England's Euro win over Sweden seen by 16.3m at peak
Published Jun 16 2012, 13:41 BST | By Paul Millar
BBC One's coverage yesterday (June 15) between 7.30pm and 10.15pm averaged 10.96m (45.1%), with a peak of 16.3m tuning in at around 9.30pm as England regained their lead.
Over on ITV1, the delayed match between France and Ukraine scored 4.56m (26.5%) between 6.30pm and 8pm, after which a Lewis repeat mustered 1.74m (17.4%) and 148k (0.9%) on +1.
Meanwhile, The Graham Norton Show capped a strong evening for BBC One with 3.77m (25.9%) at 10.45pm.
Channel 4's Million Pound Drop Live returned for a new run with 984k (3.7%) from 8.30pm (+1: 157k/0.7%), before 1.19m (5.6%) watched 8 Out of 10 Cats at 10pm (+1: 117k/0.9%).
Big Brother's second eviction show grabbed 1.5m (7.3%) for Channel 5 at 10pm, and 558k (4.6%) stayed for Big Brother's Bit on the Side an hour later.
Antiques Road Trip was BBC Two's best-rated programme with 2.03m (9.7%) at 7pm, while Episodes amused 871k (4%) at 10pm.
Overall, BBC One obliterated ITV1 in primetime with 42.2% versus 13.1% (+1: 0.3%). BBC Two claimed third place with 5.8%, ahead of Channel 5's 4.2% (+1: 0.2%), and Channel 4's 3.9% (+1: 0.6%).
Russell Howard's Good News Extra appealed to 633k (3%) on BBC Three at 10pm, and was primetime's biggest multichannel show.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
even if bbc england footy games pick up more than england footy games on itv, bbc hardly has any live footy rights left now at all im sure if u add up england friendly matches , champions league and fa cup itv pick up more viewers for sport than the bbc.
June 18th 2012 at 10:17am
I only watched it because I heard England never beat them in a competitive match before. I thought they would if IIIIII watched it which they did :).
For the chris moyles comment; I tried that then quickly took it of when I was sent to the dark ages of Standard Definition. What was that? Can they not add that to an HD feed?
June 18th 2012 at 8:54am
i only watch it becuase Chris Moyles was doing the live studio feed on bbc red button, i love women so i prefer watching women play than men, and Eastenders is miles better than football, that in my view.
June 17th 2012 at 7:45pm
when england get to the next round then it b the bbc who show the games. then who win
June 16th 2012 at 6:21pm(+1 like)
many moan about too much sport on tv but its clear sport mostly football leads the way over all other shows pulling in constant high ratings even for ( non england footy games). shame sky has dominated the bidding for premiership rights yet again as premiership footy would really help channels survive through economic decline.
June 16th 2012 at 4:42pm