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The following is a list of most watched programmes, excluding sporting events and news coverage. The mid-1980s introduction of in-week repeat showings accounts for six of the top ten programmes. On this measure, the 1996 Christmas edition of Only Fools and Horses is, not including figures for repeats, the most-watched non-documentary programme ...
A single Christmas Lecture, by G. I. Taylor, was the first to be televised, in 1936, on the BBC's fledgling Television Service. [9] They were broadcast on BBC Two from 1966 to 1999 and Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004. In 2000 one of the lectures was broadcast live for the first time.
It attracts 12.3 million viewers (on overnight figures) – the largest Christmas Day audience in more than a decade, and the year's highest non-sport overnight figure. [296] By early 2025, viewing figures reach 19.3 million, the UK’s most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since comparable records began in 2002. [ 297 ]
Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 includes the second edition of the Only Fools and Horses episode Miami Twice. BBC1 show the terrestrial television premieres of Tim Burton 's blockbuster 1989 film Batman , starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson , as well as John Landis' 1988 comedy film Coming to America , starring Eddie Murphy .
King George V started the Royal Christmas Message as a radio broadcast in 1932, and it has remained an annual tradition ever since. In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II moved to the broadcast to television
Noel's Christmas Presents is a British television show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was originally broadcast on Christmas Day on BBC1 in 1989. It was a reformatted live television event which Noel Edmonds had previously presented on BBC1 between 1984-1985, known as The Live Live Christmas Breakfast Show, and "Christmas Morning with Noel" between 1986-1988.
BBC2's Christmas Day schedule includes highlights of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert that was held in April. [66] Christmas Day highlights on ITV include the network television premieres of Three Fugitives starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short, and Youngblood starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze. There is also a Christmas edition of Blind ...