Normal People and Killing Eve give BBC iPlayer its biggest month ever

May has become the BBC iPlayer\'s biggest month ever.

Thanks to the success of \'Normal People\' and \'Killing Eve\', the service received 570 million requests to stream shows on the player in May, up from 564 million in April, the previous best month on record.

This also indicates a 72 per cent growth on the same month last year.

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The Top 10 episodes on iPlayer in May included two episodes of \'Killing Eve\', with 35 million requests for the third series so far, and 163 million requests to date for all three series, along with eight episodes of \'Normal People\', which has 54 million requests to date.

Other strong performers in May included the new series of family drama \'The A Word\', the one-off special Charlie Brooker\'s \'Antiviral Wipe\', \'The Great British Sewing Bee\' and \'Glow Up\', along with regular favourites \'EastEnders\' and \'Casualty\'.

Dan McGolpin, controller of BBC iPlayer, said: "BBC iPlayer continues to rise higher with yet another record-breaking month in May - 72 per cent more programme requests than a year ago, it\'s been the only place to binge on the wonderful new hit series \'Normal People\' and the place to see returning favourite \'Killing Eve\' first.

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"Before the lockdown period began and all the way through it, iPlayer has been providing a unique mix of entertaining, informative and educational television whenever and wherever people want it."

The top ten episodes on iPlayer in May:

\'Killing Eve\'- Series 3 Episode 4: \'Still Got It\'

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\'Normal People\'- Episode 1

\'Killing Eve\'- Series 3 Episode 5: \'Are You from Pinner?\'

\'Normal People\'- Episode 6

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\'Normal People\'- Episode 2

\'Normal People\'- Episode 5

\'Normal People\'- Episode 7

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\'Normal People\'- Episode 11

\'Normal People\'- Episode 3

\'Normal People\'- Episode 4