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(December 2009)

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ST
steddenm
According to the BBC Website these were the overnights for Christmas Day:

1 - EastEnders (BBC Continuting Drama for BBC One) 10.9m
2 - The Royle Family (ITV Studios for BBC One) 10.2m
3 - Doctor Who (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC One) 10m
4 - Gavin & Stacey (Babycow Manchester for BBC One) 9.2m
5 - Gruffalo (Magic Light Pictures for BBC One) 8.8m
6 - Coronation Street (ITV Studios for ITV1/UTV/STV) 7.9m
7 - Catherine Tate: Nan's Xmas Carol (Tiger Aspect for BBC One) 7.1m
8= - BBC News (5.15pm, BBC News for BBC One) 6.8m
8= - Strictly Come Dancing at Christmas (BBC Events for BBC One) 6.8m
10 - Shrek The Halls (Dreamworks Animation Studios/BBC One) 5.6m

So BBC One took dominance in the schedules then!
Last edited by steddenm on 27 December 2009 4:50pm - 3 times in total
ME
mediaman2007
Catherine Tate is not a talkbackThames production, it is Tiger Aspect.
ST
steddenm
mediaman2007 posted:
Catherine Tate is not a talkbackThames production, it is Tiger Aspect.


Corrected
BH
BillyH Founding member
Surprised at that, I'd say that's very disappointing - last couple of years have seen much better ratings, last year Wallace & Gromit got 16 million and Doctor Who got 13 million. Several million simply weren't watching TV this year as opposed to last year, I thought Doctor Who would get even more than last time.

And way smaller than 2001 when Only Fools got 21 million.
TE
tesandco Founding member
I would hope they're just so low with it being the overnights, and that those numbers will go up quite a bit with the later results. Otherwise the Doctor would seem a bit of a letdown to have only gotten 10 million given the insane amount of hype and promotion around it!

Then again, I'm guessing the figures for BBC HD are recorded seperately, and the iplayer won't be in there, both of which are heavily plugged now on BBC One and presumably take some of the number. Razz
:-(
A former member
it will be New years day doctor that get the ratings
EX
excel99
Any figures for The Queen yet?
JO
Joe
tesandco posted:
Then again, I'm guessing the figures for BBC HD are recorded seperately, and the iplayer won't be in there, both of which are heavily plugged now on BBC One and presumably take some of the number. Razz


Certainly I watched it on iPlayer, as 6 was around the time my family went home - I didn't want to miss the start!
LL
Larry the Loafer
excel99 posted:
Any figures for The Queen yet?


I think Mattel released a line of them a few years ago. Wink
GM
GMc
DS posted:
View the top 20 in full below, with last year's positions listed in brackets where applicable.

1. (3) EastEnders - BBC One, 8pm - 10.86 million, 45.9%

2. (4) The Royle Family - BBC One, 9pm - 10.23 million, 42.5%

3. (2) Doctor Who - BBC One, 6pm - 10.03 million, 42.2%

4. (-) Gavin & Stacey - BBC One, 10pm - 9.17 million, 39.2%

5. (-) The Gruffalo - BBC One, 5.30pm - 8.79 million, 42.6%

6. (7) Coronation Street - ITV1/STV/UTV, 7pm - 7.89 million, 32.4%

7. (-) Catherine Tate: Nan's Christmas Carol - BBC One, 10.30pm - 7.13 million, 36.2%

8. (-) BBC News - BBC One, 5.20pm - 6.8 million, 36.5%

9. (6) Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special - BBC One, 7pm - 6.79 million, 27.9%

10. (-) Shrek The Halls - BBC One, 4.55pm - 5.56 million, 31.9%

11. (9) The Queen - BBC One, 3pm - 5.56 million, 36.7%

12. (12) Emmerdale - ITV1/STV/UTV, 6pm - 5.19 million, 21.9%

13. (-) The Incredibles - BBC One, 3.10pm - 5.09 million, 32.1%

14. (-) BBC News - BBC One, 11.20pm - 4.64 million, 30.5%

15. (-) ITV News & Weather - ITV1/STV/UTV, 5.40pm - 3.78 million, 17.9%

16. (-) Agatha Christie's Poirot - ITV1/STV/UTV, 9pm - 3.71 million, 16.1%

17. (15) Top Of The Pops Christrmas Special - BBC One, 2pm - 3.4 million, 27.6%

18. (-) Happy Feet - ITV1/STV/UTV, 3.40pm - 3.39 million, 20%

19. (17) Dad's Army - BBC Two, 8pm - 3.39 million, 14.5%

20. (-) National Lottery Euromillions Draw - BBC One, 11.30pm - 2.38 million, 17.9%


The top ten multichannel programmes on Christmas Day:

1. Family Guy - BBC Three, 11.35pm - 645,800, 5.5%

2. Billy Elliot - BBC Three, 9pm - 627,400, 2.8&

3. Love Actually - ITV2, 9pm - 625,500, 3%

4. Doctor Who Confidential - BBC Three, 7pm - 576,200, 2.5%

5. EastEnders - BBC Three, 12am - 490,300, 6.3%

6. Holiday On The Buses - ITV3, 9pm - 464,100, 2.1%

7. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - ITV2, 7pm - 415,700, 1.8%

8. On The Buses - ITV3, 5.25pm - 407,800, 1.9%

9. Only Fools And Horses - G.O.L.D., 4.40pm - 395,900, 2.2%

10. Coronation Street - ITV2, 11.40pm - 377,400, 4%
DA
Dave Founding member
Would imagine that ITV would be a bit disappointed with that - Shrek the Halls was a repeat from last year and was also shown a few days before Christmas got more than Emmerdale

Its like people turn to BBC1 for what ever reason about 2pm and then lose all ability to turn over for the rest of that day!
JC
JCB
Considering the massive hype I'm really surprised Doctor Who didn't come 2nd...if not 1st!. Apparently it's even 2 million down on last year.

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