ITV REVEAL THE MOST STREAMED SHOWS ON ITVX DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2025

ITV have released the most-streamed shows on ITVX during the first half of 2025, revealing the the shows which had the highest number of views per episode.

Rank - Programme - Average views per episode

1. Playing Nice - 4.8m

2. Protection - 4.6m

3. Unforgotten (Series 6) - 3.2m

4. Code Of Silence - 2.8m

5. Out There - 2.7m

6. The Bay (Series 5) - 2.4m

7. North Shore - 1.9m

8. Love Island All Stars (Series 2) - 1.8m

9. Grace (Series 5) - 1.8m

10. Love Island (Series 12) - 1.7m'

PLAYING NICE

Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved or reclaim their biological child?

Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play - how far can each couple trust the real parents of their child or even each other?

PROTECTION

 As much of a conspiracy thriller as it is a police drama, this is the story of a compromised but ultimately honest police officer who is out of her depth yet acutely driven to understand the truth of her lover and how far a case of corruption goes.

Police officer DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley, Downton Abbey, Time) works in the secretive and high-stakes world of Witness Protection - when we meet her, she’s juggling a challenging front-line job (with life-and-death consequences for her witnesses) alongside a demanding family life attending to the needs of a teenage daughter, a difficult ex, and a dad recovering from a stroke.

UNFORGOTTEN

The sixth series sees the return of Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar as DCI Jess James and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan, bringing back their compelling on-screen partnership as they delve into unresolved crimes and promising another powerful exploration of hidden truths and long-buried secrets.

Joining Sinéad and Sanjeev are Victoria Hamilton (Cobra, His Dark Materials), MyAnna Buring (The Responder, The Witcher, The Salisbury Poisonings), new faces Max Fairley and Elham Elas, and celebrated British actors Jan Francis and Damien Maloney.

CODE OF SILENCE

Rose Ayling-Ellis stars in a ground-breaking lead role alongside an impressive supporting cast including Kieron Moore, Charlotte Ritchie, and Andrew Buchan. Bringing a fresh and distinctive perspective on crime and communication, Code of Silence weaves a powerful and emotional narrative and highlights crucial representation for the Deaf community - the series is further enriched by the contributions of a diverse ca

OUT THERE

 County lines drug-dealing and an escalating and insidious crime wave sweeping the British countryside are the subject of this drama starring Martin Clunes as a farmer confronted with dark forces seeping into his rural community.

The drama will depict the stealthy and surreptitious invasion of the land our farmer cherishes with devastating consequences as his livelihood, homestead and family life are threatened by local county lines drugs dealers who are essentially urban gangs using the British countryside as a field of operations and moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas.

THE BAY

Set in Morecambe, Marsha Thomason remains as Morecambe’s MIU Family Liaison Officer DS Jenn Townsend alongside cast regulars Daniel Ryan, Erin Shanagher and Andrew Dowbiggin.

Olwen May (Happy Valley, Trying) joins the team, Barry Sloane returns as Chris Fischer, Georgia Scholes plays Chris’s daughter Erin, and David Carpenter and Emme Hayes return as Conor and Maddie, Jenn’s children - Suzanne Packer (Casualty, Keeping Faith) joins as Jenn’s mum Anne Townsend.

All titles mentioned above are available to stream now on ITVX.