'EastEnders' tops Christmas Day UK viewing figures

For the fourth consecutive year, the BBC One soap 'EastEnders' was the most-watched programme in the UK on Christmas Day, with an average of 9.37 million seeing villain Derek Branning suffer a fatal heart attack as well as the discovery of Max Branning's other wife.

BBC One controller Danny Cohen said in a statement: "It's been brilliant to see so many viewers watching BBC One on Christmas Day.