I'm a Celebrity stays strong with 7.8m on Thursday

Lady Colin Campbell may have refused to do yet another Bushtucker Trial, but that didn't keep viewers away last night.



I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! entertained an average overnight audience of 7.81 million (35.2%) at 9pm (398,000/2.4%) - the same audience as last week's equivalent episode.

Earlier, Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs appealed to 3.86m (17.1%) at 8.30pm (190k/0.8%).

On BBC One, Watchdog brought in 3.52m (17.1%) at 8pm, while on BBC Two, MasterChef: The Professionals was watched by 2.34m (10.6%). The Last Kingdom thrilled 1.55m (7.0%) at 9pm, followed by Russell Howard's Good News with 1.18m (6.5%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, The Secret Life of 5-Year-Olds intrigued 1.29m (5.9%) at 8pm (193k/0.9%), followed by The World's Most Expensive Food with 1.10m (4.9%) at 9pm (263k/1.6%) and First Dates with 1.15m (7.3%) at 10pm (167k/2.0%).

On E4, The Big Bang Theory topped the multichannels with 1.44m (6.4%) at 8.30pm (245k/1.1%).