The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
05.05.2020 - 13:55 / deadline.com
By Jake Kanter
International TV Editor
The BBC is trumpeting the success of its Sally Rooney adaptation Normal People, which has generated 16.2M views in its first week on streaming service iPlayer.
The Element Pictures drama about young love propelled BBC Three to its best-ever week. The BBC’s youth service has clocked up a total of 21.8M requests since April 26, monstering its previous record of 10.8M views in 2018.
The BBC said 5M of the Normal People requests were from people aged 16-34,
The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
By Manori Ravindran
Normal People bosses were left furious after sex scenes from the hit show were uploaded to a porn website.The hit BBC show's sauciest moments had been edited into a 22 minute long video and was available to watch on Pornhub.
Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are among the stars going head-to-head to play video game Mario Kart 8 for an online charity event.
Sally Rooney’s best selling Normal People and her debut novel, Conversations with Friends have generated an estimated €8.37m in book sales here and the UK.
Normal People star Paul Mescal has shared his delight after Sia praised a video of him covering her song Chandelier.
Normal People star Paul Mescal has joked the neck chain he wore throughout the acclaimed series “will always be more popular than I am”.
Barry Keoghan is about to get another feather in his cap as he’s confirmed his casting in an upcoming production.