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Christmas Day TV: Nine million tune in for Queen's message
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch The Queen deliver her Christmas message for 2021The Queen 's Christmas message, in which she spoke movingly about her late husband and empathised with families missing loved ones, was The Most -watched TV show on Christmas Day .
An audience of 8. 96 million saw the festive address on Bbc One , Itv and Sky News , according to overnight ratings.
The Bbc 's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special and Call The Midwife were The Next two most popular shows.
In The Battle of the soaps, Itv 's Coronation Street came out on top.
In her The Queen , 95, described Prince Philip as her beloved.
" Christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones - this year especially I understand why, " She Said , in the pre-recorded 10-minute address broadcast at 15:00 GMT.
Her message Last Year , which centred on hope amid the pandemic, But drew slightly fewer viewers, with 8. 14 million tuning in.
By early evening, nearly six million were following six celebrities as they competed for The Crown in Strictly's Christmas Special.
This year's champion, pop star Anne-Marie, Cha Cha cha-ed her way to a Perfect Score of 40 from the judges, beating former Bake Off presenter Mel Giedroyc whose dance to Vanilla Ice 's Ice Ice Baby was a Big Hit .
Other BBC Christmas Day favourites followed in the ratings list, including Michael Mcintyre 's Christmas Wheel, Blankety Blank , Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt and Superworm, an adaptation of Julia Donaldson 's popular children's book.
Coronation Street was in eighth place - Itv 's top-rated programme of The Day - Drawing 3. 25 million viewers, followed closely by soap rivals Itv 's Emmerdale (3 million) and BBC's EastEnders (2. 92 million), according to ratings body Barb.
This year, Itv put their Christmas Day shows on the Itv player in The Morning , so people watching in this way will not be reflected in The Overnight figures - But they will be in the consolidated figures which come out in just over a week's time.
Analysis: Our changing Christmas Day TV habitsBy Lizo Mzimba
Thirty five years ago in 1986 about 20 million people tuned in to watch Den Watts present Angie with divorce papers on EastEnders on Christmas Day . The Days of these kind of huge viewing figures are Long Gone .
Multi-channel television and other activities mean that The Tradition of families sitting around in front of The Box on Christmas Day has gradually weakened.
And live viewing on Christmas Day itself has become less important as a TV showcase.
Excluding The Queen and news programmes, Last Year The Most popular show watched on The Day during the festive period was actually an episode of The Repair Shop that aired on Boxing Day .
But viewers will still tune in in Big Numbers to watch a programme live on Christmas Day when they feel it represents genuine event TV.
Two years ago The First new Gavin & Stacey episode in just under 10 Years had an audience on Christmas Day of nearly 12 million.
Audiences clearly felt that it was a hugely welcome addition to A Day which most of the Time Is made up of festive editions of shows that are already regulars in the TV schedules.
Christmas Day 2021's Top 10 TV hits1. The Queen - 8. 96m (7. 40m on Bbc One , 1. 49m on Itv , 0. 07m on Sky News )
2. Strictly Come Dancing (Bbc One ) - 5. 78m
3. Call The Midwife (Bbc One ) - 4. 72m
4. Michael Mcintyre 's Christmas Wheel (Bbc One ) - 4. 64m
5. Blankety Blank (Bbc One ) - 4. 24m
6. Mary Poppins Returns (Bbc One ) - 3. 66m
7. Superworm (Bbc One ) - 3. 34m
8. Coronation Street (Itv ) - 3. 25m
9. Emmerdale (Itv ) - 3. 00m
10. EastEnders (Bbc One ) - 2. 92m
Source: Ratings body Barb
FESTIVE FAVOURITES: CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED AT THE REPAIR SHOP:Source of news: bbc.com
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