The Story of How BBC One DEMOLISHED Christmas Day TV...

[@KenzieRetro]

Wallace & Gromit was my most anticipated show of the day and it did not disappoint

[@ga7a903]

I'm really surprised it wasn't number 1

[@Samouraii]

On too early I suspect ​@@ga7a903

[@Stephen-Fox]

@@ga7a903 I'm not, given that G&S got a higher final figure in 2019 than W&G did in 2008, when ratings were noticeably lower (just hadn't had the complete collapse as a lot of holdouts discovered streaming during the pandemic). But I think both of them might have huge timeshifts ahead of them.

[@TrenosUK]

Really enjoyed it my fav since A Close Shave

[@TheRecordSleeve]

Wallace and Gromit was the standout programme of the day for me! Also Doctor Who. It’s no surprise Gavin and Stacey was the number one watched programme,given that the BBC plugged this at every opportunity both on tv and on radio with hardly any mention of other programmes of the day! And I totally agree re mrs browns boys.. why oh why is it still being shown?

[@Rosiepunzel]

I’m a little disappointed Wallace only got 2nd :(

[@realfitzmarker]

It did feel like they were the clear winner. They're iconic characters, it's aimed at both kids and adults, it has an earlier timeslot (6.10pm) and there was a longer wait since their last project.

[@ga7a903]

@@Rosiepunzel it was pretty surprising they didn't get number 1

[@drt1605]

Yeah. I was never a fan of Gavin and Stacey but I understand why others are and having adored the Office Xmas finale I "get" why it won. However W&G should have won and I'm convinced that rewatches will reward it since there are SO many easter eggs. I literally LOLLED at the callout to "Aliens" and the joke was very meta.

[@wrestletube1]

But then you have the aspect that G&S was actually event linier TV whilst W&G actually won the ratings overall because it probably has more IPlayer, Netflix and BBC One combined than G&S on TV as event programming only lasting a day as an actual event programming.

[@otakuatarigamer]

How Wallace & Gromit wasn’t #1 i have no idea. Best thing the Beeb’s shown in YEARS. Incredible film.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

It would have been if Gavin and Sadsack had not had a special that day too. It was bound to be top after keeping people hanging on for years after that last cliff hanger ending.

[@duncanpriestley964]

I loved the first half, then woke up as the closing titles appeared. Too much turkey!!

[@darrenwells2277]

The problem with ITV is that they have one idea and go over the top with it. Even on a bank holiday theres a guarantee they'll insist on putting Tipping Point or The Chase on in one way or another... these just make me switch over immediately as theyre worn out on me now

[@michaeldallaway1988]

They are cheap to produce and get solid viewing figures. Quiz shows are doing really well on old fashioned TV in an age where ratings are in the bin

[@Simon-xc5oy]

You said it. No way Tipping Point or Chace should be on for Christmas Day. Its cheap, every day of the week throw away crap quiz shows. They should make more of an effort for new or unique shows. A quiz show is a quiz show. Seen one, seen em all and I cant imagine anything more boring than sitting watching that on Christmas day, like its any other day of the year.....

[@johnking5174]

People need to remember that ITV have never embraced Christmas for a few reasons - first when ITV launched in 1955 there was never a unified look for presentation as each region had their own style, so Christmas presentation couldn't be unified apart from trailers. That wouldn't change until around 1998. Next, ITV is commercial and don't want to waste big shows in days where ad revenue is very low (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) so Michael Grade once said the motto was "cheap and cheerful". Some years they would compete like 1978 when they poached Morecambe and Wise from the BBC. Other than that, right to this very day, they do cheap and cheerful mode.

[@alanprior7650]

From the late 90s/early 2000s itv have been a network rather than TSW/Meridian/Anglia/TyneTees etc...

[@PrivateBenjamin-vw8xy]

@@alanprior7650 Yeah , he said that🙂

[@Seagull6819]

Well they ruined Morecambe and Wise. If my memory serves me correctly, that ended up on Boxing Day one year.

[@johnking5174]

@@Seagull6819 Morecambe and Wise when at the BBC had their Christmas specials always on Christmas Day. In 1978 they moved to ITV and for 1978, 1979 and 1980 their Christmas shows were on Christmas Day, but in 1981, 1982 and 1983 it couldn't be on Christmas Day due to the old networking arrangement at ITV, this meant 1981 their Christmas show was on 23rd Dec, 1982 on 27th Dec and 1983 on Boxing Night.

[@darrenclayton8635]

⁠@@johnking5174Was that because M&W went to Thames and Christmas day fell on weekend days in the early 1980s so LWT would have held sway?

[@jayjlevans2000]

Christmas day was the first time I've ever watched Gavin and Stacey. Might have to go back and watch the series 😆

[@AdamMartyn]

It's absolutely worth it!

[@jayjlevans2000]

@AdamMartyn their viewing figures just went up.

[@jayjlevans2000]

Actually that's probably not the best doctor who reference.

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

The whole Anita section of Joy to the World is the highlight of the special. Honestly makes you wish you had her as either the focus of the episode, or her as a companion.

[@jamessylviasyracuse-little865]

She reminds me of the “Next Doctor” (who wasn’t a real doctor), they would both were far better than they needed to be and could have been permanent fixtures. Definitely the heart of their episodes.

[@kieranstravels]

Vengeance Most Fowl was amazing! It deserved to be much closer in numbers to Gavin and Stacey, both were excellent.

[@Larry]

The BBC really needs to commission a Wallace and Gromit for every Christmas. Still shocking since 1988 there's only been four, plus two movies. Then again, maybe with the Netflix money behind it now, they might reconsider.

[@sirdanielwatlingsmbe5625]

That sounds like a good idea on paper and probably would help draw in more viewers at Christmas but it’d be next to impossible to have a Wallace and gromit film every year. It’d take most of the year to actually produce, assuming they haven’t ditched claymation for CGI, it would be expensive and would probably flop after a few years unless they can think of entertaining, gripping stories to keep viewers interested.

[@simontay4851]

Its not physically possible to make a wallace and gromit film every year. It takes several years to make a claymation film. It takes a full day to make 1 to 2 seconds of film. Quality not quantity.

[@fistofkhonshu2010]

Yeah… they really don’t. We all love W&G, but there’s no way they could pump them out every year. Even if they could, they’d be no where near the quality that they manage to achieve usually

[@Larry]

@fistofkhonshu2010 So, you'd be more than happy to wait 15 years for the next installment?

[@fistofkhonshu2010]

@ if it means it’s as great as the others

[@Justinian-IV]

I don't think we would lose much if the soaps were canned for good.

[@Perthshire]

@@Justinian-IV BBC just spent around £80million on a new set for EastEnders so I guess it's here to stay for a while. I haven't watched it since the 90s. It was depressing drivel even back then.

[@22poopoo]

I honestly watched coronation Street since I was 7 years old.. but after over 25 years of watching it...I deciced all its doing nowadays is making me anxious and I was looking forward to non corrie days. Also found the 1hour slot too long. So gave up beggining of the year. They've all good top ridiculous and heavy ' issue tackling' based story lines

[@yvonnerogers6429]

Thanks for sharing where international viewers can watch W&G. 😢sounds like a fun special. Happy Christmas 🎄!

[@domwigley62]

Gavin and Stacey was perfection

[@showbizsam4440]

I spotted something about the TV Licence men coming round on Christmas Day, and I was looking forward to them coming round as I was scheduled to be in all day. Alone. Could've done with the company. Sadly, though, I got rid of television in 2015, so I went out and got myself a brand new top of the range complete and utter no-television set. I don't know if they did come round. I ended up in the High Dependency Unit for two days, and as well as the festive TV line-up, I missed everything else that day. Except the dinner. Decent, and better than my tin of Ravioli, which I'm going to have on New Year's Day instead. So I took the box back to the rental shop. It appears to be called Poundland now, but that's progress. Merry Christmas to you all, from The Occupier.

[@aliservan7188]

I just can't deal with seeing James Cordon. I hate him soooo much

[@Larry]

I've literally never heard a pleasant said about him by people who worked with him. And I know people who worked with him since his KZbin/Channel Flip years.

[@jordancampbell6775]

I really enjoyed watching Wallace & Gromit on Christmas Day. It really made me feel like I'm a kid again.

[@heathermoore9162]

Wasn't very well on Christmas Day so caught up on East Enders and Gavin and Stacy on Boxing Day, enjoyed both

[@andresbravo2003]

Man, BBC One really beats the competition. Happy Boxing Day!

[@PrivateBenjamin-vw8xy]

The BBC can do more, let's face it - we're all paying for it whether we want to or not. I'd probably unsubscribe, if I could, as I hardly watch the TV. Anyway great video, shame Wallace couldn't win, the creator is true genius and has not embarrassed himself in a cat costume as far as I'm aware.

[@stevebills5716]

I'm in my later years and this is the year that I realised that watching TV according to the schedule has become alien to me. I didn't watch any of these at the time they aired. If that's true of someone as ancient as me, it really must say something about the future of our TV viewing. I'm actually glad to hear there are still big figures for the overnights. 👍

[@modelrailwaysandme]

A video on Corries decline may be suitable in the new year given its budget cutbacks...

[@TARDIS9]

4:03 Well, luckily, you won’t need to bother waiting for this DW fan to say that ‘4.11 million viewers is not enough.’ For one thing, I’m one of those fans who is well aware that it’s not everyone’s favourite thing. For another, DW did have some very particularly heavy competition this year. I mean, we’ve seen DW at least once on BBC One nearly every year since 2005; so to have beloved classics like Gavin & Stacey (which was a series finale) and Wallace & Gromit (which has a VERY sporadic release schedule) air on the same day strikes me as pretty much a no-brainer that they’re going to get a lot of attention either way too.

[@FlipflopMount222]

Mrs Brown's boys is trunk awful and never been funny but how is it still running

[@arjunprashad8846]

Keep up the good work, BBC.🎉😊

[@emcutts2575]

Can I ask where you find the 7 day viewing figures for the Christmas TV? X

[@AdamMartyn]

They will be on the BARB website eventually! May take some time as they have yet to publish the past few weeks worth of 7 day figures!

[@laratheplanespotter]

I LOVED Gavin and Stacey! I’m just sad that it’s finished and over 😢. I wont lie to you, Adam, I’m devastated. Perfect ending to the whole show. Jones and Corden are phenomenal writers and actors! I’m going to miss it. I’m kinda glad we didn’t get to know what happened on that fishing trip, some things are better left unsaid.

[@JSP_1147]

My main focus was Doctor Who then wallace and gromit i loved them both Gatwa as the 15th Doctor is amazing and Vengance most foul was just... peakness

[@Bellabambina123]

Did you see the Feathers McGraw / Traitors sneaky ident? 😮 Loved it! 😄

[@jacomoss3041]

Series 14 of Call The Midwife starts on Sunday January 5th at 8pm on BBC One and has already been renewed for Season 15 which will air in 2026

[@Videogamearcadeplayer]

I saw the new Wallace and Gromit Short Live on BBC One (Not on IPlayer)

[@ZOMBiFOX13]

Same

[@Steve-tr5ug]

The King HAS to be watched on BBC!

[@RonMotta1972]

Even saying it for at LEAST ten years - you cannot compare ratings today to those of ten, fifteen, twenty years ago. The competition isn’t other programming - it’s other platforms. Also shocked that Helen Worth’s exit from “Coronation Street” after 50 years didn’t crack the top ten.

[@Ian_Livesey]

Adam, me and you are alike. We watch the same things and like the same things, aswell as hate Mrs Browns Boys.

[@LeighRichards27]

no doubt the 'abolish the licence fee' mob will still be complaining about the beeb.....yawn. Hopefully this will shut them up for a while.

[@starviper1646]

Mob? 😂😂😂😂

[@drt1605]

Unfortunately it likely won't shut them up because their arguments are irrational and not based on evidence. It is fairly easy to demonstrate gross right wing/establishment bias within BBC news (did you spot their retraction on Xmas day about certain misreporting of a topic YT won't let us discuss?) However the rest of the BBC should be treasured. I'm certainly open to debate about how its future might best be secured via greater integration with the other majority state owned broadcaster (C4) but such nuances are lost on the "bash the BBC" idiots.

[@Sol-Cutta]

​@starviper1646 what's funny about your comment and this numpys video is the BBC collate their numbers in a completely BOGUS manner. Those numbers are about as real as saying everyone ate curry for xmas dinner and Wallace n grommet.wihld have gotten more had everyone not been up the church at the time. Complete fabrication.

[@andymeadows2768]

Paying the licence fee you are letting them nonce more kids I don’t watch tv & wont fund it in anyway I am £169.50 richer this not including back to 2018 almost 7 years free next year I will be £174.50 richer stop funding the bbc today save your money 👍

[@andymeadows2768]

Defund the bbc be licence free & happy be £169.50 richer like me £174.50 next year

[@pomnitadcfan77]

I watched Doctor Who and especially my most anticipated Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey The Finale which all 3 of them were a masterpiece. I’m going to miss Gavin and Stacey so much, but at least normal tv were back to peak for 1 day. Tidy

[@simontay4851]

But how do they even know how many watched something. Broadcast TV is one way. Your TV doesn't transmit what you're watching back to the broadcaster. Its all just estimates. If you're watching something on iplayer, the BBC will know what and many are watching a particular show/programme.

[@simontay4851]

I suspect a lot more than 9.8M watched Wallace and Gromit than the official figure says. Its just an estimate. Ive never watched Gavin and Stacey. The title doesn't tell me anything about what it is. What/who even are they?

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

Sorry - Gavin and Stacey is bloody awful.... but.... 12 million will disagree with me

[@simontay4851]

I agree with you. Ive never watched it and probably never will. WTF even is Gavin and Stacey anyway.

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

Nice AMTV video Adam, these ratings prove that linear TV is NOT dead!

[@starviper1646]

It is. It's just Christmas Day and most people just leave the TV on that day lol 😂. One day doesn't make a difference.

[@jukesy1992]

@@starviper1646 If that was the case, Wallace and Gromit would have gone straight to streaming, same with Doctor Who. Both of these programs cracked the Top Ten with Doctor Who beating out Strictly even, which I never saw coming. Wallace and Gromit deserved it's high ratings slot as it was absolutely fantastic.

[@starviper1646]

@@jukesy1992 It cracked the top ten sure. But the only real successes of the night were Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey (I won't technically count the kings speech considering it's ratings are a combo from multiple channels). The rest of programming averaged around 3 to 4 million which considering it's Christmas Day (the only time of year people still watch a lot of television) is pretty bad lol. Doctor Who's 2024 Christmas Special's Overnight Ratings are the worst of all previous Christmas Specials in the shows history (even worse than just last year's Christmas Special). And also the fact that one of the Eastenders episodes managed to beat Doctor Who on CHRISTMAS DAYYYYY!!???!!!?? to me is just incredibly embarrassing 🤣🤣🤣🤣. So i agree Wallace and Gromit & Gavin and Stacey did well, but the overall viewership for the rest of programs still very much shows a clear decline in TV ratings.

[@josephmcdonald4602]

Found it interesting that ITV didn't bother at all. The Corrie Christmas Day episode should have been huge, with one of their most recognisable characters leaving after 50 years, but they didn't even seem to promote that at all. BBC1 absolutely deserve to dominate the top 10 this year.

[@JasperJunior94]

By putting out a wide variety of content that everybody was looking forward to. ...imagine that 🙃

[@TomTheyy]

Sure, Doctor Who was fun, Wallace & Gromit was a triumphant return and Gavin & Stacey was a beautiful farewell, but the unrelenting unfunniness of the 73rd Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas special was TRULY a sight to behold.

[@Perthshire]

@@TomTheyy everyone knows it's as funny as Jimmy Savile. So why did you watch it?

[@LMac1970]

Love Adam’s stuff. This gent “gets it” for me. He’s raised on the Beeb like me and knows quality when he sees it, but stays with facts more than opinions. All these videos are well-researched and easygoing. I get the impression we’re both dyed in the wool Who fans too. And isn’t it odd, how, the closer Call the Midwife gets to 1970, the slower time seems to move, almost as if the show is scared to step into the modern world with decimalisation and the Common Market… Anyway, thanks for all you do, Adam. The vids good, solid nourishment.

[@BluefearHere]

I need to brush up on how these figures are calculated, but i wonder if there is an adjustment for passive viewing, you know with the TV left on in the lounge from 10am until night time with people dipping in and out for xmas lunch, party games, walks etc...

[@melzymoomin888]

It doesn’t matter if you’re not actually watching, if the tv is left on that channel or programme, it counts as a viewer.

[@Littlemitashy]

As a Coronation Street watcher I'm glad Coronation Street didn't go into the top 10 but EastEnders did twice because with Corrie the script quality has gone right down, we have 2 pregnancy stories (one of which is a whose the daddy story, the other is a deeply religious celebate woman who months ago decided to sleep with her murderer boyfriend....we didn't see this, weeks after he his exit the writers thew this in), another baby by the murderer whos mum is currently in prison for murdering the murderer, and the other baby is going to save that babys life (think My Sister's Keeper) , 2 sisters fighting, David in a huff cos he got cheated on and a bent copper and a couple of bullies causing chaos.Coming up we have a new family arriving for no reason, the Webster's pretty much ALL having issue led stories at once Kevin's going to have prostate cancer,( even though the corrie writers recently did a bad job at writing Toyah's ovarian cancer storyline turning it into a reason for her to have an affair with her brother-in-law), Abi I'm guessing some form of PTSD storyline as she sees Manson get attacked like her son did, a random long-lost webster showing up and they're killing off Debbie Webster, the best character in the show with early dementia storyline. The comedy is just gone, too many issue led storylines at once mean its heavy to watch and the issues aren't highlighted well. Carla & Lisa are the only good thing rn in it. The writer's need to buck their ideas up to compete with EastEnders, to get back up in the top 10 on Christmas day, I'm hoping this is a kick up the backside for ITV if they can't even get in the top 10 on Gail's exit episode.

[@tokublwhovian]

Love the hair 😂

[@christophermorris26]

Only cause no other channel bothered to invest in new programs. It just seems nobody can be bothered these days especially ITV, Ch4 and Ch5. There is no advertising Christmas programming these days either, in December ITV just start advertising their new programming for January!! It’s just awful!! And shame on ITV I would love to see what their budget was for Christmas and what they actually spent!!

[@AndyK.1]

I mean they did bullseye. 😅

[@anngulliver5964]

Happy Christmas to you and everyone 🎄

[@QwertyScream]

I personally think that W&G should’ve been on straight after the King

[@Redchannelconditions]

I for one loved the Gavin and Stacey Finale. It blew the 2019 one out the water and felt so much more natural and less forced. It was fantastic. That said the 2019 was good too. A question though, has anything ever beaten in terms of viewing figures; Only Fools and Horses 1996 Christmas episode? Linear TV is dying out for sure. But just out of interest?

[@johnking5174]

I keep hoping Mrs Browns Boys would finally be axed, not just from Christmas Day but altogether. A show which has long past its sell by date. I watched it last night, and it was awful. How does Brendan O'Carroll have this lock on the BBC to have it air every Christmas night?

[@stewartbrodie1720]

By having a contract until 2026, so you can expect it to be back the next two Christmases.

[@harryelliott4310]

BBC 1

[@liamread3215]

I watched Gavin & Stacey, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Tiddler and The Weakest Link

[@wrestletube1]

Decent day. Doctor Who has even been the best of a bad series for them. But the returnee did inherit something that had already become a Turkey by Flux. Maybe we as fans would have been better off with a second long break to allow Doctor Who to restart in a proper new era again about 5-10 rather than 20 years though so we can enjoy the good stuff over again then rather than it go like it has. Gavin and Stacy did the right thing going out with a bang whilst it was still hot which leads to people wanting more one offs now and then still. Wallace and Gromit the first time on linier tv I thought 4 stars whilst the rest was 5 star classics because it wasn't the 1st film Ware Rabbit because it seemed a bit too television as a film but the second time on IPlayer lifted it up as the normal 5 stars you expect by them because you notice the start is the actual ending of Wrong Trousers making the classic the major part of this film and it still being the early 90s in that one especially with Fluffles not being a part of the family once you understand why that intro it lifts the quality right up especially as you have seen the first half hour 100s of times before the film portion. Maybe they should have even edited the title card out and released the 1st half hour again in the film itself would have been even better.

[@andrewwilson6240]

Don't worry about the lack of Anita. Big Finish will run and run with that!

[@jukesy1992]

If they can license the time hotel that is. The question is what sorts of stories could be told in that hotel?

[@garrethwaites6442]

ITV was abysmal. You could hear Thames Television turning in their grave

[@johnking5174]

Strictly Come Dancing suffered due to Wallace and Gromit. BBC needed to keep Strictly but also squeeze in Wallace and Gromit into prime time, so Strictly for the first time was shunted out of prime time and into the afternoon slot. This is why they experienced a drop, from 5.3 million last year Christmas 2023 to 4.05 million for Christmas 2024.

[@EdgyNumber1]

What I like about Wallace and Grommit is that, it is a slice of British but the humour transcends borders - its universal, so I think audiences around the world will genuinely enjoy the show too. Doctor Who still sucked though.

[@Arctic-void-z7f]

Eastenders is. The only soap I always go back to

[@MillywiggZ]

Is anyone else convinced’Mrs. Browns Boys’ is a TV numbers station? Nobody watches it but it’s so important it stays on hahaa!

[@cliffcook3993]

How were you expecting strictly being no one, when it was obvious that Gavin and Stacey was allways going to be no one with W and G at no 2

[@raythomas4812]

Its like ITV can't even be arsed anymore and have thrown in the towel - even their Christmas Idents are lazy and also show signs of total un interest - as long as the advert doing in the money

[@highpath4776]

Its not only Christmas Day but the days before Xmas Day BBC did well, the story of 20 years of Strictly and the Story of Wham! writing etc of "last christmas" i thought were good, along with some well timed reruns of stuff running into the new Christmas specials

[@johnking5174]

I agree, they were on top form this Christmas. Seems they got a kick up the arse after the bad PR they have had during 2024 and decided to throw everything into Christmas as a way to show the BBC is here and will always be the home of Christmas television in Britain. It worked. ITV1 simply crumbled.

[@highpath4776]

@@johnking5174 BBC's Quiz specials too - Only Connect, Mastermind , University Challenge (Which for christmas is usually a bit more answerable by viewers too ). Richard Osman;s House of Games went all Christmas Themed too. What has ITV got (soaps aside ?) The Chase (and variants of) and a late night repeat of Royal Variety Perf and James Bond x22.

[@johnking5174]

@@highpath4776 ITV do this every year. Token gestures towards Christmas, no new Christmas idents, and cheap and cheerful game shows and daytime shows. This is their way, as they are commercial and don't want to waste money on big shows which would gain little ad revenue.

[@matthewhalloran5445]

More people will have Watched Gavin and Stacey Because It was The Last ever Episode why wasn't Mrs Browns Boys on The Top Ten List?

[@EGRAVEN-ge4nj]

Isnt this always the case. BBC just not getting the financial issues. I did appreciate the wallace and gromit idents

[@PoseidonSon44]

Yes it was amazing with me and my family all gathered together watching bbc one,it was the perfect Christmas

[@PoppieJones2010]

Personally I found it poor on all the channels, Have never really got into strictly and Call the Midwife, Highlight for me was Eastenders, the way the storyline went the spilt shows worked well, I am looking forward to Outnumbered

[@Stephen-Fox]

Strictly doesn't usually do as well on Christmas Day as it does in its regular season - The lack of it being live, the lack of following celebrities on a journey and so forth - so I'm not as surprised as you with where it placed at Christmas. The quieter moments of the Doctor Who episode are also the parts I enjoyed most, but Wallace and Gromit was my most anticipated program and it provided exactly what I was hoping it would. The thing that shocks me about G&S is that it was a _higher_ overnight than 2019s (The last one was an 11.6m overnight, the remaining 6m or so from timeshifting) As always, this is going to be fascinating to see the final results of all of these.

[@johnking5174]

For the last few years it has averaged around the 5 to 6 million mark compared to 8 million for a regular Saturday live show, which is very decent in this age of TV.

[@realfitzmarker]

An additional 2.94 million people chose to only drink wine on Christmas.

[@jackdubz4247]

I'm still drunk....

[@Callum12]

Must admit I gave both EastEnders episodes a miss on Christmas Night as I thought they would be way too depressing (and I was right as I've since watched both episodes on I Player) I thought the Roger Moore documentary on BBC 2 sounded interesting (he was my favourite Bond) I'm saving that for when it's really bad on TV. I did watch Corrie on Christmas Night.

[@_B.M_]

Nonce central does it again.

[@Carter_C737]

Not a huge fan of the BBC as a whole but in terms of shows its gold sure Gavin and Stacey was a fond farewell but lets be honest theres gonna be another one £😂

[@jukesy1992]

No, there won't. Every actor has said no, and this time it will not happen again. There's no maybe about it. It's called "The Finale", it's not just Gavin and Stacey. With Neighbours they also I think put that as part of a season when it was the last episode for channel 5, but Gavin and Stacey finale is it's own thing, not part of an existing season.

[@Timmymantwo]

Joy to the World review coming soon?

[@jukesy1992]

What about a Wallace and Gromit review too? Would love both of those.

[@carolfan4466]

Well,we didn't watch any of them....

[@Gothic55]

BBC1 killed it. Gavin and Stacey was rightly winner but I was also impressed with W&G and really enjoyed Dr WHO (rumours of its demise are clearly premature). Call the midwife was its usual high quality too Thank you for another great episode.😅

[@johnking5174]

9.38 million viewers at 6.10pm on BBC One is amazing. Wallace and Gromit was perfect scheduling.

[@jukesy1992]

Fully agreed.

[@JJW00789]

Interesting results! I watched 3 of the top ten. Dr Who, Call the Midwife and The King. The last is definitely a family tradition. Strictly is normally a thing in my household, however the Christmas day one is never as good as the live series and we decided to give the Christmas one a miss in our household for that reason.

[@natasha8966]

Just watched bbc, mostly all day don’t like Wallace and gromit so watched bit of home alone until strictly came on until mrs browns boys finished. I think itv knew bbc had stuff that couldn’t compete so they had rubbish on.

[@ascottishheart999]

Helllo. Adam , I’m only interested in Wallace and Gromit. Not silly speech or Gavin and Stacey ! My opinion Anne Robertson was still the best host of The Weakest link.

[@sirdanielwatlingsmbe5625]

She was irreplaceable

[@SuperBloxTube]

Most live TV I have watched in a Christmas Day in years (+I recorded ‘Tiddler’). Watched the new Wallace and Gromit and the Gavin and Stacey finale live on BBC One HD, as well as the King.

[@thecrispymaster]

I was surprised at just how much I liked this year's Dr Who Christmas special, which even as a huge fan who first watched the show in 2005 (and read all of my dad's mountain of novels before that) I generally find kind of meh. I liked Ncuti's first season on the whole even if it was a bit of a mixed bag, but I'm genuinely very interested in where they take this Doctor from here.

[@jukesy1992]

I agree. I found the special kind of meh but it has not turned me off the show at all, quite the opposite actually. Yet there's still people calling it woke, message this and message that. People are just burned burned burned and full blown sinics now, and it'ss sad to see.

[@scottpeacock5492]

Adam i like your child like voice of Doctor Who fans rating banter of 4.11 million being the worse rating in Doctor Who history 4:02, Hopefully that will shut the crazy fans base up for a while, i'm catching up on the BBC Iplayer at moment as i was over at my sister Christmas day and left her place for home just before it started.

[@norfolkpyro1422]

First part was the shorter one of eastenders in terms of viewing

[@atimelord852]

I watched every single episode on the top 10. Wallace and gromit and Eastenders were highlights

[@arjunprashad8846]

Tidder reminders me of finding Nemo.

[@rossco5409]

I'd thought you of all people would have known that MBB is contracted until 2026. A little better research maybe

[@richardbutler4488]

We also don’t know how much money RTÉ the Irish National broadcaster pays towards the program. I suspect it’s a lot 😊

[@incredibleflameboy]

The whole idea of "Dr who is dying out because the viewership is dropping" thing is baffling to me. Dr who is consistently being watched on the iPlayer rather than live TV and people always come back. I didn't like Jodie Whittaker as the doctor, she was miscast in my opinion but when her time was up I was happy to come back and I'm sure a lot of people are the same, the beauty of the doctor is that a different actor will always come along letting people come and go as they please.

[@artofdrinking]

So is everything else and yet the figures are always low on Dr Who. It's a shame but maybe it's time for a rest

[@starviper1646]

It is dying tho 😂😂😂😂

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Hmmm well...explain this. Tennant era Xmas special the next Doctor got 13 million or so live views on Christmas day. And more still via Iplayer and catchup after the event. Gatwas special for this year got just over 4 million live views. And that was with it sandwiched between other popular shows to help it. It was lower rated than last years, so it takes the new record of the lowest rated special from the previous one. Lastly look at the entire last season run of Gatwa Doctor Who. About 2 million or just over live views, slow decline away each episode. Then when you add on Iplayer, Catchup, Consolidated etc and ALL OTHER methods of viewing, after a WEEK, that figure still does not equal or surpass the live views. Its less. Adding another 1.6 - 1.9 million to the 2 million or so live views. So the largest audience is still the live over night ratings, which are incredibly low. Now if after a week it added 6 - 8 million views consolidated and Iplayer etc to the 2 million live, you could claim it was ok and people were indeed watching it more via other methods than live. But they are not. Not even close.....

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

​@Simon-xc5oy Eastenders used to have over 10 million viewers too, but ranks around 4 mill... similar figures to DW..... you cannot compare viewing figures of the past to today.... it just doesnt add up

[@starviper1646]

@@thebasementfilmgroup But the new series of Doctor Who had on average overnight viewership of only 2 million. So 4 million is still bad for a CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. The fact one of the two Eastenders episodes managed to beat Doctor Who on Christmas Day lol is quite embarrassing (especially considering Doctor Who has a significantly bigger budget than a shitty soap opera like Eastenders lol).

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Wallace and Gromit was-as always- incredible. Gavin and Stacey was ok but nothing special-the 2019 special should have been the end.

[@ianhalsall-fox]

I am surprised that Gail's exit from Coronation Street didn't fall within the top ten!

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Stacked with shows????? Not from what I saw of it. I do admire the optimistic take of youth. I wish I was that young and innocent again. Wallace and Gromit was good as far as it went, less to do with the BBC and more to do with the Aardman company that made it with some Netflix money. Doctor Who was the lowest rated Christmas special for that show, even lower live figures than last year. It was even beaten by the usual misery of Eastenders later on. Wallace and co got more than twice its audience and Gavin and Stacy got three times its numbers. The rest was repeats, the usual stuff and films that have been around a long time. In other words typical modern BBC. For me the only thing I grabbed online after the event yesterday was Wallace and Gromit. Everything else I have either seen or did not want to see. Wallace was ok...but somehow it did not bring me the enjoyment it used to....I think its down to me having seen so many of them over the years, that its lost a lot of its unique charm, but its still nice to see all the same....its just no longer new and fresh like it was. To me anyway.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@jukesy1992]

You might not have been the audience for W&G. I'm in my 30's, so I actually get a lot of the AI references. The song, for instance, sounds like something suno AI would write, which is a music creating AI platform. It's of course performed by and voiced by humans so not an AI song, but it was so similar to what Suno would do. So there's a lot of things that the older generation wouldn't get if they aren't caught up on the AI side of things. Interestingly, no Chat GPT reference. The password and captcha thing was also really funny.

[@grahamthegoat9433]

itv just gave up

[@highpath4776]

Strictly is a bit of a seen it , done it, so its no longer a must watch, still sleeping off xmas dinner at 320pm. Chris and the others rescued Strictly as a whole for the main series from the controvosies,

[@felicitykeane402]

Really disappointed with the Strictly Christmas Special. Only a couple of Christmas themed outfits and a few routines that didn't even have Christmas songs. Felt too much like a regular one off special 😢

[@artofdrinking]

Oh Dr Who how you have fallen 😢

[@scottpeacock5492]

Have you seen the rating for EastEnders, they were lower figures than Doctor Who, Still Doctor who rated 6th place in the top 10, You cant win them all.

[@artofdrinking]

@@scottpeacock5492 Eastenders isn't waiting to be renewed is it?

[@terestar1]

Of course Doctor Who will be renewed. It's one of the BBC's most recognisable shows after all. Whether it'll happen with Disney, who knows.​@@artofdrinking

[@scottpeacock5492]

@@artofdrinking EastEnders is celebrating it 40th anniversary in Feburary, it still the top 10 watched show, the BBC just built a new set. so it not being axes any time soon. Not everyone was sitting around the telly watching. Most will catch up later on the iplayer.

[@artofdrinking]

@@terestar1 let's see shall we. The decline in quality dictates a break 😬

[@victoriaharbach5968]

I heard new outnumbered Christmas special is not very good

[@duncanpriestley964]

It's not that it's terrible, it's just okay. The dynamic with your crazy kids is gone, never to return. The cancer thing was also a bit shocking for many tuning in to watch a favourite comedy at Christmas.

[@AndyK.1]

Yeah. When it ended, I thought they had wasted their time making it. Throwing boxes over the fence, in background shot was only funny part.

[@Calculon1712]

Cant stand James Corden, whats his appeal, wish Wallace and Gromit was number 1

[@jukesy1992]

I think for G&S it's more about the characters, same with W&G. The slots make sense and are deserved, although yes I also wish W&G was number one.

[@sg-zd8eb]

Dammit Adam’s out of hair lacquer. 😮😢

[@AcornElectron]

Literally nothing fresh on any of the other channels.

[@londo776]

There was nothing fresh on the BBC either just Christmas specials and rehashes other than nippler

[@starviper1646]

TV is a dying Medium regardless. Christmas Day is always just a blip.

[@davidwilliamhollyhead5561]

Such a shame Gail's final episode of Corrie didn't make top ten.

[@FlipflopMount222]

Because it's rubbish. From what I heard the last few years has been full of teenagers instead of adult storylines

[@jukesy1992]

@@FlipflopMount222 How is having teen stories bad?

[@FlipflopMount222]

@@jukesy1992 didn't say it was I'm saying the main focus was based around teenagers which saw a decline in ratings or something. I mean, if Eastenders started showing a bunch of school kids and not the main cast I'd switch off too.

[@MultiPlatGamerGuy]

I don't care about Doctor Who anymore. They ruined it with Capaldi.

[@MartySulls]

ELVIS...... IS........ THE ....... KING