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A peak audience of 20 million viewers (70% share) from across the UK tuned into the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's television coverage of the Royal Wedding. And over the day 34.7 million viewers in the UK watched some of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's wedding coverage on TV.

The peak figure of 20 million tuned in at the end of the service in Westminster Abbey. The peak audience figure is based on provisional overnight figures and includes viewers across our coverage on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One HD, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News Channel and on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú iPlayer.

The ceremony (11am-12.15pm) was watched by an average audience of 19.2 million (68.9% share) across Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One HD and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News Channel.

The total reach of 34.7 million watched some of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's wedding coverage in UK, including the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One programme and news coverage.

The average audience tuning into the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One HD and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News Channel across the Royal Wedding programme for the pre-ceremony build up between 8-11am was 10.1 million and post ceremony from 12.15-4pm was 10.5 million. An average of 4.9m million tuned in to see highlights from the day at 8.30-10pm.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's multimedia offering was used by millions of users across the day, both in the UK and internationally. According to provisional figures indications are that the number of page impressions for the live page of coverage online was nine million. There were approximately 9.4 million unique users internationally (5.4m) and in UK (4m) for the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's News website overall with the Royal Wedding dominating the top stories.

Listeners across the country also tuned into coverage of the wedding across the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's national radio networks and local stations. Audience figures for radio are reported separately.

Mark Byford, who led the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's coverage of the wedding across TV, radio and online, said: "We are pleased that so many people celebrated the Royal Wedding with the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's coverage across TV, radio and online. The huge audience of so many millions who shared the day with the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú is a testament to all those involved in producing such high quality and distinctive coverage, and proves once again that the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú is the broadcaster of choice for audiences during big national events. We are delighted with the audience and delighted with our programming."

Notes to Editors

Please note these viewing figures do not take account of viewing by groups (such as in pubs or at community events).

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One feed of the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton was streamed live to audiences across the world through Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide's local channels – on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú America, in Australia and New Zealand (on UKTV, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News), in Asia (on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Knowledge), in India (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Entertainment), in Latin America (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Entertainment), in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Entertainment and in South Africa on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Knowledge)

In addition, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News broadcast the feed live in 200 countries and territories worldwide. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and around 300 million households and 1.8 million hotel rooms.

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide also licensed the Royal Wedding live feed to over 40 broadcasters in 25 territories including USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Latin America, Italy, Scandinavia and Singapore.

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