‘Happy New Year Live!,’ ‘The Tourist’ and ‘The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast’ Top BBC Record Festive Viewership

“Happy New Year Live!,” with an average audience of over 10.5 million, the first episode of “The Tourist (8.9 million) and “The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast” (8.3 million) drew record viewer numbers to the BBC between Christmas and New Year, according to BBC All-Screens+7 data. The, which reports on all viewing across linear BBC TV and streamer BBC iPlayer during the the period Dec. 20 – Jan. 4, also reveals that Christmas specials of “Death in Paradise” (8 million), “Call the Midwife” (7.9 million) and “Strictly Come Dancing” (7.4 million) performed well, alongside new dramas “A Very British Scandal” (7.1 million)… Read Full Article