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The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú enjoyed an excellent Christmas Day, with Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One averaging over 10.2 million viewers in peak time (6-10.30pm), peaking at over 12.5m for the dramatic events in Albert Square in EastEnders.

Viewing headlines for the day include:

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One secured the top five most watched programmes

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One had eight of the top 10 shows on Christmas Day

Every programme on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One between 6pm and 10pm peaked at over 10m

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One all hour share (06.00-24.00) at 5.1m/30.4% was more than twice that of its nearest rival (ITV1: 2.7/14%)

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One Christmas Day figures

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Overall top 10 shows on Christmas Day

EastEnders – 11.4m (43.2%)
Come Fly With Me – 10.3m (41.1%)
Doctor Who – 10.3m (39.8%)
The Royle Family – 9.9m (38.6%)
Strictly Come Dancing – 9.4m (34.4%)
Coronation Street – 9.0m (33.1%)
The One Ronnie – 7.9m (37.3%)
Shrek The Third – 7.2m (41.9%)
Emmerdale – 7.2m (27.9%)
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News – 7.0m (36.1%)

All hours share across all channels

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One – 30.4%
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two – 5%
ITV 1 – 14%
Channel 4 – 5.1%
Five – 3.5%

Peak share across all channels (6.00-10.30pm)

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One – 39.2%
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two – 5.9%
ITV 1 – 23.4%
Channel 4 – 3.2%
Five – 2.1%

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One Controller, Danny Cohen, said: "I'm delighted to see that Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One was so popular on Christmas Day. With flying sharks on Doctor Who, festive glitz from Strictly, and brilliant new comedy in Come Fly With Me, we aimed to offer something for everyone on this special day."

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Director of Vision, Jana Bennett, added: "To peak at over 12.5 million viewers is a great achievement for EastEnders. I've been very proud of all the programming across the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú this Christmas and with treats still to come including Upstairs Downstairs on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One and Eric And Ernie on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two, I hope viewers will continue to spend the festive period with us."

SH5/Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Press Office