Ratings Information:

Overnights: Doctor Who was the most-watched programme on BBC One for New Year's Day, with 21.1% share of the total TV audience. Eastenders had 3.3 million while the comedy Mrs Brown's Boys had 3.7 million viewers. Top overall was ITV's Evening News with 5.5 million viewers while Coronation Street came second with 5.0 million watching. Against The Doctor, Emmerdale had 4.6 million watching.

Consolidated: Doctor Who had a final official rating of 6.25 million viewers (TV Only)..The final rating takes into account all those who recorded the programme and watched it within one week.  The rating confirms the show as the top-rated BBC One programme for New Year's Day, beating EastEnders which had 4.36 million watching and Mrs Brown's Boys with 4.87 million. Overall Doctor Who was second for the day, with Coronation Street just claiming the top spot with 6.39 million viewers. Doctor Who is likely to finish the week as the 8th most-watched programme, the same position held by the New Year 2020 programme SpyFall.  The most-watched programme for the week ending 3rd January was Happy New Year Live! with 9.92 million watching London mark the start of 2021.