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The Great British Bake Off |OT| Channel 4 Era
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Dust week confirmed for the new seriesI see that Sandi Toksvig is going to be replaced by Matt Lucas going foward.
Fingers crossed that he comes out as Marjorie Dawes at one point!
I see that Sandi Toksvig is going to be replaced by Matt Lucas going foward.
Fingers crossed that he comes out as Marjorie Dawes at one point!
Looking forward to Baked Potato week.
Why no one tell me that there was more Bake Off?
Series 3 of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off started and the first two episodes are already up.
Episode 1 has:
Louis Theroux - documentary maker
Jenny Eclair - comedian
Russell Howard - comedian
Ovie Soko - basketball player for London Lions
Episode 2 has:
Patsy Palmer - actress, Eastenders
James Buckley - actor, The Inbetweeners
Scarlett Moffat - TV personality, Gogglebox
Richard Dreyfuss - actor; Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Next episode is on the 24th with Jo Konta (tennis player), Tan France (Queer Eye), Caroline Quentin (actress) and Joel Dommett (comedian).
Last two series had 5 episodes each so plenty more to come.
Series 3 of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off started and the first two episodes are already up.
Episode 1 has:
Louis Theroux - documentary maker
Jenny Eclair - comedian
Russell Howard - comedian
Ovie Soko - basketball player for London Lions
Episode 2 has:
Patsy Palmer - actress, Eastenders
James Buckley - actor, The Inbetweeners
Scarlett Moffat - TV personality, Gogglebox
Richard Dreyfuss - actor; Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Next episode is on the 24th with Jo Konta (tennis player), Tan France (Queer Eye), Caroline Quentin (actress) and Joel Dommett (comedian).
Last two series had 5 episodes each so plenty more to come.
Really impressed with James Buckley this week. He seems like such a cool dude as well, complete opposite to his Inbetweeners character. Also, I'm jealous of his beard.
Anyone catch the SU2C finale yesterday? Mo's "trainer" is genuinely the funniest thing I've ever seen on this show. It was hilarious how he was brilliant at making jam but appalling at everything else. The judge guy then with great bakes but disgusting decorations. The absolute state of his bakes. It was probably one of the funniest episodes of the show in general.
Also thought Kelly was a shoe-in for Star Baker, not Carol.
Also thought Kelly was a shoe-in for Star Baker, not Carol.
They had all the participants self isolate in a hotel for two weeks then kept the production in a bubble so no distancing, masks etc.
Makes sense. I'm assuming there won't be the usual family and friends get together in the final episode.
That's like the final 5 minutes of a 10 episode series, so it's not a big loss, really.
I want to know who does all the little cake diagrams. And do they draw them before, based on the description from the baker - because they often looking nothing the hell like what comes out at the end
How does the quarantine work? Are they cooking once a week or a more aggressive timetable? And normally they'd be able to go home, practice their bakes etc - will they have access to kitchens for practising?
How does the quarantine work? Are they cooking once a week or a more aggressive timetable? And normally they'd be able to go home, practice their bakes etc - will they have access to kitchens for practising?
The production and what it entailed is detailed here:
Great British Bake Off | How did they film 2020 series in lockdown? | Radio Times
The Great British Bake Off producers have revealed the behind-the-scenes changes which made series 11 of the show possible in the time of COVID-19.
www.radiotimes.com
Decent first episode. Matt Lucas kinda playing the grown up child is a bit too much since Noel does the same thing for the most part. He might grow on me.
Some of those faces in the showstopper cakes were LOL. Fat Bowie was amazing.
Peter is such a good baker for someone who's just 20! Potential winner for sure.
Some of those faces in the showstopper cakes were LOL. Fat Bowie was amazing.
Peter is such a good baker for someone who's just 20! Potential winner for sure.
Our household does blind picks and see how far they go, I went with Mak and Lottie. Mak doesn't look like a great call, barely any footage of him makes me think he'll be gone early on (looked up and his full name is Makbul , why's they shorten it?) Lottie I have more hopes on. If nothing else being into Viking Metal and bringing Skull moulds she'll be the fun one.
Someone else in our house went Peter and Rowan.,, yeah, they have a good chance with those pics.
Someone else in our house went Peter and Rowan.,, yeah, they have a good chance with those pics.
I'm going to have to stay out of this thread because I'm on the slow side of the pond. Between Bake Off and Taskmaster you guys have cornered the market on my favorite television programming.
It won't be on BBC America, as it's produced for Channel 4 these days.
Netflix on Friday for US viewers.
I tend to gravitate towards rooting for the people with really dry senses of humour, so Lottie appealed to me from the off. Am ever so slightly thrown by the fact that Rowan's voice is so uncannily "Joe Lycett in thirty years or so".
Wonder what they'll do to make things clear when one of the Mar(k|c)s is Star Baker or eliminated - particularly if it's a week when both are strong/weak.
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do you know if Netflix is also showing the C4 series of taskmaster?
I don't think so no. Looks like it'll be shown on Channel 4 and then repeated on E4 later.
I was expecting the worst, but he wasn't too obnoxious. He's no Sandi Toksvig that's for sure.
Matt was a bit flat, but the personality of the contests means this could be the strongest series since it moved to C4.
Also, I adored the Freddy cake - the design somehow managed to be a sympathetic caricature. If only it didn't partially collapse :(
Also, I adored the Freddy cake - the design somehow managed to be a sympathetic caricature. If only it didn't partially collapse :(
Those showstoppers were straight out of "Nailed It" 🤣 🤣 🤣
holy fuck @ lupita
this was one of the few times where the "preview drawings" looked waaaaay better than the actual bakes.
the idea of a more "stylized" approach (Freddie) was actually really smart.
great first episode to what I hope to be a fantastic series.
holy fuck @ lupita
this was one of the few times where the "preview drawings" looked waaaaay better than the actual bakes.
the idea of a more "stylized" approach (Freddie) was actually really smart.
great first episode to what I hope to be a fantastic series.
Her Showstopper saved her, it was significantly better than several other competitors.
Speaking of which, I note we didn't get the "Judges and Hosts sit around a table and have a chat about who's in danger" before the final elimination this week. It *might* possibly have been sacrificed for now while they get in the introductions and bios, but we'll see.
I loved it, but I also couldn't help but think "Frank Sidebottom".
i agree, I don't need to see him on tv again.
dont forget his catchphrases which are now staples for abuse and hate in the U.K.:
"I'm a lady"
"I want that one"
etc
It's on Channel 4 in the UK nowadays. It takes 3 days to come to Netflix, after the episode airs in the UK, so today's episode will be up on Friday.