There’s a lot made of Christmas listings, some people told me they watched less on TV this Christmas and more on catchup. A new report from the BBC outlines the most watched programmes over the festive period and highlights that Smart TV’s that connect to BBC iPlayer accounted for 38% of of unique browsers. The most requested programmes over Christmas were:

1. EastEnders (25/12/2015) – 1,459,300
2. The Apprentice Series 11 The Final – 1,306,500
3. EastEnders (26/12/2015) – 1,275,400
4. EastEnders (29/12/2015) – 1,053,900
5. EastEnders (24/12/2015) – 1,051,300
6. EastEnders (28/12/2015) – 975,200
7. Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Specials 2015 – 969,200
8. Luther Series 4 Episode 2 – 934,500
9. And Then There Were None Episode 1 – 886,500
10. EastEnders (21/12/2015) – 871,800
11. EastEnders (23/12/2015) – 844,600
12. EastEnders (22/12/2015) – 833,900
13. Call the Midwife Series 5 Christmas Special – 778,900
14. Doctor Who The Husbands of River Song – 770,400
15. And Then There Were None Episode 2 – 720,600
16. Stick Man – 615,200
17. Luther Series 4 Episode 1 – 566,800
18. And Then There Were None Episode 3 – 558,500
19. Catherine Tate’s Nan Series 1 Nanger Management – 498,900
20. Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show – 462,100