Strictly Come Dancing final peaks with 11.4 million viewers

The final of Strictly Come Dancing peaked with more than 11.4 million viewers last night (Saturday, December 20), according to overnight figures.



BBC One's dancing competition managed 11.43m (48.2%) at 7.30pm.

The first part of the final averaged 10.65m (46.4%) from 6.30pm, while the results show - which saw Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev lift the glitterball trophy - was watched by 10.21m (42.8%) from 8.50pm.

In between, the latest episode of Atlantis drew 4.74m (21.6%).

On BBC Two, a repeat of Dad's Army entertained 2.53m (11.5%) from 7.55pm. It was followed by Christmas University Challenge and QI XL, which garnered 1.79m (7.8%) and 1.07m (4.5%) respectively.

ITV aired Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from 7pm, which attracted 2.91m (12.6%) and an additional 348k (1.6%) on +1. The Jonathan Ross Show followed with 2.24m (13%).

Channel 4's Rewind the Christmas Hits appealed to 1.21m (5.3%) from 8pm, before Four Christmases was seen by 835k (4.2%).

Channel 5 showed Albert Finney's Scrooge, which managed 725k (3.2%) from 7.55pm.