'MasterChef' finale rises to over 5.5 million viewers

MasterChef rose to over 5.5 million viewers on BBC One on Thursday evening, overnight data reveals.



The cooking competition's ninth series' finale episode attracted 5.58m (24.1%) at 9pm. Later, Question Time was seen by 2.93m (25.4%) at 10.45pm.

On BBC Two, the World Snooker Championship scored 1.17m (5.9%) at 7pm. Watson & Oliver amused 594,000 (3.2%) at 10pm.

David Tennant's The Politician's Husband dropped nearly 800k viewers from last week's premiere, attracting 1.71m (7.4%) at 9pm.

ITV's coverage of Chelsea's Europa League win against Basel was seen by 3.78m (17.5%) at 7.30pm.

On Channel 4, Secret Eaters brought in 1.54m (7.4%) at 8pm, with 194k (0.8%) tuning in on +1. Documentary True Stories was seen by 1.67m (10.4%) at 10pm (301k/3.4%).

Repo Man premiered with 1.67m (7.2%) at 9pm, attracting 290k (1.7%) on +1.

On Channel 5, a repeat of Born To Kill secured 889k (4.3%) at 8pm, with Trauma Doctors seen by 868k (3.8%) at 9pm.

BBC Three's Joined for Life attracted 354k (1.5%) at 9pm, followed by Russell Howard's Good News with 797k (4.3%) at 10pm.

On E4, The Big Bang Theory amused 1.26m (6.2%) at 8pm (351k/1.5% on +1), while How I Met Your Mother entertained 738k (3.5%) at 8.30pm (156k/0.7%).

Peter Andre's My Life continued with 718k (3.1%) at 9pm (133k/0.8%). Celebrity Juice tickled 1.14m (6.6%) at 10pm (211k/2.2%).