21:00) ITV1
13 …. 5.1 (32.0%) …. Monsters, Inc (15:45) BBC1
14 …. 5.1 (29.0%) …. My Family (17:15) BBC1
15 …. 4.8 (27.2%) …. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (16:00) ITV1
16 …. 4.7 (25.4%) …. BBC News (23:00) BBC1
17 …. 4.5 (21.3%) …. ITV News; Weather (18:45) ITV1
18 …. 3.6 (25.8%) …. The Green Green Grass (15:00) BBC1
19 …. 3.3 (18.7%) …. ITV News; Weather (23:00) ITV1
20 … 2.9 (27.0%) …. Top of the Pops Christmas Special (14:00) BBC1
21 … 2.7 (19.3%) …. Deal or No Deal (15:00) Channel 4
22 … 2.6 (23.0%) …. Entrapment (23:00) BBC1
23 … 2.6 (10.9%) …. Deal or No Deal (19:00) Channel 4
24 … 2.2 (15.1%) …. Best Ever Christmas Films (15:00) ITV1
25 … 2.1 (20.1%) …. The Grinch (13:00) ITV1

It was definally a win for terrestrial tv, add up some of those shares and you'll see that hardly anybody chose multichannel tv on Christmas Day

Over on Five and only one programme managed over 1 million viewers

In daytime, ITV scheduling Christmas Cooks was quite good as it managed to win the slot

They are counting the Strictly Come Dancing preview as a seperate programme which is questionable, it was actually only on for less than 10 minutes

"Clutching" and "straws" are the words which spring to mind.