The Euro 96 semi-final match between England and Germany (shown on both main terrestrial channels) was the most watched programme of the week ending 30th June 1996. BBC1’s coverage of the match attracted an audience of 17.46 million people while ITV was watched by only 6.32 million.
This has helped BBC1 to achieve a higher weekly share of viewing than ITV for the first time since Christmas, with BBC1 being watched for an average of 7 hours and 55 minutes (33.8% weekly share) and ITV for an average of 7 hours and 34 minutes (32.3% weekly share)
As a result of all football matches shown, total television viewing for the week, in comparison to the same week last year, has risen by 10.39%. In Astra panel, home viewing for all channels has risen by 17.4%.
See the latest viewing figures in the Television database.
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