LONDON (AP) — The BBC says its live coverage of the Olympic closing ceremony was watched by 26.3 million people in the U.K., or more than 80 percent of the audience share in the country.
The broadcaster said in a statement Monday that coverage on its flagship terrestrial channel, BBC1, peaked at 26 million on Sunday night.
That beats the previous U.K. audience record for an Olympic closing ceremony — the 11 million viewers who watched the ceremony in Barcelona in 1992.
The BBC’s high-definition and 3D coverage added about 300,000 viewers to Sunday’s total.
The BBC’s Sunday figures were slightly down on the opening ceremony which kicked off the games on July 27. The Danny Boyle-directed opening extravaganza drew 26.9 million viewers at its height.
