Mapp and Lucia opens with 3.8m viewers on Monday night

Mapp and Lucia topped the ratings outside soaps on Monday, overnight data reveals.



The BBC One drama's first episode attracted an average audience of 3.81 million (16.7%) at 9pm.

Earlier, The Muppets entertained 2.70m (12.4%) at 6.30pm, followed by a Miranda repeat with 3.04m (12.3%) at 8pm. Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey documentary brought in 2.23m (15.4%) at 10.35pm.

BBC Two's repeat of Nature's Weirdest Events appealed to 1.95m (9.2%) at 6.30pm, followed by a rerun of Operation Grand Canyon with 1.62m (6.8%) at 7.30pm.

Christmas University Challenge quizzed 2.32m (9.4%) at 8.30pm, while new documentary Snow Wolf Family & Me amazed 2.05m (8.9%) at 9pm.

On ITV, Countrywise gathered 2.56m (10.5%) at 8pm (129,000/0.6% on +1). Christmas Epic Fails was seen by 2.50m (10.9%) at 9pm (111k/0.6%).

Channel 4's Mini Cooper: For the Love of Cars repeat attracted 750k (3.0%) at 8pm (136k/0.6%), followed by 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown with 1.75m (7.6%) at 9pm (322k/1.8%).

On Channel 5, World's Strongest Man continued with 1.00m (4.1%) at 8pm (105k/0.5%), while The Rock thrilled 850k (4.7%) at 9pm (121k/1.0%).

BBC Three's broadcast of Shrek the Third entertained 915k (3.9%) at 8.30pm.

Finally, E4's finale of Made in Chelsea was seen by 462k (2.0%) at 9pm (140k/0.8%).

What happened to the one-off dramas and ghost story we used to get at Xmas from the BBC?