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The unstoppable force of Celebrity MasterChef won the 9pm slot, with 3.7 million viewers and a 19% share tuning to see gurning, spray-tanned horseman of the apocalypse, Rylan Clark cook some venison.

Yesterday saw ITV’s sob-fest Long Lost Family (9pm) once again claim Wednesday’s prime time slot as the highly theatrical factual drama easily beat its rivals.

Last night saw some juicy secrets finally come flooding out in the penultimate episode of Kay Mellor’s cursed lottery drama The Syndicate (BBC One, 9pm), with the third series continuing to prolong the show’s winning streak.

For the fourth week in a row, BBC One’s real-life police procedural The Met: Policing London (9pm) secured the prime time slot and even managed to once again grow its audience in the process.

While April was a strong month for UK commercial TV broadcasters, just one recorded an increase in network revenue in May, with total terrestrial channels down -3.6% on the previous year.

Tuesday night brought the end of Paul Abbot’s off-beat Mancunian cop dramedy, No Offence (9pm), which despite falling ratings, appears to be a hit for Channel 4.

For the third week in a row, an old-school fly-on-the-wall police documentary from BBC One has managed the enviable task of growing its audience with each instalment.

Last night saw ITV reorganise its Sunday evening defences with the recent ending of the well-received Home Fires providing an opportunity for the commercial broadcaster to launch another solid drama to bring the week to a close.

Britain’s Got Talent, The C-Word and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell were among some of the most-watched programmes in May.

Wednesday night saw the return of dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers-yet-perfectly-entertaining The Interceptor (9pm) as the second episode of BBC One’s super cop drama upped the silliness.