Dramas, Car Share drive strong yearly rise for iPlayer
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| 20 May 2017

The latest smash comedy hit from the Peter Kay production line, Car Share, and returning dramas Doctor Who and Line Of Duty have added to a 23% yearly rise in BBC iPlayer show requests in April 2017, bring the total to 274 million.


Series three of the four-part comedy series was the month’s most popular programme, with all four episodes in the top five rankings and all episodes achieving over two million requests each. The new series of Line of Duty saw five of its six episodes in the top 10 ranking, while there were more than one million requests for the Doctor’s first episode back, The Pilot. EastEnders also saw a very strong performance in April, with 10 episodes appearing in the top 20.

Commenting on the month’s performance, Dan McGolpin, controller of programming and daytime, said: “BBC iPlayer is up 23% compared to April last year and it’s easy to see why with the fantastic range of series available such as Peter Kay’s Car Share and the gripping Line Of Duty. The experience for viewers just gets better and better so that now when you sign in you will benefit from personal recommendations and the ability to change device and seamlessly pick up a programme where you left it.”