![]() "In 2018, we'll be looking to build on these successes and continue to make BBC iPlayer a must-visit destination in its own right." He added: "We also showed one of our most visually spectacular programmes, Blue Planet II, in the best quality ever seen on the BBC, as well as making BBC iPlayer much more personalised. "Boxsets were extremely popular, audiences loved watching, and whether enjoying a new series, watching a currently airing programme or indulging in a classic archive show, viewers seem to love it." Head of BBC iPlayer Dan Taylor-Watt said: "It's been an extraordinary year for BBC iPlayer. Three Girls Series 1 – Episode 2 – 3,098,000 Apple Tree Yard Series 1 – Episode 1 – 3,112,000ġ0. Line of Duty Series 4 – Episode 1 – 3,114,000ĩ. Peaky Blinders Series 4 – 'The Noose' (Episode 1) – 3,358,000Ĩ. Sherlock Series 4 – 'The Six Thatchers' (Episode 1) – 3,445,000ħ. Blue Planet II Series 1 – 'The Deep' (Episode 2) – 3,560,000Ħ. Doctor Foster Series 2 – Episode 1 – 3,677,000Ĥ. Blue Planet II Series 1 – 'One Ocean' (Episode 1) – 4,768,000ģ. So, *deep breath*, here are the ten episodes of BBC telly that had the most iPlayer views last year, and also just how many requests each got.ġ. The numbers of viewers watching via iPlayer is increasing all the time, making the top ten shows of 2017 a pretty important list for the BBC. Together with the last-ever instalments of Peaky Blinders and Killing Eve landing towards the end of the quarter, two of iPlayer’s most popular programmes of all time, there really is something for everyone whether you’re in the mood for classic boxsets or brand new shows.BBC iPlayer has come a long, long way in the last decade, with the streaming service now clocking up billions of views every year. A formidable and thrilling collection of brand new drama series feature heavily on the most-watched programme lists with The Tourist narrowly ahead of The Responder in first position for top episode and there has been a breath-taking choice available from the Winter Olympics to Green Planet, so it was fantastic to see the long-awaited return of The Apprentice make the top slot for total viewing across a full series. The record start to 2022 follows iPlayer’s best year ever – with 6.5 billion programmes streamed in 2021, up 12 per cent on 2020.ĭan McGolpin, director of BBC iPlayer, says: “BBC iPlayer is more popular than ever in 2022 and the rollout of a more modern look has helped the service to notch-up its best ever quarter across the first three months. Lord Sugar’s return in The Apprentice is the year’s biggest boxset so far, streamed 33 million times, with Peaky Blinders (30 million streams), the Winter Olympics (29 million streams), and Killing Eve (15 million streams) also making the top 10.New dramas The Responder (5.2 million streams), This is Going to Hurt (4 million streams), Four Lives (3.8 million streams), The Rules of the Game (3.5 million streams) and Chloe (3.2 million streams) also make the top ten episodes per series of the quarter.Jamie Dornan’s Australian outback mystery series The Tourist provided the year’s most popular individual episode so far, with the first episode streamed 6.1 million times, and the boxset streamed 32 million times.Viewers streamed programmes a record 1.83 billion times in the first three months of the year, 100 million more times than in the same period last year.Other hits included returning favourites The Apprentice, Peaky Blinders and Killing Eve, as well as strong performances for The Winter Olympics and new natural history series The Green Planet.įigures also show the BBC had the highest weekly reach of any provider during the first quarter of 2022 – with millions tuning in to watch programmes on broadcast TV as well as record-breaking viewing on iPlayer.
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