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Doctor Who gains in consolidated Christmas Day TV ratings

Doctor Who was broadcasted to the audience one week after Christmas day broadcasting the show to be the festive special over the Christmas period. The show managed to generate views of 3 million. Doctor Who increased their viewers from 8.3 million to 11.1 million which was published by the BBC on Thursday. The reason for the increase was due to the audience who have watched the show late, therefore providing seven days extra to calculate the views of Doctor Who. Doctor Who seems to be a show which is more popular on BBC Iplayer rather than a live show.

1. Mrs Brown's Boys, BBC1 11.52 million, 36.3% (9.4m, 35.5%)

2. Doctor Who, BBC1 11.14m, 35.33 (8.3m, 30.7%)

3. Coronation Street, ITV 9.82m, 30.9% (8.3m, 30.7%)

4. Downton Abbey, ITV 9.41m, 30.2% (7m, 27%)

5. EastEnders, BBC1 9.36m, 29.6% (7.8m, 29%)

6. Call The Midwife, BBC1 9.16m, 33.8% (7.1m, 30.1%)

7. Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 8.84m, 37.9% (7.3m, 35.4%)

8. Toy Story 3, BBC1 7.33m, 39.6% (6.3m, 38.9%)

9. Emmerdale, ITV 7.07m, 25.8% (5.8m, 24.7%)

10. The Queen, BBC1 5.82m, 35.3% (5.7m, 36.2%)

BBC looked to be in control over the Christmas period as they were able to generate the 1^st and 2^nd place spots with their shows. However the only downfall which came from this period was that EastEnders were not able to generate as much views as they had first expected. EastEnders which is normally the most popular show on Christmas day fell short, also critics labelled this year’s EastEnders to not live up to the expectations of the audience. This may be due to the excitement they normally bring on Christmas days over the past years. EastEnders will also be very disappointed to have lost out to rival show Coronation Street which is broadcasted on ITV near enough the same time as EastEnders therefore, creating a rivalry between the two soaps.