Programme Viewer Numbers

[Wispy68]

A couple of weeks ago, I heard that a murder scene in Coronation Street, had a record breaking 73,000,000 viewers. How do they know how many viewers a programme has had?

[j2buttonsw]

I think a selected group of people are monitored for their television viewing habits and the results are extrapolated.

[mikewith]

There's an Answerbank article on how they come up with the figures here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article.go?id=3351
but I'd be very surprised if 73,000,000 viewers watched Corrie... the population of the UK is only (this is a scientific estimate) 59,676,698!

[darth vader]

...you have to bear in mind that certain programmes are broadcast abroad and these viewing figures are taken into account also

[drag_on]

i still doubt it will be 73,000,000 people

[ravenhair]

It was 17,000,000 people.

[Wispy68]

Oh, I see! Well, thanks for your answers. I don't know where I got 73,000,000 from!!