World Cup 2018: England win attracts 18.3m TV audience, record 3m streams
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Harry Kane heads last-gasp England winner
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England's World Cup win over Tunisia was the most-watched television programme of 2018, attracting a peak television audience of 18.3 million on BBC One.
Monday's game in Volgograd, which had a 69.2% audience share at its peak, beat May's Royal Wedding.
There were also a record three million requests to stream it on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
That made it the highest-ever live audience for an online BBC programme.
More than two million player ratings were awarded by users on the website.
England won the game 2-1 thanks to two goals from captain Harry Kane.
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- Published15 June 2018
