Celebrity MasterChef kicks off final with 4.9m on Thursday

Celebrity MasterChef continued to top the ratings outside of soaps on Thursday (July 23), according to overnight data.



Part one of the cooking show's final was watched by 4.91m (24.2%) at 9pm. Earlier, Fake Britain interested 3.38m (19.5%) at 7pm, and DIY SOS: The Big Build averaged 3.56m (18.1%) at 8pm.

BBC Two's Natural World brought in 1.66m (8.4%) at 8pm, while Coast continued with 1.94m (9.6%) at 9pm.

On ITV, Real Stories with Ranvir Singh intrigued 2.32m (12.7%) at 7.30pm (99k/0.5% on +1), before Britain Sees Red: Caught on Camera entertained 2.93m (14.4%) at 9pm.

Channel 4's Grand Designs was watched by 950k (4.8%) at 8pm (60k/0.3%), while Married at First Sight engaged 1.59m (7.8%) at 9pm (359k/2.3%).

Over on Channel 5, 87 Stone: Fat Chance of Work appealed to 681k (3.4%) at 9pm (116k/0.8%), and Person of Interest thrilled 601k (3.8%) at 10pm (77k/0.9%).

The final season of Glee continued with 109k (0.5%) on Sky1 at 9pm.