The Island with Bear Grylls returns with 1.6m on Wednesday

The Island with Bear Grylls returned to strong ratings on Channel 4, according to overnight figures for Wednesday (April 8).



The survival skills series aired to 1.63m (7.8%) at 9pm, with a further 283,000 viewers (1.8%) tuning in on Channel 4+1. Later, First Dates averaged 1.15m (7.5%) at 10pm (189k/2.4% on +1).

However, it was BBC One's MasterChef that topped the ratings once again, bringing in 4.80m (24.0%) at 8pm, while Secret Britain interested 3.90m (18.6%) at 9pm. Match of the Day scored 1.82m (15.7%) at 10.45pm.

On BBC Two, Collectaholics continued with 1.07m (5.8%) at 7pm, while The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives gathered 1.20m (6.0%) at 8pm. This World appealed to 980k (4.7%) at 9pm, and QI interested 780k (4.5%) at 10pm.

ITV's Big Star's Little Star entertained 3.16m (15.7%) at 8pm (180k/0.9% on +1), followed by the latest DCI Banks with 3.71m (17.7%) at 9pm (181k/1.2%).

Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door was seen by 1.07m (5.4%) at 8pm (145k/0.7%), followed by OAPs Behaving Badly with 896k (4.3%) at 9pm (105k/0.7%) and Dangerous Dog Owners and Proud with 590k (3.8%) at 10pm (24k/0.3%).

Meanwhile, ITV2's airing of Skyfall topped the multichannel ratings with 774k (4.0%) between 8pm and 10.45pm.