Gavin and Stacey tops rankings

The Gavin and Stacey finale attracted a median of 12.3 million TV viewers – the most important Christmas Day viewers in additional than a decade, in a single day information exhibits.

The brand new Wallace and Gromit movie additionally attracted a big viewers on BBC One, with greater than 9 million viewers tuning in to observe the animated duo’s newest journey.

Almost 7 million individuals watched the King’s Christmas message on the BBC, ITV and Sky Information.

All figures are based mostly on “in a single day” TV rankings – which don’t embody viewers who watch Christmas specials on catch-up companies throughout the remainder of the festive interval.

The finale of Gavin and Stacey was probably the most watched present on Christmas Day since 2008.

A mean of 14.3 million viewers tuned in to observe Wallace and Gromit in A Matter Of Loaf And Demise that 12 months.

This 12 months’s new Gavin and Stacey episode adopted on from an unimaginable cliffhanger which noticed Nessa, performed by Ruth Jones, get down on one knee in entrance of Smithy, performed by James Corden, and ask him to marry her.

Tens of millions of viewers had been left questioning if he mentioned sure for the reason that earlier Christmas particular in 2019.

The hit BBC sitcom attracted big viewing numbers that 12 months, with 11.6 million individuals watching the episode on Christmas Day.

Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s Chief Content material Officer, mentioned Jones and Corden created a “magical finale that followers will treasure without end.”

“Their exquisitely written comedy creation is a present all about household, love and pleasure and it proved to be the unmissable TV occasion of the 12 months,” she added.

This 12 months’s viewing figures have been successful for the BBC – it was the primary time that every one 10 most watched Christmas Day exhibits have been screened on BBC One.

Regardless of well-loved Coronation Road character Gail Platt bidding farewell after 50 years, the ITV cleaning soap did not make the highest 10, attracting 2.41 million viewers within the in a single day rankings.

Nevertheless, the programme had been launched on ITVX for viewers who needed to observe the episode earlier within the day, which is more likely to have impacted numbers.

BBC cleaning soap EastEnders cut up its Christmas Day into two episodes, recording greater than 8 million viewers and reaching fifth and eighth within the rankings listing.

Perennial favorite Name the Midwife got here in fourth place.

Physician Who, Strictly Come Dancing’s festive version, the animated movie Tiddler and a particular of the Weakest Hyperlink additionally featured within the high 10.

1. Gavin & Stacey 12.32m
2. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 9.38m
3. The King (BBC, ITV, BBC Information and Sky Information) 6.82m (not together with different channels)
4. Name the Midwife 4.42m
5. EastEnders 4.39m
6. Physician Who 4.11m
7. Strictly Come Dancing 4.05m
8. EastEnders 3.98m
9. Tiddler 3.23m
10. The Weakest Hyperlink 3.05m

Supply: BARB in a single day figures