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Line of Duty draws record audience of 11 million

Line of Duty draws record audience of 11 million
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The penultimate episode in the current series of Line of Duty draws the show's record overnight audience.

The penultimate episode in the current series of Line of Duty drew the show's record overnight audience last night.

Early ratings figures show that the episode averaged a mammoth 10.97 million viewers - a 51.7% share of the audience - for BBC One in the 9pm hour, beating the 9.92m record set just last week.

Overnight ratings take into account viewers who have watched a programme live or on a same-day delay before the 2am cutoff.

Consolidated seven-day ratings from BARB have shown that the current series is averaging more than 12.5 million viewers, while the consolidated 28-day figure for the first episode of the series has come in at a huge 15.2 million viewers.

BBC One also enjoyed success on Sunday with the latest episode of Call The Midwife, which averaged 7.25m (39%), roughly level with last week's series opener.

The sixth series of Line of Duty concludes Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.

Ratings data supplied by overnights.tv

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