MasterChef climbed for its penultimate episode this series on Thursday, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One competition attracted 5.2 million (25.2%) at 9pm, up around 200,000 from last week's episode.
Earlier, Food Inspectors was seen by 2.9m (15.1%) at 8pm, while Question Time interested 2.6m (24.5%) at 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, The Big Allotment Challenge concluded with 1.4m (7.3%) at 8pm. Documentary Thalidomide: The 50 Year Fight gathered 794k (3.8%) at 9pm.
ITV's For the Love of Dogs repeat appealed to 3.0m (15.2%) at 8.30pm (120k/1.2% on +1). Wanted: A Family of My Own was seen by 2.0m (9.8%) at 9pm (187k/1.2%).
On Channel 4, Posh Pawn continued with 1.4m (7.2%) at 8pm (272k/1.3%), followed by Heston's Great British Food with 947k (4.6%) at 9pm (185k/1.2%).
Channel 5's Trauma Doctors intrigued 1.0m (4.8%) at 9pm (133k/0.8%). Person of Interest thrilled 676k (4.2%) at 10pm.
On BBC Three, Tyger Takes On fascinated 449k (2.2%) at 9pm, followed by Jonah from Tonga with 272k (1.6%) at 10pm. BBC Four documentary The First Georgians continued with 778k (3.7%) at 9pm.
E4's The Big Bang Theory amused 1.2m (6.2%) at 8pm (373k/1.8%), followed by How I Met Your Mother with 717k (3.7%) at 8.30pm (273k/1.3%) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine with 462k (2.2%) at 9pm (154k/0.9%).
On ITV2, Celebrity Juice entertained 1.0m (6.2%) at 10pm (164k/1.8%). On Sky1, Arrow attracted 335k (1.7%) at 8pm.
