Normal People has become the BBC’s most streamed series of the year, according to Deadline.The series, adapting Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel of the same name, launched on BBC iPlayer in April of this year, racking up 62.7million views by the end of November.Viewing figures for December, including the festive period, are yet to be counted – but the show generated 6.4million viewing requests this year, which is up 33 per cent on the same period last year.In October, the official Normal People Twitter account released a clip from Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones’ audition tape from March 2019.“Stuff like this usually doesn’t happen in my life,” Mescal as Connell says. “I’m actually quite awkward around girls, to be.
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