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Chelsea v Leeds. Their 1970 FA Cup final replay was the most watched club football game of all-time in this country. 28 million tuned in, behind only the 1966 World Cup final.
The ten most watched TV broadcasts in the UK.
Table from The Week https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theweek.co.uk/106346/most-watched-uk-tv-broadcasts-ever-from-boris-s-lockdown-address-to-princess-diana-s-wedding%3famp
Den and Angie on Eastenders got 30 million in 1986, but an aggregated total, including a repeat showing.
It was shown on BBC and ITV (but was not broadcast live in Scotland). The FA Cup final and the replay were the only club football matches shown live on TV during the 1969/70 season. (There were Sunday highlights of the previous day's League Cup final).
The 1970 FA Cup final was the first to be broadcast in colour on both BBC and ITV. The 1969 final was broadcast in black and white on BBC1 and ITV, but with a special simultaneous colour broadcast on BBC 2 for those with a colour set already.
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