The Covid-19 crisis prompted a surge in broadcast TV viewing driven by demand for news on the pandemic at the start of UK lockdown, but this only lasted for two weeks, new figures from Ofcom show.

Increased news consumption led to public service broadcasters achieving their highest combined monthly viewing share in more than six years in March, with 58.8% of broadcast TV viewing.

The BBC was the most-used source of news and information about Covid-19, with eight in ten people (82%) using it in the first week of lockdown.