Death in Paradise easily won the Thursday ratings outside soaps, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One drama attracted an average 6.72 million viewers (29.4%) at 9pm, down around 200,000 from last week's return.
Earlier, Watchdog appealed to 3.85m (17.0%) at 8pm, while Question Time was seen by 2.99m (25.5%) at 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, Masters Snooker coverage scored 1.02m (4.8%) at 7pm, followed by Nature's Weirdest Events with 1.67m (7.4%) at 8pm. Super Rich & Us interested 1.61m (7.1%) at 9pm, while the finale of Never Mind the Buzzcocks amused 909k (5.1%) at 10pm.
ITV's Kyle Files attracted 2.45m (11.2%) at 7.30pm (104k/0.5% on +1). Birds of a Feather tickled 4.22m (18.2%) at 8.30pm (142k/0.6%) and Bring Back Borstal was seen by 1.76m (7.7%) at 9pm (155k/1.0%).
On Channel 4, Location, Location, Location gathered 1.89m (8.3%) at 8pm (179k/0.8%), followed by Maisie Williams's one-off drama Cyberbully with 1.09m (5.0%) at 9pm (258k/1.7%).
Channel 5's Benefits fascinated 1.16m (5.2%) at 8pm (217k/0.9%), followed by Celebrity Big Brother with 2.38m (10.4%) at 9pm (254k/1.5%). Botched Up Bodies brought in 943k (5.7%) at 10pm.
On E4, The Big Bang Theory continued with 1.62m (7.0%) at 8.30pm (259k/1.1%), and Brooklyn Nine-Nine returned with 641k (2.8%) at 9pm (179k/1.0%).
