News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

THE BBC says Andy Murray's Wimbledon tennis victory drew the highest TV ratings of the year so far with a peak audience of 17.3 million viewers tuning in to watch him beat Novak Djokovic - the highest audience for a Wimbledon final since at least 1990.

Viewing peaked at 5.30pm as Murray closed in on Djokovic, representing a 79.6% share of the total TV audience during the same period.