MasterChef continues to top ratings with 4.7m on Wednesday

MasterChef continued its ratings success for BBC One last night (April 2) with the highest ratings of the series so far, according to overnight data.



The cooking competition attracted 4.7m viewers (21.8%) when it aired at 8pm, bringing in 1.31m more than last Friday's (March 28) episode.

Earlier, The One Show entertained 3.77m (17.7%), while new series Monkey Planet informed 3.36m (15.9%) at 9pm.

Over on BBC Two, 1.74m (8.6%) tuned in for David Dimbleby's debate The European Union: In or Out? at 7pm, followed by Collectaholics with 1.41m (6.54%) at 8pm.

ITV's Big Star's Little Star pulled in 3.72m (17.1%) with stars including Kaye Adams and Gary Lucy at 8pm, while Law and Order UK thrilled 3.84m (18.4%) at 9pm.

Over on Channel 4, Secret Eaters continued with 1.03m (4.76%), while 750,000 (4.76%) tuned in to see the last in the series of First Dates at 10pm.

Channel 5's documentary Killing Spree informed 586k (2.72%) at 8pm, followed by the latest instalment of NCIS which attracted 1.12m at 9pm. 582k (3.64%) tuned in to the latest episode of Castle at 10pm.

Over on the multichannels, The Only Way Is Essex's 11th series finale pulled in 807k (4.94%) for ITV2, while a double-bill of Paul O'Grady's For The Love of Dogs did well for ITV3, attracting 580k (2.69%) at 9pm and 606k (2.95%) for the second episode at 9.35pm.