Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway has reported a record number of viewers for Saturday’s programme, which was filmed without a live audience because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ratings are the highest of any UK broadcast TV channel since the New Year’s Eve fireworks at the end of 2019 on BBC One.
In the episode, hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly also helped launch an initiative to help people struggling with their mental health during coronavirus self-isloation.
At the end of Saturday Night Takeaway, they addressed the audience at home, saying: ”we need each other more than ever”.