Top Christmas Day TV show odds: Queen's speech and Call the Midwife head market

Betting odds and analysis for the top-rated UK television programme on Christmas Day.

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Blankety Blank to be top UK Christmas Day TV Show
1pt 33-1 Betfair, Power

Most watched Christmas Day TV

Markets have been issued for the UK's top television programme on Christmas Day.

Betfair and Paddy Power are of the belief that the Queen's annual address to the nation will have the highest viewing figures. They opened at 5-6 and cut to 4-9.

Bet365 have a different favourite - Call the Midwife - which they chalked up at 4-7 before clipping to 8-15. But bet365 also have a slightly different way of measuring the figures, which explains the price discrepancy.

Bet365 and Betfair/Power both use the BARB (Broadcasters Audience Research Board) figures, but bet365 will be waiting for the seven-day data, while Betfair/Power will settle immediately on overnight data. The seven-day data includes viewers who recorded a programme and watched it within those seven days.

Last year, the Queen's speech was top of the overnight figures, but Call the Midwife overtook in the seven-day data, with so many viewers watching their recording.

It is 14-1 bar the front two with Mrs Brown's Boys, which attracted 3.8m viewers last year, third in the betting.

The Blankety Blank Christmas Special could be a dangerous 33-1 chance. It was only 100,000 viewers behind Call the Midwife last year on the overnight figures.

A small stake at 33-1 on Blankety Blank - a legendary programme given fresh impetus by new host Bradley Walsh - could be worthwhile. It has got a prime-time 7.10pm slot on BBC One.

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