The Office Christmas specials BBC as "a little Christmas present to the nation". The second series of "The Office" averaged four million viewers per week when it was broadcast on BBC Two. To get as many viewers as possible for the Christmas specials, the BBC's director of television Jana Bennet allowed it to be moved to BBC One. The ratings were deemed a success by the BBC; Part 1 received 7.17 million viewers and a 30.97% share of the audience, and Part 2 received 6.14 million viewers and a 25.66% share. Part 1 was the third most popular programme on Boxing Day for 16-
And Then There Were None nezostal už nik" ("And Then There Were None") mid-run. The 1930 novel "The Invisible Host" by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning has a plot that strongly matches that of Christie's later novel, including a recorded voice announcing to the guests that their sins will be visited upon them by death. "The Invisible Host" was adapted as the 1930 Broadway "The Ninth Guest" by Owen Davis, which itself was adapted as the 1934 film "The Ninth Guest". The 1933 K.B.S. Productions "Sherlock Holmes" film "A Study in Scarlet" follows a strikingly similar plot; it includes a scene where Holmes is shown