The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
05.05.2020 - 14:43 / nme.com
Sally Rooney's love story doubles the records previously held on the streaming platform
Normal People has broken the previously set record to give BBC Three its best-ever week on iPlayer.
Over the initial seven-day period following its release on iPlayer on April 26, there were 16.2 million requests for Normal People, and over 21.8 million for BBC Three.
The record was previously set by the first season of Killing Eve, which Normal People has now doubled.
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The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
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