BBC One’s The Victim Breaks Consolidated Ratings Records With 82% Uplift

BBC One’s thriller The Victim has set a record for consolidated ratings, with its audience growing by 82 per cent once catch-up viewing was added to the overnight figures.

The four-part drama, which aired across consecutive nights in April, drew a large share of its audience on demand and through timeshifted viewing. The 82 per cent uplift between the overnight and 28-day consolidated figures ranked among the largest then recorded for a BBC drama.

Produced by STV, The Victim starred Kelly Macdonald as Anna Dean, a grieving mother who goes on trial accused of revealing online the new identity of the man she believes murdered her young son. John Hannah played the detective leading the case, with James Harkness as Craig Myers, the man at the centre of the accusation.

Set within Scotland’s distinct legal system, the series told its story from the perspectives of both the accuser and the accused, leaving the question of who is really the victim deliberately open.