{"id":54170,"date":"2024-07-01T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2065875"},"modified":"2024-07-01T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:57:54","slug":"england-v-slovakia-ratings-confirmed-as-itv-gets-biggest-tv-audience-in-18-months","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/england-v-slovakia-ratings-confirmed-as-itv-gets-biggest-tv-audience-in-18-months\/","title":{"rendered":"England v Slovakia ratings confirmed as ITV gets biggest TV audience in 18 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

A peak audience of 18.4 million tuned into the nail-biting match. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 01 July 2024 at 16:07 PM<\/p>

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England\u2019s dramatic Sunday night match against Slovakia for Euro 2024<\/a> received mammoth audience figures, with a peak of 18.4 million viewers tuning in.<\/p>\n

This figure, 3 million more viewers than the 15.4 million peak that watched last Tuesday\u2019s match against Slovenia, was the biggest TV audience on any channel for 18 months.<\/p>\n

It was a big win for ITV, the broadcaster which aired the match, with an average of 15.6 million tuning in across the match itself \u2013 66% of the available TV audience at the time and 89% for 16-34 year olds.<\/p>\n

The total ITV coverage was watched by 11.3 million, the channel\u2019s biggest audience since the 2022 World Cup. Meanwhile, the match which aired directed after England v Slovakia, Spain v Georgia, peaked with 8.9 million viewers, giving ITV its best Sunday for over a decade.<\/p>\n

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Jude Bellingham of England celebrates scoring his team\u2019s first goal during the England v Slovakia match.<\/span><\/figcaption> Richard Pelham\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

ITV\u2019s Euros coverage is led by Mark Pougatch and Laura Woods, with expertise and opinion from a punditry line-up including Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Karen Carney, Graeme Souness, Eni Aluko, Gael Clichy, Joleon Lescott, Ange Postecoglou, Danny R\u00f6hl and Christina Unkel.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s first match of the tournament, their game against Serbia which aired on BBC One, got a peak audience of 14.92 million.<\/p>\n

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