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The Most-Watched TV Shows Of 2015 Revealed

Rachel Pilcher

It’s been a year of incredible television, but which TV show had the most people gripped in 2015?

Well, in some very unsurprising news, it’s the BBC’s Great British Bake-Off that has topped this year’s list of most-watched TV shows, with 15.05m people tuning in to see Nadiya Hussein crowned the winner.

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In fact, all ten episodes of the show made the top 40, with seven of them appearing in the top ten.

The list has been compiled using data published by the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (Barb).

ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent final came in second, with 12.75m of us watching Jules and Matisse win.

23 BBC One and 17 ITV programmes feature, with no other channel having shows on the list. Strictly Come Dancing is the show with the most entries (12 appearances in total).

While ITV programmes Britain’s Got Talent and I’m A Celebrity both feature, no episodes of The X Factor made the list, with the show suffering low ratings this year.

ITV did, however, have the most-watched sporting event of the year, with 9.7million people watching England take on Wales in the Rugby World Cup.

The also had the most-watched entertainment programme (BGT) and the highest-rated dramas (Broadchurch and Downton Abbey).

On top of all that, Yahoo Celebrity will be revealing our very own TV Personality of the Year today - but who will it be?

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While you decide, here’s the full Top 40 of 2015′s Most-Watched TV Shows, as reported by The Mirror:

  1. The Great British Bake Off (October 7, BBC1): 15.05 million

  2. Britain’s Got Talent (May 31, ITV): 12.75 million

  3. The Great British Bake Off (September 30, BBC1): 12.65 million

  4. The Great British Bake Off (September 2, BBC1): 12.39 million

  5. The Great British Bake Off (August 26, BBC1): 12.36 million

  6. The Great British Bake Off (September 16, BBC1): 12.35 million

  7. The Great British Bake Off (August 19, BBC1): 12.01 million

  8. The Great British Bake Off (September 9, BBC1): 12.00 million

  9. Strictly Come Dancing (December 5, BBC1): 11.93 million

  10. Britain’s Got Talent (April 25, ITV): 11.86 million

  11. Strictly Come Dancing (November 21, BBC1): 11.77 million

  12. Strictly Come Dancing (November 14, BBC1): 11.71 million

  13. Britain’s Got Talent (May 2, ITV): 11.69 million

  14. Britain’s Got Talent (May 9, ITV): 11.64 million

  15. The Great British Bake Off (August 5, BBC1): 11.62 million

  16. The Great British Bake Off (August 12, BBC1): 11.59 million

  17. EastEnders (February 19, 9.30pm, BBC1): 11.57 million

  18. Britain’s Got Talent (May 16, ITV) 11.55 million

  19. = Strictly Come Dancing (November 28, BBC1) 11.55 million

  20. Britain’s Got Talent (April 18, ITV): 11.47 million

  21. EastEnders (February 19, 7.30pm, BBC1): 11.33 million

  22. = I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (November 15, ITV): 11.33 million

  23. Strictly Come Dancing (November 22, BBC1): 11.26 million

  24. Britain’s Got Talent (April 11, ITV): 11.25 million

  25. The Great British Bake Off (September 23, BBC1): 11.09 million

  26. Strictly Come Dancing (December 6, BBC1): 11.07 million

  27. EastEnders (February 20, BBC1): 10.94 million

  28. = I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (December 6, ITV): 10.94 million

  29. = Strictly Come Dancing (November 15, BBC1): 10.94 million

  30. Strictly Come Dancing (November 29, BBC1) 10.92 million

  31. Downton Abbey (November 8, ITV): 10.90 million

  32. Strictly Come Dancing (November 8, BBC1): 10.87 million

  33. Broadchurch (January 5, ITV): 10.86 million

  34. Strictly Come Dancing (October 17, BBC1): 10.85 million

  35. =Strictly Come Dancing (October 31, BBC1): 10.85 million

  36. Strictly Come Dancing (November 7, BBC1): 10.77 million

  37. Call the Midwife (February 15, BBC1): 10.73 million

  38. Call the Midwife (February 1, BBC1): 10.60 million

  39. I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (November 16, ITV): 10.56 million

  40. I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (November 22, ITV): 10.50 million