England’s 1-0 defeat by France in the women’s football World Cup was a ratings hit for BBC2 with a peak audience of more than 2 million viewers, nearly double the highest audience for the women’s Euros two years ago.
Match of the Day Live had an average of 1.5 million viewers, a 9.1% share of the audience from 5.30 pm on Tuesday. It had a five-minute peak of 2.4 million, more than a million ahead of the 1.3
million high for the BBC’s coverage of the European Championships two years ago.
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