'The Great British Baking Show' Season 8 is Coming to Netflix This Month

Fans of The Great British Baking Show have been anxiously watching the news for signs of the series' return. Filming for the new season (for them, Series 11, for us, Season 8) was initially supposed to start in April, just as the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down. But as Europe got things under control, and the U.K. case numbers fell, rumbles of filming began to emerge in July, with reports the season had completed work towards the end of August. Channel 4 promised that the show would return as close to its regular "end of August" release date as possible despite the delay.

When the announcement came the new season would premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 22, British fans were thrilled, but American fans looked nervously at Netflix. Would the streamer pick GBBO up again this year? Would it air the show weekly on Fridays after it aired overseas, at it had last year, so we in the States could follow the ups and downs of the dough?