The BBC won the Christmas Day ratings battle, with King’s First Christmas Speech as the most watched programme.
King Charles III used his speech to pay tribute to his late mother, thanking the public for their support following her death earlier this year.
In the king’s first speech since 1951, the new monarch said he was “deeply moved by the “love and sympathy you have shown to our whole family” following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September.
Popular: The BBC won the Christmas Day ratings battle, with the King’s first Christmas speech the most watched program
About 8.1 million people watched King Charles, with a peak of 8.3 million and 54.1 percent of viewers.
The BBC also took the crown for the next five most watched programmes, with ITV coming in second with places seven, ninth and tenth.
Second place went to the Christmas special Strictly Come Dancing, won by Alexandra Mardell.
A staggering 5.4 million people watched as she fought off competition from Nicola Roberts, Larry Lamb, Rickie Haywood-Williams, Rosie Ramsey and George Webster.
Winner: Corrie’s Alexandra Mardell won Sunday’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special with professional dancer Kai Widdrington
Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel was close behind, with ratings of 4.8 million and a peak of 5.2 million.
Call The Midwife narrowly missed the top 3 with 4.5 million viewers.
However, EastEnders only managed to pull in 3.2 million for its Christmas Day special, which appears to have killed off fan favorite Danny Dyer.
Although this was an increase of 0.3 million from last year’s 2.9 million viewers, it meant the soap landed in eighth place behind Aladdin, Ghosts and Doc Martin.
On the back: However, EastEnders only managed to collect 3.2 million for its Christmas Day special, which appears to have killed off fan favorite Danny Dyer
However, it managed to beat off competition from rivals Coronation Street and Emmerdale, which managed just 2.8 million and 2.6 million respectively.
Meanwhile, for ITV, the top performing shows were Corrie, Ant and Dec’s Christmas Limitless Win and The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special.
The controversial Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special earned just 2.4 million on BBC One.
While Channel 4 managed to crack the top 20 with Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Gogglebox 2022 and The Great Festive Pottery Throwdown.
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