England semi-final defeat peaks at 8.7m to give ITV biggest audience of year

(Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
(Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, recorded its biggest audience of 2023, as 8.7 million people tuned into watch the closing stages of England's dramatic defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final.

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