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England v Holland Attracts Highest Audience

England v Holland Attracts Highest Audience

Last night’s England v Holland match which saw England confirm their place in the next round of Euro’96 attracted the biggest audience by far this year for a sporting programme, an average of 14.6 million individuals; this was a 63.4% share of individuals viewing, and 75.6% share of men. Of these, an average of 1.3 million viewers in Scotland were watching Scotland play Switzerland at Villa Park.

Viewing to BBC1’s Eastenders was reduced to 7.6 million, with Wildlife on One attracting 4.8 million viewers, Goodnight Sweetheart 3.6 million and The Nine O’Clock News 3.8 million.

The earlier France v Bulgaria match managed only 4.7 million, although this was higher than either of Sunday’s matches. Tonight sees the end of the first round matches.

Euro’96 First Round Matches – Viewing So Far

Match Channel Day Date Time Indivs Millions Adults Share Men Share
England v Switzerland ITV Sat 08-Jun 15:00 8.5 71.0 77.2
Spain v Bulgaria ITV Sun 09-Jun 14:30 4.6 52.7 67.4
Germany v Czech Republic BBC1 Sun 09-Jun 17:00 6.5 49.1 61.7
Denmark v Portugal BBC1 Sun 09-Jun 19:30 7.1 33.2 46.5
Holland v Scotland ITV Mon 10-Jun 16:30 7.8 59.7 75.9
Romania v France BBC1 Mon 10-Jun 19:30 7.0 34.4 47.8
Italy v Russia BBC1 Tue 11-Jun 16:30 6.1 46.5 67.0
Turkey v Croatia ITV Tue 11-Jun 19:30 6.8 32.6 45.5
Bulgaria v Romania ITV Thu 13-Jun 16:30 4.5 44.3 63.1
Switzerland v Holland BBC1 Thu 13-Jun 19:30 8.0 44.8 59.4
Portugal v Turkey BBC1 Fri 14-Jun 16:30 4.2 45.1 63.5
Italy v Czech Republic ITV Fri 14-Jun 19:30 7.0 43.1 57.2
England v Scotland BBC1 Sat 15-Jun 15:00 11.4 83.6 91.9
France v Spain ITV Sat 15-Jun 18:00 4.0 30.0 38.5
Russia v Germany ITV Sun 16-Jun 15:00 4.3 49.5 66.0
Croatia v Denmark BBC1 Sun 16-Jun 18:00 4.0 27.7 34.9
France v Bulgaria BBC1 Tue 18-Jun 16:30 4.7 42.6 62.4
England v Holland ITV Tue 18-Jun 19:30 14.6 63.2 75.6

Source: Unofficial BARB Overnights

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