Although this was the most-watched episode of the tenth series with 9.98 million viewers, the competitive Christmas TV audience saw it only ranked at 50th place in the charts.
Episode #16.3 (1986), which was airing on BBC1 at the same time (after the chart-topping Eastenders) was 24th in the charts with 12.53 million viewers. Perhaps most embarrassingly for Des, the screening of Firefox (1982), which was on ITV after his show, earned over 1.5 million extra viewers, reaching 33rd place with 11.53 million tuning in.
Episode #16.3 (1986), which was airing on BBC1 at the same time (after the chart-topping Eastenders) was 24th in the charts with 12.53 million viewers. Perhaps most embarrassingly for Des, the screening of Firefox (1982), which was on ITV after his show, earned over 1.5 million extra viewers, reaching 33rd place with 11.53 million tuning in.