Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Four million watch second leaders' television debate

Vicky Shaw,Press Association
Friday 23 April 2010 06:22 EDT
Comments

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

More than four million viewers tuned in to watch the second leaders' debate last night on various TV channels, figures showed today.

Sky News hosted the second televised stand-off between the three party leaders - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - on the subject of international affairs.

The debate was also shown on BBC television.

More than 2.1 million viewers watched the debate on Sky News, hosted by Adam Boulton.

Well over a million people also watched the clash on the BBC News Channel and more than half a million tuned in on Sky3.

Some 310,000 saw BBC2's repeat of the debate late last night.

Last week's debate on ITV attracted an average of 9.4 million people.

But using a breakdown of five-minute segments of the programme, hosted by Alastair Stewart, the peak audience was found to have reached 10.3 million at 9pm.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in