While conventional and live television continues to lose viewers in favor of

streaming

and delayed

options

, the

Line of Duty

series

has not only resisted the challenge, but has managed to add audience over time to pulverize all the

UK

records

.

This Sunday, May 2, the BBC broadcast the last chapter of the sixth season of this adrenaline-fueled police drama. After several weeks beating its own figures, the farewell, according to the British public, gathered an average of

12.8 million viewers and achieved a spectacular 56%

screen share. That is, more than half of the people who watched television in the UK last night, connected with the end of

Line of Duty

. BBC assures that with these data the broadcast has become the most watched episode of a series on British television since these data began to be counted in a modern way in 2002.

In fact, you would have to go back a bit earlier to find higher figures:

13.2 million people saw the end of the crime series

Heartbeat

in 2001

. But as pointed out at the beginning, the numbers of total viewers have not stopped decreasing in these two decades with the streaming revolution and the consequent changes in habits in television consumption, so that the data from

Line of Duty

are, in this context, even more striking.

"

Line of Duty

has kept the country in suspense for the past seven weeks, so it is no wonder that last night's astonishing season finale set an audience record," said

Charlotte Moore

, director of content for the BBC. In addition, he called the series an "addictive television event", something especially difficult in these times where sports broadcasts,

reality shows

,

talents

and other contests seem to be the only programs capable of generating this live expectation.

Released in the summer of 2012,

Line of Duty

chronicles the work of three policemen from the fictional AC-12 anti-corruption unit: Superintendent

Ted Hastings

(

Adrian Dunbar

) and detectives

Kate Fleming

(

Vicky McClure

) and

Steve Arnott

(

Martin Compston

) . Each of its six seasons narrates, over six chapters, a thrilling case full of unexpected twists where nothing is what it seems. In addition, the fantastic level of the production, its frenetic pace and the secrets hidden by all the characters help to keep the audience glued to the television.

Thus, if the

first two seasons

of

Line Of Duty

were seen by

some 3.5 million viewers

on BBC Two, from the third the figures soared to 5.4 million.

The British public then transferred the series to its main channel, BBC One, where the fourth installment marked an average of 9.5 million viewers and the fifth, 12.85, also becoming

the most watched program of the year 2019 in the United Kingdom

.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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