'MasterChef' beaten by ITV1's Champions League football

Last night's instalment of MasterChef was beaten by live Champions League football, according to overnight data.


Didier Drogba does the David Lee Roth. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

The BBC One cooking show took 4.6m (18.9%) in the 9pm hour, but ITV1's sports coverage averaged 5.44m from 7.30pm.

At 10pm, 8.01m (36.4%) were watching the football as the match between Chelsea and Napoli went into extra time.

On Channel 4, Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not had 1.57m (7%) from 8pm (+1: 162k/0.7%) and One Born Every Minute managed 2.94m (12.1%) from 9pm (+1: 417k/2.3%).

Channel 5's NCIS grabbed 1.86m (7.7%), which was preceded by Big Body Squad taking 1.15m (5.1%).

BBC Two showed The Fisherman's Apprentice with Monty Halls (1.6m/7.1%), Rights Gone Wrong? (908k/3.7%) and Roger and Val Have Just Got In (737k/3.6%).

Overall, ITV1 secured primetime with 24.5% (+1: 0.3%) ahead of BBC One's 20%. Channel 4 took third place with 7.2% (+1: 1.1%), beating Channel 5's 5.4% and BBC Two's 4.8%.

On the multichannels, Sky Living's The Secret Circle and Grey's Anatomy attracted 177k (0.8%) and 179k (1%) respectively.