In The Dark and EastEnders top the BBC iPlayer charts in July

New crime drama series In The Dark was July’s top programme on BBC iPlayer, new figures reveal. 

The first episode was made available from 11 July, and received 1.6 million requests over the rest of the month. The series stars MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street, Downton Abbey, The Twilight Saga) as DI Helen Weeks, a strong-willed detective drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career - just as she begins her journey towards motherhood.

The figures from the BBC also reveal that BBC iPlayer received 236 million requests for TV content in July, with viewing on mobiles, tablets and connected TVs up year on year.

EastEnders also had a very strong month in July, claiming 16 of the top 20 most popular programmes across the month. Other top-performing dramas in July include the Doctor Who series finale, featuring Peter Capaldi’s penultimate performance as the Doctor, and the return of crime drama Top Of The Lake, starring Elizabeth Moss, Nicole Kidman and Gwendoline Christie.

It was also a good month for documentaries, with BBC Three’s Stacey Dooley Investigates Kids Selling Drugs Online and BBC One’s The Betrayed Girls, which examined the Rochdale abuse scandal, both performing well. 

Dan McGolpin, Controller of Programming and Daytime, says: “Watching BBC iPlayer through the TV is now easy to do and for many people it's become their preferred way to view BBC programmes, both on demand and live. We release a wide selection of fresh content every month of the year and July saw strong performances from a mix of gripping drama series and challenging investigative documentaries."

The BBC recently announced that viewers will need to register for a BBC account and log in to watch programmes on BBC iPlayer. To register for an account go here

Notes to Editors

All BBC iPlayer figures are taken from performance in the given month only

August 18, 2017 2:04pm ET by BBC One  

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