sentences:  The repeat showing on New Year's Day even managed 7.2 million, beating ITV's "Emmerdale" in the ratings.The short was shown on British Television for the third time on Good Friday, pulling in 3.4 million viewers.In BARB's official ratings published on 8 January 2009, it showed that "A Matter of Loaf and Death" had 16.15 million, making it the highest rated programme of 2008, and the highest rated non sporting event in the United Kingdom since 2004, when an episode of "Coronation Street" garnered 16.3 million.