Runaway Bride Ratings

[Abi]

From Outpost Gallifrey:

The Runaway Bride achieved a Christmas day rating of 8.7 million viewers, a 37% share of the total TV audience. The programme won its time slot beating Emmerdale on ITV which achieved 7.2m. The audience grew throughout the programme with the last quarter hour being watched by 9m viewers.

The day was a triumph for BBC1 which had eight of the Top Ten places. The highest watched programme of the day was The Vicar of Dibley, with 11.4m. The two episodes of Eastenders and and the episode of Coronation Street all scored high making Doctor Who number 5 for the day.

The programme was a great success among the under 4-16s achieving an audience of 1.7m or 55% of all children watching. This made it the most watched programme of the day in the Children's chart.

Doctor Who Confidential shown on BBC1 at 1pm got a rating of 1.4m viewers, a 13.7% share and was the 31st most watched programme of the day.

Final Ratings will be issued by BARB in approximately two weeks time

Apparently the ratings from BARB will be higher, as it takes into account the amount of people who recorded it etc, which is high at Christmas, as thats what most people do... Or someting like that, at least

[*funky*monkey*]

I loved it especially with catherine tate in it :D:D

[big bro fan]

Catherine tate was good i think. people keep saying she's rubbish but i thought she was excellent.

[Meh]

Catherine Tate was about the only reedeming factor. I thought the rest was pretty dire.

[Abi]

As well as having one of the highest audiences on Christmas Day, Doctor Who was also one of the most enjoyed programmes with an AI of 84.

The Appreciation Index, or AI, is a measure of how much the audience liked the programme. It is a score out of 100, based on responses from a carefully selected panel. The average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77. A score in excess of 85 is regarded as excellent while a score below 60 is poor.

The average score for Season Two of Doctor Who was also 84.

Only two programmes on Christmas Day received a higher score than Doctor Who. The Vicar of Dibley and Porridge both scored 85.

Doctor Who Confidential at 1pm scored 81.

Meanwhile, the BBC3 repeat of The Runaway Bride got an overnight rating of 556,000, which was a 2.8% share. It was the third highest rated show on Multi Channel TV for the day.

Source: Outpost Gallifrey