BBC One dominates Xmas Eve ratings

BBC One was the ratings victor on Christmas Eve, doubling ITV1's all-day share.

The channel was ahead for most of the day, save for a brief patch in the morning and during Corrie in primetime. Overall it took an average all-day share of 26.1% to ITV1's 13.5%, BBC Two's 7.8%, Channel 4's 6.5% (+1: 0.7%) and Five's 4.3%.

In the afternoon, BBC One's screenings of The Chronicles Of Narnia, Over The Hedge and Shrek 2 averaged 3.82m (31.5%), 4.78m (29.8%) and 6.11m (31.3%) respectively.

The My Family Christmas special averaged 5.59m (23.5%) in the 8pm hour, then Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas put in 6.85m (29.1%). QI polled 5.72m (26.1%) at 10pm, then Live At The Apollo drew 4.07m (21.1%).

ITV1's screening of Taggart had 4.11m (17.5%) in the 9pm hour.

On BBC Two, Victorian Farm Christmas averaged a strong 2.71m (11.4%) in the 8pm hour, then The Hound Of The Baskervilles put in 1.75m (7.7%).

A rerun of Heston's Christmas Feast interested 794k (3.3%) to Channel 4 at 8pm, then a Christmas edition of The Secret Millionaire improved the audience to 1.82m (7.8%).

Five's screening of A Christmas Carol kept 1.34m (5.8%) between 7pm and 9pm, then Celebrity Shock List 2009 averaged 982k (4.5%) over the following two hours.

Overall, BBC One averaged 27.6% in primetime, while ITV1 put in 18.1%. BBC Two was third with 9.5%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.8% (+1: 0.7%) and Five with 5.1%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional