The closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games was the most watched TV programme for the last three decades, according to new figures released today.
A total of 24.46 million people tuned in to BBC1 to see the finale of the Games on August 12, making it the most popular programme since 1981.
Together with the opening ceremony of the Games, they are the only programmes from the current century to make the top 10 list of the most watched programmes in the past 31 years.
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