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| Vicar of Dibley tops Christmas TV | Vicar of Dibley tops Christmas TV |
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| Dawn French's sitcom The Vicar of Dibley scored the highest ratings of any TV programme in the UK on Christmas Day, according to overnight estimates. | Dawn French's sitcom The Vicar of Dibley scored the highest ratings of any TV programme in the UK on Christmas Day, according to overnight estimates. |
| The BBC One show was seen by 11.4m viewers, compared to 10.7m for the last episode of an EastEnders double bill. | The BBC One show was seen by 11.4m viewers, compared to 10.7m for the last episode of an EastEnders double bill. |
| Coronation Street was third, followed by the first half of EastEnders. | Coronation Street was third, followed by the first half of EastEnders. |
| The BBC's Doctor Who and Little Britain Abroad were next, but ITV1's main drama - Doc Martin - attracted only 5.3m viewers and failed to make the top 10. | The BBC's Doctor Who and Little Britain Abroad were next, but ITV1's main drama - Doc Martin - attracted only 5.3m viewers and failed to make the top 10. |
| CHRISTMAS DAY FIGURES 1. The Vicar of Dibley (11.4m)2. EastEnders part two (10.7m, pictured)3. Coronation Street (9.6m)4. EastEnders part one (9.2m)5. Doctor Who (8.7m)6. Little Britain Abroad (8.4m)7. The Queen's Christmas Message (7.6m*)8. Strictly Come Dancing Special (7.3m)9. Emmerdale (7.2m)10. Strictly Come Dancing Preview (6.8m) * BBC One and ITV1 combinedSource: BARB Send us your comments | CHRISTMAS DAY FIGURES 1. The Vicar of Dibley (11.4m)2. EastEnders part two (10.7m, pictured)3. Coronation Street (9.6m)4. EastEnders part one (9.2m)5. Doctor Who (8.7m)6. Little Britain Abroad (8.4m)7. The Queen's Christmas Message (7.6m*)8. Strictly Come Dancing Special (7.3m)9. Emmerdale (7.2m)10. Strictly Come Dancing Preview (6.8m) * BBC One and ITV1 combinedSource: BARB Send us your comments |
| These initial figures do not include viewers who recorded the programmes to watch at a later date, meaning the actual audiences are likely to be higher when the final totals are released. | |
| The Vicar of Dibley, screened at 2130 GMT, saw romance in the air for French's chocoholic character, Geraldine Granger. | The Vicar of Dibley, screened at 2130 GMT, saw romance in the air for French's chocoholic character, Geraldine Granger. |
| And her colleague Alice - played by Emma Chambers - became convinced she was the last living descendant of Jesus after supposedly deciphering the clues in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. | And her colleague Alice - played by Emma Chambers - became convinced she was the last living descendant of Jesus after supposedly deciphering the clues in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. |
| EastEnders concluded with the departure of actress Wendy Richard, who had played Pauline Fowler since the soap began in 1985. | EastEnders concluded with the departure of actress Wendy Richard, who had played Pauline Fowler since the soap began in 1985. |
| The double bill was spread across the evening, with the first half at 1830 GMT and the concluding half-hour from 2100 GMT. | The double bill was spread across the evening, with the first half at 1830 GMT and the concluding half-hour from 2100 GMT. |
| It beat an hour-long edition ITV1 soap Coronation Street, which saw a highly-charged Christmas lunch in the Platt household. | It beat an hour-long edition ITV1 soap Coronation Street, which saw a highly-charged Christmas lunch in the Platt household. |
| Coronation Street saw two families joining together for Christmas lunchThe highest-rated non-terrestrial programme was BBC Three's late-night sketch show Chrissytittybangbang, with 626,000 viewers. | |
| However, it was only 1,000 viewers ahead of the main afternoon film on Sky Movies 1, The Chronicles of Narnia. | |
| Last year's top Christmas Day programme was EastEnders, which achieved an average audience of 10.1m. | |
| Doctor Who and Coronation Street tied for second place in 2005, each scoring 9.8m. |