List of most-watched television broadcasts
Most-watched programmes
The following is a list of most-watched programmes, excluding sporting events and news coverage. The mid-1980s introduction of in-week repeat showings accounts for six of the top ten programmes.

List of most-watched television broadcasts

Section Title: Most-watched programmes
Table Section Text: The following is a list of most-watched programmes, excluding sporting events and news coverage. The mid-1980s introduction of in-week repeat showings accounts for six of the top ten programmes.

Rank	Show	Episode	Number of viewers (millions)	Date	Network

1	EastEnders	Den serves Angie with divorce papers.	30.15	25 December 1986*	BBC One

2	EastEnders	Michelle Fowler reveals she is pregnant.	28.00	1 January 1986*	BBC One

3	Coronation Street	Hilda Ogden leaves	26.65	25 December 1987*	ITV (Granada)

4	Only Fools and Horses	"Time on Our Hands"	24.35	29 December 1996	BBC One

5	EastEnders	N/A	24.30	2 January 1992*	BBC One

6	Royal Variety Performance 1965	Ft. Dame Shirley Bassey, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore CBE and more.	24.20	14 November 1965	ITV (ATV)

7	EastEnders	N/A	24.15	7 January 1988*	BBC One

8	To the Manor Born	"A Touch of Class" - Series 1 Finale	23.95	11 November 1979	BBC One

9	Miss World 1967	Madeline Hartog-Bel (Miss Peru) wins - 1st runner-up María Sabaliauskas Argentina, 2nd runner-up Shakira Baksh Guyana, 3rd runner-up Dalia Regev Israel	23.76	19 November 1967	BBC One

10	EastEnders	N/A	23.55	26 December 1985*	BBC One

11	Panorama	Diana, Princess of Wales	22.78	20 November 1995	BBC One

12	Royal Variety Performance 1975	Bruce Forsyth, Dad's Army & Vera Lynn	22.66	16 November 1975	ITV (ATV)

13	This Is Your Life	Lord Mountbatten	22.22	27 April 1977	ITV (Thames)

14	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	Jimmy Tarbuck, Shirley Bassey, Rudolph Nureyev, Antoinette Sibley, Mike Yarwood, Frankie Vaughan	21.89	3 December 1967	ITV (ATV)

15	The Benny Hill Show	Cinema: The Vintage Years	21.67	24 March 1971	ITV (Thames)

16	Dallas	"Who Done It" – J.R. Ewing's shooter is revealed	21.60	22 November 1980	BBC One

Coronation Street	Ken and Deirdre divorce	21.60	8 January 1992	ITV (Granada)

18	Eurovision Song Contest 1973	Anne-Marie David wins for Luxembourg.	21.56	7 April 1973	BBC One

19	Steptoe and Son	"The Lodger" – Albert looks for a Lodger	21.54	18 February 1964	BBC TV

20	The Mike Yarwood Show	Mike Yarwood Christmas Show	21.40	25 December 1977	BBC One

Coronation Street	Bet Lynch becomes landlady of the Rovers Return Inn.	21.40	2 January 1985	ITV (Granada)

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 is the 18th most watched television show.

final_sentence: The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 is the 18th most watched television show.