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Drama and National Events push iPlayer forward

August 16, 2022 10.48 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Final series of Peaky Blinders, The Split, and Killing Eve combined with Glastonbury, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and the Eurovision Song Contest helped BBC iPlayer deliver record numbers.

Between April and June, programmes were streamed over 1.6 billion times, making it iPlayer’s best ever second quarter. It is also iPlayer’s best first six months of the year with programmes streamed 140 million times more than the same period last year.

““I’m delighted with the performance of BBC iPlayer during the second quarter of 2022, with the BBC’s unique and distinctive programme range creating compelling choices for all,” said Dan McGolpin, director of BBC iPlayer and channels.

Live events performed strongly with Glastonbury also becoming the period’s best performing boxset with 36 million streams up to the end of June, and 39.4 million to date – and reached a total of 20.6 million people across both the TV broadcast and iPlayer.

The BBC has been driving uptake of its Boxed Sets, which also include The Split (35.5 million) and Silent Witness (20.7 million).

Final series also helped drive viewing – the final episode of Peaky Blinders was the best episode of the quarter, streamed 4 million times, plus there were strong performances from the last series of The Split and Killing Eve.

New drama such as Sherwood, the first episode of which was streamed 2.8 million times, and new comedy Here We Go, whose first episode saw 2.2 million streams, proved there is more bankable content on the way.

RankProgrammeSeriesEpisodeStreams
1Peaky BlindersSeries 6Lock and Key 4,073,000
2The SplitSeries 3Episode 4 3,714,000
3The Queen’s Platinum JubileePlatinum Party at the Palace 3,080,000
4Glastonbury2022Glastonbury Channel – Saturday2,855,000
5SherwoodSeries 1Episode 12,810,000
6The FA Cup2021/22FA Cup Channel2,704,000
7Eurovision Song Contest2022Final2,422,000
8Killing EveSeries 4Oh Goodie, I’m the Winner2,349,000
9Here We GoSeries 1Mum’s Birthday Voucher2,204,000
10Freeze the Fear with Wim HofSeries 1Episode 12,146,000
BBC iPlayer’s top performing episodes per series between April and June

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About Julian Clover

Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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