MasterChef stayed on top of the Wednesday ratings outside of soaps, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One competition dipped by 200,000 from last week's opener to 4.5 million (20.5%) at 8pm.
Later, Monkey Planet intrigued 2.7m (12.5%) at 9pm, while documentary Marine 'A': Criminal or Casualty of War? gathered 1.2m (10.5%) at 10.35pm.
BBC Two's new series Under Offer: Estate Agents on the Job opened to 2.0m (9.1%) at 8pm, followed by Ian Hislop's new series The Olden Days with 1.9m (8.7%) at 9pm. W1A concluded with 1.1m (6.3%) at 10pm.
On ITV, Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.6m (16.3%) at 8pm (163k/0.8% on +1), followed by the latest Law & Order: UK with 3.9m (18.0%) at 9pm (227k/1.5%).
Channel 4's Secret Eaters interested 851k (3.8%) at 8pm (210k/1.0%). Dead Famous DNA fascinated 582k (2.7%) at 9pm (108k/0.7%), followed by The £60,000 Puppy: Cloning Man's Best Friend with 616k (4.0%) at 10pm.
On Channel 5, Raoul Moat: Northumberland Rampage was seen by 732k (3.3%) at 8pm, followed by Britain's Crime Capitals with 826k (3.8%) at 9pm (124k/0.8%) NCIS thrilled 905k (5.6%) at 10pm, followed by the latest Castle with 510k (5.8%) at 11pm.
Sky Sports 1's coverage of Manchester United's defeat to Bayern Munich topped the multichannels with 1.4m (6.9%) at 7pm.
