Saathiya second most watched in the Uk last night

MasterChef India' has returned to the top of the UK ratings chart, according to exclusive data obtained by BizAsia.

The reality TV series, which airs at 20:00 weekdays on Star Plus, pulled in 207,800 viewers – peaking at 264,900 viewers. In second was 'Saathiya' with 200,400 viewers and in third place was 'SaraswatiChandra' with 197,200 viewers.

The others in the pecking order were 'Diya Aur Baati Hum' (186,400), 'Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai' (177,900), 'Veera' (164,600), 'Pyar Ka Dard Hai' (163,600) and 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' (92,600).

On Rishtey, 'Bairi Piya' remained on top of the leaderboard on the channel with 94,100 viewers, followed by 'Jeevan Saathi' (74,000) and 'Na Aana Iss Desh Laado' (53,500). New show 'Bani – Ishq Ka Kalma' was steady with 34,400 viewers.

On Star Life Ok, 'Devon Ka Dev Mahadev' at 20:00 was the channel's most watched show with 33,400 viewers, followed by 'Savdhaan India' with 32,100 viewers. In third place was 'Amrit Manthan' with 22,300 viewers.

On Sony SAB TV, 'Jeanie Aur Juju' pulled in 42,700 viewers at 21:30. In second place was the repeat telecast of 'BaalVeer' at 18:00 with 36,000 and 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin' at 17:30 was next with 34,500 viewers.

On Zing, 'World Of Bollywood' at 18:00 got 3,300 viewers. 'Cloud 9' got just under 1,000 viewers at 18:30 and rated zero at 22:30 for the repeat telecast.

Above data is an overnight rating – and may change slightly after consolidated figures become available in seven days from BARB.