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My favorite thing about reality competition shows, not just The Great British Baking Show, but all of them, from the nationalist contests that spawned American Idol to the early years of Project Runway when it truly was The Greatest Show on Earth, is that every week is a new week,
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Before we get into Desserts Week heading into next week's Quarter Finals, we need to stop and discuss the state of The Great British Baking Show. The series is now on Season 14, and it is as popular as ever, both in the U.K. and in the
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The best part of the new intro sketches isn't that they are funny. (Though Noel eating a plate when told, "Go on, eat the whole thing," is classic vaudeville schtick, and goddesses help me, I cackled.) It's that Alison makes sure they are helpful
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It's Pastry Week in the tent, and while that sounds like an easy week, it's not necessarily a picnic. However, the good vibes flow with Noel and Alison, and a mishap winds up with Prue wearing her own cake as a jaunty hat while reading in
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It's Chocolate Week on The Great British Baking Show, one of the most brutal weeks the series does regularly. We know this because back in the old BBC days, Chocolate never showed up until the latter half of the season, and during Channel 4's "GBBO-but-Nailed-It!
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This week's opening sketch is a throwback to the really good old days of Sue and Mel, as Alison Hammond peppers Noel Fielding with questions he can answer about The Great British Baking Show, from what's the difference between flan and tart to defining an even
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Is it going to be worth it to explain to Americans sitting at home watching Netflix what the heck a digestive biscuit is just for a gag where Paul Hollywood pretends to need expensive dental work? I vote yes, personally. Now *this* is the improvement I was looking for in
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I don't know what you've been told, but The Great British Baking Show's bad opening sketches are getting old. But if you thought Matt Lucas' exit would take them down, you haven't been paying attention now. Sound off, please, yes. Listen,
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The Great British Baking Show Season 14 is set to debut at the end of September 2023, with Channel 4 premiering the series on Tuesday, September 26, and Netflix following three days later, on Friday, September 29. The production has already promised changes this season after unlucky number Season 13
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Bake Off is back! The Great British Baking Show has announced that it will return to Channel 4 for Season 14 (which Netflix will insist on calling "Cycle 11" for reasons that only become more obscure with time) by the end of September 2023. The new season will
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Since Sandi Toksvig's exit from the ten after a few short seasons on Channel 4's newly acquired The Great British Baking Show, the series has had a problem up in front of the tent: Too Much Boy Energy. Matt Lucas, who was already well known in
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The Great British Baking Show's success in America sometimes feels like something that happened despite everyone's best efforts, not because of it. PBS brought the show over five seasons into its run, proceeded to air everything out of order, and never attempted to keep it in