John Bishop's Christmas special entertains 3.9 million

John Bishop came out on top of the ratings (outside soaps of course) on Monday night.



His Christmas special on BBC One entertained an average overnight audience of 3.93 million (18.4%) at 9pm. Earlier, documentary Cue the Queen ​intrigued 3.39m (16.6%) at 7pm.

On BBC Two, University Challenge​ quizzed 2.52m (11.2%) at 8pm, followed by Only Connect​ with 2.11m (9.4%) at 8.30pm, Gorilla Family and Me​ with 1.94m (9.1%) at 9pm and Mock the Week​ with 1.70m (9.4%) at 10pm.

ITV's making-of documentary for The Sound of Music Live​ brought in 2.17m (9.6%) at 8pm (125k/0.6% on +1), while BAFTA's Downton Abbey​ celebration attracted 2.30m (10.8%) at 9pm (178k/1.1%).

On Channel 4, Food Unwrapped Christmas​ appealed to 1.73​m (7.7%) at 8pm (177k/0.8%), followed by Rich Kids of Instagram​ with 1.05m (4.9%) at 9pm (167k/1.0%). The final Fargo​ thrilled 590k (3.6%) at 10pm.

On E4, the Made in Chelsea​ Christmas special was seen by 460k (2.2%) at 9pm (152k/0.9%).