Gavin and Stacey has won the festive TV ratings battle, with the show’s final farewell becoming the most watched Christmas Day programme in 16 years. The final episode of the long-running BBC sitcom drew in an average of 12.3 million viewers on Wednesday, according to overnight viewing figures. These figures do not include views racked up on catch-up services during the rest of the festive period. The previous Gavin and Stacey special, broadcast in 2019, drew in 11.6 million viewers on Christmas Day. The new Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, drew in 9.38 million viewers. After Gavin and
