主播大秀 One’s Bodyguard is the UK’s most watched drama since current records began
The finale of 主播大秀 One’s Bodyguard was watched by an audience of 17.1 million people, 28-day 4-screen consolidated figures have revealed.
Published: 23 October 2018
Bodyguard continues to smash records and thrill new audiences everyday via the boxset, which is available exclusively on 主播大秀 iPlayer for the next five months.
This makes it the UK’s most watched episode of any drama series across all channels since current records began, in 2002. This is the largest audience recorded for a TV programme outside of sporting and national events since 2010.
Bodyguard is 主播大秀 iPlayer’s most successful box set ever, where it currently has over 38 million requests. The full series, written and created by Jed Mercurio and made by World Productions for 主播大秀 One, remains on 主播大秀 iPlayer exclusively in the UK as a box set.
Charlotte Moore, Director 主播大秀 Content, says: "Bodyguard continues to smash records and thrill new audiences everyday via the boxset, which is available exclusively on 主播大秀 iPlayer for the next five months."
Simon Heath, CEO & Creative Director of World Productions, says: “A big thank you to the 主播大秀 for their terrific support and to everyone who watched Bodyguard either live or on catch up. We’re hugely grateful”.
Figures are measured using BARB’s updated 4-screen 28-day measure, which was introduced in August 2018 and includes viewing through TVs, as well as online non-TV devices.
Measured using the previous standard 28-day consolidated method, the figure for Bodyguard's finale (15.9 million) still remains the highest number for an episode of a drama series since current records began in 2002.
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