A massive 9.1 million switched on to BBC One at 7.30pm to watch the swimming finals in the aquatics center (43.2% of the audience share). Viewers were in for a treat as GB’s Michael Jamieson raced to silver in men’s 200m breaststroke.Apart from swimming, the rowing finals and the cycling time trials were also popular… Continue reading TV Overnights: 9.1 million tune in to watch swimming
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