King's Christmas Message Tops Ratings, ITV Soaps Miss Top 10

BBC dominates Christmas Day viewership with nine of the top 10 shows, while ITV's Coronation Street fails to make the list for the first time in decades.

• The King's Christmas message was the most-viewed show on Christmas Day, with 7.48 million viewers across six channels, but it drew fewer viewers than last year.
• The BBC dominated the ratings, with nine of the top 10 most watched shows, including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, and EastEnders.
• ITV's Coronation Street and Emmerdale failed to make the top 10, marking the first time in several decades that Coronation Street has not featured in the Christmas Day TV top 10.
• EastEnders enjoyed its biggest festive audience in four years with a much-trailed murder storyline, attracting almost 3.6 million viewers.
• ITV's most popular programme was The 1% Club, presented by Lee Mack, which came in ninth on the list with 3.4 million viewers.

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