Thirteen was perhaps the relaunched BBC Three's flagship programme and - along with BBC One hit The Night Manager - it dominated iPlayer for the channel's first month online.

While the third instalment of The Night Manager was the most-requested TV episode with 2,013,000 hits, the opening episode of the Jodie Comer BBC Three drama was in second place with 1,893,000 requests.

The second episode was ranked third with 1,857,000, and the remaining episodes were in sixth, eighth and 15th place.

The top 15 for March 2016 was as follows:

  1. The Night Manager Episode 3 - 2,013,000
  2. Thirteen Episode 1 - 1,893,000
  3. Thirteen Episode 2 - 1,857,000
  4. The Night Manager Episode 4 - 1,846,000
  5. The Night Manager Episode 2 - 1,827,000
  6. Thirteen Episode 3 - 1,673,000
  7. The Night Manager Episode 5 - 1,593,000
  8. Thirteen Episode 4 - 1,491,000
  9. The Night Manager Episode 1 - 1,480,000
  10. EastEnders 10/03/2016 Part 2 - 1,284,000
  11. Happy Valley Series 2 Episode 5 - 1,204,000
  12. Happy Valley Series 2 Episode 4 - 1,174,000
  13. EastEnders 17/03/2016 Part 2 - 1,108,000
  14. EastEnders 08/03/16 - 1,092,000
  15. Thirteen Episode 5 - 1,041,000

"Dramas dominated BBC iPlayer's TV requests in March. Episode three of The Night Manager earned more than 2 million requests, with every one of the six episodes getting at least 1 million requests (including episodes one and two, which first became available in February)," said the BBC

"New BBC Three drama Thirteen was another big drama hit, with episodes one to five all featuring in the top 20 programmes this month and the first episode delivering 1.9 million requests alone."

BBC Three recently revealed its first "ratings" since its move online, which appeared to indicate a strong showing.