Select Committee on BBC Charter Review Minutes of Evidence

APPENDIX 2

ENGLAND VIEWING FIGURES

ENGLAND MATCH AVERAGE FIGURES—LIVE BBC

Season	Competition	Broadcaster	Date	Match	Average Rating ('000)
Final Tournaments
2000	Euro 2000	ITV	12 June	England v Portugal	15,400
		ITV	17 June	England v Germany	17,800
		ITV	20 June	England v Romania	14,600
2002	World Cup 2002	ITV	2 June	England v Sweden	9,200
		BBC	7 June	England v Argentina	10,200
		BBC	12 June	England v Nigeria	9,600
		BBC	15 June	England v Denmark	12,400
		BBC	21 June	England v Brazil	11,700
2004	Euro 2004	ITV	13 June	England v France	17,700
		ITV	17 June	England v Switzerland	14,200
		BBC	21 June	England v Croatia	18,200
		BBC	27 June	England v Portugal	20,700
Qualification and Friendly Matches
2002-03	ECQ	BBC	12 October	Slovakia v England	9,200
	ECQ	BBC	16 October	England v Macedonia	9,900
	ECQ	BBC	29 March	Liechtenstein v England	8,100
	ECQ	BBC	2 April	England v Turkey	10,700
	ECQ	BBC	11 June	England v Slovakia	8,600
2003-04	ECQ	BBC	6 September	Macedonia v England	7,400
	ECQ	BBC	10 September	England v Liechtenstein	10,300
2004-05	Friendly	BBC	18 August	England v Ukraine	6,200
	WCQ	BBC	9 October	England v Wales	7,700
	Friendly	BBC	17 November	Spain v England	8,700
	Friendly	BBC	9 February	England v Holland	7,900
	WCQ	BBC	26 March	England v Northern Ireland	7,500
	WCQ	BBC	20 March	England v Azerbaijan	9,400
	Friendly	BBC	31 May	England v Colombia	6,500
2005-06	WCQ	BBC	7 September	Northern Ireland v England	8,900
	WCQ	BBC	8 October	England v Austria	8,700
	WCQ	BBC	12 October	England v Poland	10,100
	Friendly	BBC	12 November	England v Argentina	9,600
				Tournaments Match Average	14,308
				Qualification Match Average	8,962
				Friendly Match Average	7,780

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