iPlayer achieves its best results in October

Saturday, 1 December 2018 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The Woman Who Fell to Earth: The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) (Credit: BBC Studios (Ben Blackall))

The BBC have released details on iPlayer requests for October, indicating that the service achieved its highest usage ever. The new series of Doctor Who made a huge contribution to the total, with the opening episode to feature new Doctor Jodie Whittaker achieving 2.962 million!

Dan McGolpin, controller of programming for the BBC, said:

It’s been a fantastic autumn for BBC iPlayer. Bodyguard and Killing Eve are the two strongest performing series ever and in October we set a new record for daily requests, which gave us our highest ever monthly total. Together with the return of Doctor Who, The Apprentice and Strictly BBC iPlayer offers a unique mix of brand new programmes alongside some of the nation’s best-loved shows.

The "boxed set" of Killing Eve dominated the top ten requested episodes, with six of its eight episodes in the top ten; the other places included two episodes of The Cry, the opening episode of The Apprentice and of course Doctor Who's premiere.

The top ten charts for October 2018:
Top Ten Episodes for October: Killing Eve: 1. Nice Face (3.555m) Doctor Who: 1. The Woman Who Fell To Earth (2.962m) The Cry: Episode 1 (2.924m) Killing Eve: 7. I Don't Want To Be Free (2.430m) Killing Eve: 6. Take Me To The Hotel (2.332m) Killing Eve: 8. God, I'm Tired (2.286m) The Apprentice: 1. Malta (2.263m) Killing Eve: 5. I Have A Thing About Bathrooms (2.237m) Killing Eve: 4. Sorry Baby (2.194m) The Cry: Episode 2 (2.087m)	Top Ten Programme Episodes for October: Killing Eve: 1. Nice Face (3.555m) Doctor Who: 1. The Woman Who Fell To Earth (2.962m) The Cry: Episode 1 (2.924m) The Apprentice: 1. Malta (2.263m) Informer: No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1.793m) Strictly Come Dancing: Week 5 (1.395m) Bodyguard: Episode 6 (1.360m) Eastenders: 9 Oct 2018 (1.071m) This Country: The Aftermath (0.859m) Match of the Day: 20 Oct 2018 (0.753m)

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