the bbc has announced record breaking viewing figures for saturday's gripping rbs 6 nations finale between england and france at twickenham a peak audience of 963 million tuned into the action as england won 55 35, but came up just short in their attempt to overhaul ireland during a pulsating six nations title race the bbc said that figure passed the previous best of 956m for england against france four years ago england captain chris robshaw (right) wanders off the twickenham pitch after his country's win over france  ben youngs goes over to give england an early lead in their must win six nations clash against france  leicester tigers star youngs jumps for joy after scoring the first try of the match on saturday evening  jack nowell goes over for his second try but england could not find enough points to win six nations  the other games on so called super saturday attracted peak audiences of 51m for scotland against ireland at murrayfield and 41m as wales beat italy in rome the bbc sport website, meanwhile, recorded 822million unique uk browsers on saturday, surpassing a previous best figure of 803m during the 2012 london olympics bbc sport director barbara slater said: 'what an amazing end to such a thrilling six nations championship, and duly reflected in such a huge audience figure of 963m on bbc one, with millions more accessing content through radio, online and digital platforms'
stuart lancaster's the six nations england saturday twickenham bbc of 963million france
england beat france 55 35 at twickenham on saturday in the six nations  stuart lancaster's side missed out on the crown on points difference  the game pulled in viewing figures on the bbc of 963million 