King Charles’s first Christmas message attracts the highest audience of the century for the king’s traditional festive speech. The overnight traffic numbers are showing.
King’s first Christmas message topped 10 million viewers.
King Charles’s first Christmas message attracts the highest audience of the century for the king’s traditional festive speech. The overnight traffic numbers are showing.
King Charles’s first Christmas message attracts the highest audience of the century for the king’s traditional festive speech. The overnight traffic numbers are showing.
More channels than ever before at 3pm, and the combined audience is 10.7 million.
compared to Queen Elizabeth II’s last Christmas message last year had 8.96 million views.
The king pays homage to his mother’s work during the first sermon.
He also took the opportunity to reflect on the ongoing cost of living crisis. As he talks about those who are struggling to pay their bills.
According to figures compiled by Sussex University, the late Queen’s annual broadcast audience dropped below 10 million in the late 1990s and never skyrocketed again.
in the past few years This message is regularly the most watched Christmas program. But that’s because viewers are turning off more of the other Christmas shows or just watching later. The Queen’s speech is still viewed as a must-watch live event as it transmits, although it was actually pre-recorded.
The growing interest in what the king would say in his first letter. This means it is shown simultaneously on BBC One, ITV1, ITV3, Sky News and GB News, along with a signed version on BBC Two.
The BBC can also claim to have won the battle by watching seven of the top 10 programs shown on BBC One.
The number of viewers depends on the numbers. “Overnight” – largely depends on the audience watching the show live. Therefore, viewers who watched Christmas specials were excluded from the remainder of the season service.
Top 10 programs for Christmas
1) The King (BBC, Sky, ITV and GB News) 10.72m
2) Stricly Come Dancing (BBC One) 5.44m
3) Michael McIntyre’s Xmas Wheel (BBC One) 4.81 m
4) Call the Midwife (BBC One) 4.49m
9) Chatmongkol Road (ITV1) 2.85 m
10) Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win (ITV1) 2.69m
All figures are provided by the Broadcaster Audience Research Board (Barb).
According to Barb’s ratings, Strictly Come Dancing’s Christmas Special was the second-highest success of the day, with 5.44 million viewers tuning in to watch Coronation Street star Alexandra Mardell lift a special trophy based on the Christmas star.
This year’s festival soap battle brought EastEnders up to eighth place. Soap actor Danny Dyer drew 3.17 million viewers who watched him leave Albert Square after playing Queen Vic, landlady Mick Carter for nine years.
The next most watched Christmas drama was ITV’s Coronation Street, which was in ninth place with 2.85 million viewers, but Emmerdale missed out on a spot in the top 10 altogether.
ITV’s Top Performing Shows, Even Late Nights Instead, it was Doc Martin with 3.26 million viewers.
But the BBC occupied the top six of the most viewed programs, as well as sharing the King’s Christmas message.
Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, said: “Getting the ratings on Christmas Day marks an incredible centenary of the BBC’s world-class content. Christmas “