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British TV xmas ratings 2023

King’s Christmas Message is down on 2022 but still tops UK viewing on Christmas Day.

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The King’s Christmas Message was the most viewed show amongst Brits watching Christmas Day content.

But at 5.9m viewers it marks a huge drop from Charles’s first-ever Christmas message as monarch last year, which had an average of 8.1 million viewers on BBC One (and 10.6 million on BBC One, BBC Two and ITV).

1. The King’s Christmas Broadcast, BBC One – 5.9m
2. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, BBC One – 5.3m
3. Doctor Who, BBC One – 4.7m
4. Ghosts, BBC One – 4.4m
5. Call the Midwife, BBC One – 4.4m
6. Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel, BBC One – 4.2m
7. EastEnders, BBC One – 3.6m
8. Toy Story 4, BBC One – 3.5,9.
9. The 1% Club, ITV – 3.4m
10. Tabby McTat, BBC One – 3.3m

Source: Independent, Guardian.

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  1. Many thanks for posting this info. Y a y again for Call the Midwife UK season 13 Christmas Special rated 5 and garnered 4.4 million viewers. Look forward to having it here on free to air tv. Interesting ratings also for the new Kings Message, ie his very first since the late Queen died.
    Here is an article that may interest readers re Midwife Specials; digitalspy.com/tv/a46117563/call-the-midwife-christmas-specials-ranked/
    The top spot is what we here saw on Boxing Day night ie Season 12.

    1. Lee Mack is excellent, the uk version has 2 series and a xmas special. The 3rd series will have 16 eps and starts in March. Watched 2 eps of our version, in my opinion the UK version is much, much better.

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