Almost 7 million viewers tuned in for the next installment of Channel 4's Wife Swap last night, early figures show.

Episode three of series two drew an average of 5.9 million viewers and a 25.3% audience share over an hour from 9pm, some 200,000 viewers more than the show's previous high during series one in January.

Ratings for the programme peaked at a massive 6.9 million (30.8%) towards the end of the hour.

Figures for Teen Big Brother: The Expermient, which followed immediately after at 10pm, were boosted to 2.8 million and 16.3%, up marginally on Monday's 2.5 million opener.