The BBC's internet-powered TV on demand service iPlayer is going down a treat on consoles, viewer numbers having rocketed 74 percent in December.

The iPlayer launched on the and last autumn, and delivered a whopping 115 million requests in December.

Apparently, one million requests came in for David Tennant's last Doctor Who episode alone.

One in eight iPlayer users are now on consoles, we're told.

"Breaking the 100 million barrier is a great way to kick off 2010 and these figures show that by offering simple and varied access to iPlayer people are really finding it easy to catch up with their favourite programmes at a time that suits them," offers the BBC's Erik Huggers.

By Luke Guttridge