The episode was watched by 8.28 million viewers, the lowest Christmas Day rating since the shows' return in 2005, and was the sixth most watched programme on BBC One for Christmas Day 2014.
The episode was watched by 8.28 million viewers and was the sixth most watched programme on BBC One for Christmas Day. The early figures for overnight viewing figures estimated that the episode was watched by 6.34 million viewers, making it the eighth most watched event on television for Christmas Day 2014.