Downton Abbey and Strictly Come Dancing the best shows of 2013

For the second year running, Downtown Abbey is the nation’s favourite TV show and Strictly Come Dancing is the nation’s favourite reality or talent show

YouGov research for The Sun found that the top TV programme and the top reality or talent show remained unchanged in 2013.

Downtown Abbey took the prize as the nation’s favourite TV show, chosen by 15% of the public, with a two-way tie for second between Doctor Who and ITV crime drama Broadchurch.

The third series of Game of Thrones aired this year, and its popularity continues to gain momentum, 8% of Brits picked it as their favourite show of 2013, up from 4% last year. Meanwhile Breaking Bad, which reached a thrilling conclusion in September was chosen by 6%.

Strictly Come Dancing, which concluded on Saturday with Abbey Clancy winning the 11th series of the show, was the nation’s favourite reality or talent show of 2013. The next most popular were I’m A Celebrity and The Great British Bake Off (both with 13%). X Factor came in 5th, with 5% choosing it as their favourite programme.

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