Celebrity MasterChef tops Thursday with 4.4 million

Celebrity MasterChef rose by around 500,000 viewers to top Thursday outside soaps, overnight data reveals.



The finals stage of the competition brought in 4.49 million (23.1%) at 9pm on BBC One. Earlier, Talk to the Animals appealed to 1.85m (10.5%) at 8pm.

On BBC Two, Horizon interested 1.62m (9.2%) at 8pm, followed by The Honourable Woman with 1.48m (7.6%) at 9pm and Mock the Week with 1.30m (7.1%) at 10pm.

ITV's Harbour Lives with Ben Fogle was seen by 2.62m (14.8%) at 8.30pm. Britain's Poshest Nannies attracted 1.75m (9.1%) at 9pm (225k/1.3% on +1).

On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces gathered 1.27m (7.2%) at 8pm (249k/1.3%), while Embarrassing Bodies intrigued 1.10m (5.7%) at 9pm (225k/1.4%). The Secret Life of Students was seen by 575k (3.5%) at 10pm.

Channel 5's Black Market Britain brought in 832k (4.7%) at 8pm, followed by Caught on Camera with 1.16m (6.0%) at 9pm and Big Brother with 1.49m (8.8%) at 10pm.

On E4, the series finale of How I Met Your Mother amused 949k (5.3%) at 8.30pm (129k/0.7%).