The BBC suffered a huge blow to its viewing figures last night after the broadcaster ran the same coverage of Prince Philip's death on multiple channels. BBC Two viewers plunged by 64 per cent compared to last week while BBC One's fell by six per cent from 2.56million last Friday to 2.41million between 7pm and 11pm yesterday. The broadcaster cancelled its scheduled programming across BBC One, BBC Two and the News channel to air specials about Prince Philip, who passed away yesterday at Windsor Castle. In the complaints tab of its website, the corporation said: 'We're receiving complaints about too much TV coverage of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I'd bet Prince Philip would not have approved of such a fuss!'

Source: The Nation April 10, 2021 15:02 UTC