England’s Euro 2024 defeat to Spain watched by peak TV audience of 23.8m

The BBC’s audience for the final in Berlin on Sunday peaked at 17.8 million. Photograph: Kieran McManus/Rex/Shutterstock

England’s defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final was watched by a peak audience of 23.8 million across the BBC and ITV, the highest combined audience for a television broadcast this year.

The BBC’s audience peaked at 17.8 million, while ITV’s coverage – which was praised by the Guardian’s reviewer and featured an interview with the prime minister – was watched by a peak of 6 million.