Outnumbered bounced back in the ratings for BBC One on Wednesday evening, overnight data reveals.
The penultimate episode gained back almost 500,000 viewers from last week, rising to 4.33 million (18.4%) at 9pm, to come out on top overall outside of soaps.
A repeat of Mrs Brown's Boys amused 4.14m (18.3%) at 9.30pm, while A Question of Sport quizzed 2.25m (17.6%) at 10.35pm.
BBC Two's Permission Impossible gathered 986k (4.8%) at 7pm, followed by Restaurant Man with 1.40m (6.5%) at 8pm. Line of Duty rose slightly to 2.23m (9.7%) at 9pm, and Inside No 9 brought in 872k (4.9%) at 10pm.
On ITV, a repeat of Midsomer Murders attracted 3.74m (16.8%) at 8pm (206k/1.1% on +1).
Channel 4's Restoration Man was seen by 1.82m (8.5%) at 8pm (197k/0.9%). 24 Hours in A&E interested 1.92m (8.3%) at 9pm (364k/2.3%), and First Dates entertained 780k (4.9%) at 10pm (151k/1.8%).
On Channel 5, Born To Kill? returned with 1.06m (5.0%) at 8pm (107k/0.5%), followed by NCIS with 978k (4.2%) at 9pm (241k/1.5%).
BBC Three's Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents appealed to 514k (2.2%) at 9pm, followed by the latest Ja'mie: Private School Girl with 432k (2.4%) at 10pm.
On ITV2, TOWIE continued with 655k (3.9%) at 10pm. Sky Atlantic's Fleming was seen by 108k (0.5%) at 9pm.
