The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
05.05.2020 - 12:15 / breakingnews.ie
Normal People has driven BBC Three to its best week for programme requests on the iPlayer, doubling a record set following the release of Killing Eve series one.
BBC Three earned more than 21.8 million requests in the seven-day period after the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel became available on Sunday April 26.
The programme received 16.2 million requests in its first week, with nearly five million from 16 to 34-year-olds.
Of all the requests for BBC Three programmes on iPlayer, Normal
The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
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