EastEnders has achieved its best ever year on iPlayer, as new BBC figures have revealed.
The soap enjoyed a record-breaking year on the streaming platform in 2019, with viewers requesting to stream or download the show 234 million times, up 10% on 2018.
The Christmas Day episode has now become EastEnders' biggest ever on BBC iPlayer, with 2.14 million viewer requests.
EastEnders executive producer Jon Sen said of the figures: "We are thrilled that EastEnders has had yet another extraordinary year on iPlayer.
"As EastEnders heads into its 35th year, we are planning some extremely exciting and unmissable moments so for our audience to be able to watch the show on iPlayer when and where they want means they don't have to miss a minute of the drama."
Dan McGolpin, controller of programming and iPlayer, added: "EastEnders is a fantastic iPlayer success story, and a great example of the way in which iPlayer is going from strength to strength.
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"With a record-breaking year, the biggest episode ever, and a huge number of live requests for the Christmas Day episode, EastEnders shows that iPlayer helps people to watch their favourite BBC shows how, when and where they want to."
But despite EastEnders' record-breaking year, it's still behind Coronation Street and Emmerdale in consolidated figures (including catch-up), as the Broadcasters Audience Research Board ratings reveal.
EastEnders airs on BBC One.
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