The BBC had nine out of the ten most popular TV programmes on Christmas Day. Its a testament to the place public service broadcasting has in national life.
That said ratings are not what they were. Partly because the way people watch has changed. The figures are overnight ratings. They will be higher once on-line (in various formats) are added on.
King Charles Christmas broadcast was top of the pops. It had 5.9m viewers. The Strictly Christmas Special was second with 5.3m.
While the audience for Strictly was more or less level with 2022 the audience for Charles declined from 8.1m to 5.9m. Of course in 2022 there were special circumstances. It was his first Christmas broadcast as King and it was shortly after the death of the Queen.
Even so to lose 25% of the audience in a year suggests that many people had things to think about at 3pm on Christmas Day…
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