The most watched shows of 2005

News is filtering out about Broadcast’s list of most-watched programmes in 2005.

Top of the pops, as per, was Coronation Street, which, on February 21 pulled in 14.35 million viewers. That was the episode which featured the rather perfunctory storylines of Sally’s affair with boss Ian Davenport, and Tommy Harris going nuts over his daughter’s relationship with Martin. Interestingly, this run-of-the-mill stuff was enough to puntEastEnders into second place, and their showpiece “killing Dirty Den” episode, which went out days before on February 18, attacting an audience of 14.34 million.

Here’s that top 10 in full …

1. Coronation Street - 14.35m – 57.39% – ITV1 (7.30pm, Monday 21 February)
2. EastEnders - 14.34m – 57.85% – BBC1 (8pm, Friday 18 February)
3. The Vicar of Dibley - 11.57m – 42.70% – BBC1 (9pm, Saturday 1 January)
4. Emmerdale - 11.18m – 48.80% – ITV1 (7pm, Monday 21 February)
5. Comic Relief Night - 10.93m – 45.09% – BBC1 (7pm, Friday 11 March)
6. Doctor Who - 10.81m – 44.84% – BBC1 (7pm, Saturday 26 March)
7. I’m a Celebrity … Get Me out of Here! - 10.54m – 44.02% – ITV1 (9pm, Monday 28 November)
8. Strictly Come Dancing - 10.4m – 41.50% – BBC1 (6.30pm, Saturday 17 December)
9. A Touch of Frost - 10.28m – 40.24% – ITV1 (8.25pm, Sunday 25 September)
10. Little Britain - 10.17m – 40.68% – BBC1 (9pm, Thursday 17 November)

All in all, the Beeb narrowly beat ITV by nabbing 50 out of the top 100. The third channel got 47, while C4′s Lost and Big Brother and BBC2′s Rome crept in somewhere near the bottom of the list.

Oh, and viewing figures in total are down 8% on last year.