Dickens drama draws 6.6 million viewers against 3.9 million for ITV1's Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me
What the Dickens! High hopes for BBC1's Great Expectations proved entirely justified as the star-studded drama was watched by more than 6 million viewers.
The first of a three-part adaptation starring Ray Winstone and Gillian Anderson pulled in 6.6 million viewers, a 25.6% share, between 9pm and 10pm on Tuesday.
Great Expectations had the better of ITV1's Laurence Fox drama Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me, which drew 3.9 million viewers (15.6%) between 9pm and 10.30pm, rising to 4.1 million with ITV1+1.
In a competitive 9pm slot, Channel 4's annual Big Fat Quiz of the Year hosted by Jimmy Carr drew 3.1 million viewers, a 13.4% share, between 9pm and 11.05pm, rising to 3.5 million with Channel 4+1, putting BBC2's Three Men Go To New England to the sword.
The latest in a series of unlikely adventures for Rory McGrath, Griff Rhys Jones and Dara O Briain could only manage 1.8 million viewers, 6.8% of the audience, between 9pm and 10pm.
Channel 5's Carry On Christmas, a festive special first broadcast in 1969, was watched by 800,000 viewers, a 3% share of the audience.
You have been watching ...
BBC2's tribute to a comedy writing great, You Have Been Watching ? David Croft, was watched by 2 million viewers, an 8.5% share, between 8pm and 9pm.
It followed repeats of two of his best-known shows, Hi-De-Hi! at 7pm which was watched by 1.8 million viewers (7.6%) and Dad's Army, with 2.3 million (9.4%) at 8pm.
The Croft documentary was neck and neck with ITV1 repeat Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar, which also drew 2 million viewers (8.3%) rising to 2.1 million with ITV+1.
Channel 5's World's Strongest Man proved the wimpiest of the five main channels at 8pm with 1.4 million viewers (5.6%). It was beaten to a pulp by Channel 4's My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas repeat, with 2 million viewers (8.3%) rising to 2.3 million with Channel 4+1.
East is best
EastEnders, which was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day, continued to sweep all before it with 10.4 million viewers, a 42% share, between 7.30pm and 8pm.
ITV1's Adventurer's Guide to Britain predictably wilted in the Albert Square heat, with 1.9 million viewers (7.6%) rising to 2.1 million with ITV1+1. ITV1's Emmerdale did rather better at 7pm with 6.7 million viewers (28.7%) rising to 7 million with ITV1+1.
Donkey conquers
Earlier, BBC1's movie premiere Shrek the Third did battle with ITV1's film sequel, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Shrek attracted 4.8 million viewers, a 21.5% share, between 6.05pm and 7.30pm, overlapping only slightly with The Mummy, which drew 2.9 million viewers (15.8%) between 4.30pm and 6.30pm, rising to 3.4 million with ITV1+1.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/28/bbc1-great-expectations
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