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20 Dec 2023, 12:20
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There have been plenty of highlights on telly this year, but how many of them did you manage to see?
The ten most viewed television shows across the UK in 2023 have now been revealed, and they are a mix of drama, entertainment, documentary and live events.
At the top of the tree was live coverage of the Coronation of the King, which was watched by 12.8 million people around the UK. The Coronation took place on Saturday 6th May at Westminster Abbey, and was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The historic event just beat Happy Valley into second place. The final series of the BBC police show was the biggest drama of the year, peaking at 11.9 million viewers. The drama concluded with a tense showdown between Sgt Catherine Cawood (played by Sarah Lancashire) and antagonist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton).
The Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool came in third, as 10.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to see Sweden’s Loreen take out the prize with the song Tattoo.
The Great British Bake Off was fourth (9.7 million). After another successful series for the hit Channel 4 show, winner Matty recently joined Jayne Middlemiss on Virgin Radio to talk about their victory, calling it “surreal.”
Despite diminished viewing figures compared to previous outings, I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! was still popular and landed in fifth place, with an average of 9 million viewers.
Sir David Attenborough was well represented in the list, with Planet Earth III and Wild Isle both making it into the list, in sixth and tenth place respectively.
Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing was in seventh, Death in Paradise eighth and ITV’s Unforgotten taking ninth place.
A good year for telly, then. Let’s hope 2024 brings similarly good stuff!
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