More than 11.5 million people tuned in for the climax of Brazil vs Chile on BBC One yesterday (June 28), according to overnight figures.
The World Cup round of 16 match enjoyed a peak of 11.53m (53.8%) during the penalty shootout at around 7.45pm, which the home nation won 3-2.
Coverage of the game, which finished 1-1 after extra time, averaged 7.7m (45.1%) from 4.30pm.
Later on BBC One, 3.86m (19.2%) watched A Question of Sport: Super Saturday, hosted by Jason Manford.
BBC Two's Wimbledon coverage averaged 1.53m (8.7%) between 4.30pm and 9pm, before Mock the Week entertained 967k (4.6%).
On ITV, 2.07m (10.1%) saw Mollie King take on The Cube from 7.30pm, before coverage of Colombia vs Uruguay, which Colombia won 2-0 thanks to a James Rodriguez brace, earned 4.71m (24.3%).
On Channel 4, an airing of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was caught by 1.17m (5.7%) from 7.15pm.
The latest Big Brother grabbed 933k (4.5%) on Channel 5. Preceding it was The 12-Year-Old Shopaholic, and Other Big-Spending Kids (743k/3.7%).
Big Brother's Bit on the Psych appealed to 419k (3.7%) in the 11pm hour.
On the multichannels, 519k (2.6%) tuned in to see Lana Del Rey and Jack White perform at Glastonbury on BBC Three from 8pm. At the same time, Robert Plant had an audience of 459k (2.3%) on BBC Four.
On ITV3, Doc Martin was seen by 749k (3.7%) from 8pm, and Foyle's War followed with 764k (3.8%).
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:43 am