'The Little Drummer Girl': Episode 3 sees a steep fall in viewership as audience complain about complex storytelling
The third episode of 'The Little Drummer Girl' which aired on Sunday, November 11, saw a steep fall in its viewership. BBC One's second adaptation of a John Le Carre's novel has failed to meet with the success of the previous 2016 adaptation of Le Carre's 1993 novel, 'The Night Manager'. The Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie starring show had pulled in almost 6.61 million viewers for its finale, while the Live +7 views added two million more to each of the first four episodes.
Unfortunately, 'The Little Drummer Girl' (directed by Park Chan-wook) does not seem to have excited the audience as much. Following the third episode, the show has lost more than 40 percent of its audience. However, this does not come as a surprise as viewers have already been complaining about the shows slow-burning nature, in spite of Chan-wook's bewitching cinematography and the actors' convincing performance. Although the Florence Pugh-starring show had pulled in almost 5.2 million views for its premiere episode, by the second episode, the number had slid down to 3.8 million. The third episode saw a further shrink in the number which fell down to 2.9 million.
