Seasonal specials of EastEnders, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Outnumbered and Sherlock helped the BBC achieve its highest-ever audiences on the BBC iPlayer.
Best-ever week for BBC iPlayer
The 30th anniversary of EastEnders has helped the BBC iPlayer to its biggest ever week.
BBC online soap pulls in 1.7m views
E20, the online spin-off from the BBC soap EastEnders, has reached 1.7 million views since its launch on January 8. The figures compare favourably with conference darling KateModern, produced by Bebo, which at its peak in May 2008 was drawing in 1.5 million views per week.