The BBC have announced today that both episodes of the
two part finale of Ricky
Gervais and Stephen Merchant's "The
Office
" attracted more viewers
than any single episode of the original two series.
Viewing figures for the first installment, on Boxing Day, peaked at 6.8m with
an average of 6.5m. The second episode averaged 5.5m and quite
possibly left about a million people kicking themselves for forgetting to
set the video.
A spokesperson said that the BBC were "certainly really pleased" with the
ratings. Peak figures for both parts of the Christmas Special were over
1.7m higher than the second series' average of 4.5m per
episode.
Click
here for Funny.co.uk's review of "The Office" Christmas
Special
