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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One enjoyed a fantastic Christmas Day with 14.3 million people tuning in to enjoy the latest outing from Wallace And Gromit in A Matter Of Loaf And Death.

Elsewhere almost 12 million followed the latest adventures of Doctor Who and EastEnders.

Viewing headlines for the day include:

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One had 9 of the top 10 shows on Christmas Day.

Wallace And Gromit – A Matter Of Loaf And Death was the highest rating Christmas Day programme with an average audience of 14.3 million and a 53.3% share.

This is the biggest Christmas Day show of the last five years and the biggest show of the year on any channel.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One had more than double the share of the nearest terrestrial channel in both all hours and peak time.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One had its second best Christmas all hours share in the last five years with 34.2% tuning in.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One had its second highest peak time share in the last five years with 43.7% tuning in.

Strictly Come Dancing increased its audience to 8.6 million and a 35% share for this year's final. Up from 8.3 million and 32.9% share last year.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Christmas Day figures:

2.00pm Top Of The Pops 3.7m 30.6%

3.00pm The Queen 6.4m 42.6%

3.15pm Shark Tale 4.7m 31.0%

4.30pm Wallace And Gromit – The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit 7.2m 39.8%

5.45pm Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News 9.5m 47.1%

6.00pm Doctor Who 11.7m 50.5%

7.00pm Strictly Come Dancing 8.6m 35.0%

8.00pm EastEnders 9.9m 40.6%

8.30pm Wallace And Gromit – A Matter Of Loaf And Death 14.3m 53.3%

9.00pm EastEnders 11.5m 44.9%

9.30pm The Royle Family 10.0m 41.7%

10.30pm Blackadder Rides Again 5.6m 30.9%

Overall top 10 shows on Christmas Day:

Wallace And Gromit – A Matter Of Loaf And Death 14.3m 53.3%

Doctor Who 11.7m 50.5%

EastEnders (Part 2) 11.5m 44.9%

The Royle Family 10.0m 41.7%

EastEnders (Part 1) 9.9m 40.6%

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News 9.5m 47.1%

Strictly Come Dancing 8.6m 35.0%

Coronation Street 7.4m 30.0%

Wallace And Gromit The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit 7.2m 39.8%

The Queen 6.4m 42.6%

All hours share across all channels:

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 34.2%

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two 5.9%

ITV 1 16.9%

Channel 4 5.7%

Five 3.2%

This year there were more people watching television than last year. The average total audience in peak time was 24.4 million compared to 23.8 million in 2007.

There was an audience quarter hour peak of 27.1 million this year compared to 25.4 million in 2007.

Peak share across all channels (6.00-10.30pm):

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 43.7%

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two 6.3%

ITV 1 21.6%

Channel 4 3.0%

Five 2.2%

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Controller Jay Hunt said: "I am delighted so many millions of viewers enjoyed Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's fantastic line-up of family comedy, entertainment and drama.

"More than half of all people watching television tuned in to watch Wallace And Gromit's latest adventure.

"This is a phenomenal performance and one that confirms once again Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's position as the nation's favourite at Christmas."

JP3