MasterChef tops Thursday ratings with 4.4 million on BBC One

MasterChef was on top of the ratings pile outside soaps on Thursday evening, overnight data reveals.



The BBC One cooking challenge was seen by an average 4.47 million (21.0%) at 8pm, followed by The Truth About Sugar with 3.69m (18.2%) at 9pm. Question Time gathered 2.55m (25.9%) at 10.35pm.

BBC Two's Stargazing Live appealed to 1.87m (8.8%) at 8pm, while Banished continued with 2.28m (11.3%) at 9pm.

On ITV, Tonight: The Food We Eat attracted 2.46m (12.2%) at 7.30pm (133,000/0.6% on +1), followed by Double Decker Driving School with 2.11m (8.8%) at 8.30pm (155k/0.8%) and The Triplets Are Coming with 1.72m (8.6%) at 9pm (173k/1.2%).

Channel 4's Supervet interested 1.37m (6.4%) at 8pm (284k/1.4%), while Trevor Phillips's Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True fascinated 1.44m (7.5%) at 9pm (255k/1.9%).

On Channel 5, Britain's Worst Crimes was seen by 735k (3.4%) at 8pm, followed by Holiday Love Rats Exposed with 708k (3.5%) at 9pm.

E4's latest episode of The Big Bang Theory amused 1.14m (5.4%) at 8.30pm (302k/1.5%), while Brooklyn Nine-Nine tickled 491k (2.4%) at 9pm (136k/0.8%).

On ITV2, Celebrity Juice entertained 782k (5.1%) at 10pm. Sky1's Arrow continued with 347k (1.6%) at 8pm, while Sky Atlantic's Fortitude brought in 335k (1.7%) at 9pm.