The wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, for example, attracted 28.4 million viewers. But that was on a public holiday. As much of Britain stopped work to witness the event, demand for electricity plummeted. A record-breaking power surge hit the National Grid as life returned to normal after the solar eclipse. Even England's 1990 football World Cup shoot-out with Germany was put in the shade by a massive 3,000 megawatt rush.
Web records The eclipse also broke records on the Internet.
They visited the site for live reports and video coverage of the event, and the dedicated eclipse website. Talking Point was bombarded with at least 20 questions a minute. The Sky News Website was accessed by 162,000 people during its live webcast.