England crashed out of the World Cup last night after a masterful display from Argentina’s Lionel Messi with vast swathes of the nation tuning in.
A peak of 21.5 million viewers and average 15 million on BBC One made England’s semi-final against Argentina comfortably the most-watched game of the World Cup, and most-watched UK broadcast of the year so far.
It was well ahead of the 2-1 triumph against Norway in the previous round, which peaked with 16.8 million, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
The game kicked off at 8 p.m. local time,
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