21 million downloads for iPlayer in April

Since the launch of the iPlayer from the BBC late last year, there have been some seventy five million downloads made from the service, with twenty one million requests being made in April alone.

The service seems to grow month on month, April’s figure being up on the previous month by twenty per cent.

The most requested programmes may not come as a surprise The Apprentice just beating Dr Who, but while these main stream programmes dominate, BBC 3 has a good position with six shows being in the top twenty.

The Top 20 iPlayer Downloads For April:

1 Doctor Who - episode 1: BBC1
2 Penguins April Fool: BBC1
3 Doctor Who - episode 2: BBC1
4 Doctor Who - episode 3: BBC1
5 Doctor Who - episode 4: BBC1
6 Page Three Teens: BBC3
7 The Apprentice - episode 3: BBC1
8 The Apprentice - episode 5: BBC1
9 The Apprentice - episode 4: BBC1
10 The Apprentice - episode 2: BBC1
11 Glamour Girls - episode 1: BBC3
12 Gavin and Stacey - episode 7: BBC3
13 Gavin and Stacey - episode 6: BBC3
14 Torchwood - episode 13: BBC2
15 Gavin and Stacey - episode 5: BBC3
16 Dawn… Goes Lesbian: BBC3
17 Top Gear - episode 8: BBC2
18 The Apprentice - Worst Decisions Ever: BBC2
19 Have I Got News For You - episode 1: BBC2
20 Amy: My Body For Bucks: BBC3

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