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The Great British Bake Off
Britain's best amateur bakers compete in the iconic white tent - all united in their aim to prove their baking skills and impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
- Created by:
- Anna Beattie
- Cast:
- Paul Hollywood, Nigella Lawson, Alison Hammond, Noel Fielding
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- Channel 4
Episode guide
Seasons
Series 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.0Biscuit Week
2018-08-28 · 58mSandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding welcome 12 contestants to the tent, where judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith oversee them in three challenges. This year, the competition kicks off with Biscuit Week, and the bakers are challenged to make signature biscuits that will say something both about them and a place in the British Isles, before tackling one of Paul's childhood favourites in the Technical. Finally, the bakers are tasked to make a 3D biscuit portrait in their first Showstopper.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Cake Week
2018-09-04 · 57mIt’s week two and the remaining 11 bakers face Cake Week – kicking off with a crowd-pleasing signature challenge. Next, the bakers face Prue Leith’s first technical, a complicated cake with a very unusual ingredient. Finally, an ambitious chocolate-collared showstopper turns up the heat in the tent. Who will rise to the various tasks – and who will melt under the pressure? Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding present, while series regular Paul Hollywood and Prue pass judgement before another baker leaves the contest.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0Bread Week
2018-09-11 · 57mIt’s Bread Week, and the ten remaining bakers have a lot to prove with three tough challenges set by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. There is a teatime fruity favourite Signature; a deceptively simple time-test of a Technical with an international flavour; and an ambitious Showstopper that’s the largest bread sculpture challenge ever set in the tent. Only one can claim Star Baker, while one of them will leave the tent for good.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.0Dessert Week
2018-09-18 · 57mIt is Dessert Week and judges have set three sticky challengers to test the remaining nine bakers. They must create a cracking meringue Signature, a wobbly Technical and a complex chocolate showstopper that promises to reveal all.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.0Spice Week
2018-09-25 · 57mIt's Spice Week, and Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith task contestants with a teatime favourite Signature. The Technical means the bakers are tested with a tricky Arabian pastry. And, finally, they take on a fiddly Showstopper that promises to be anything but light work.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.0Pastry Week
2018-10-02 · 57mIt is Pastry Week, and Paul and Prue are looking perfection - with savoury and sweet samosas, a classic French technical, and for the final challenge, a daunting majesticpie fit for a banquet.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 8.0Vegan Week
2018-10-09 · 57mIt is a Bake Off first with Vegan Week. Prue and Paul have set three very different challenges to test the remaining bakers including savoury pastry signature without butter, a cracking technical and a risky but spectacular showstopper.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.0Danish Week
2018-10-16 · 57mVolkommen to Danish Week with a bread signature requiring style and substance, a spherical technical and an elaborate pastry showstopper fit for a Danish birthday party and everyone is out to impress.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 9.0Semi Final
2018-10-23 · 57mIn the semi-final the four remaining bakers are all desperate to claim their place in the final showdown; the remaining bakers are just three patisserie challenges away from the biggest day of their baking lives.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 9.0The Final
2018-10-30 · 56mThree bakers remain but only one can be crowned winner; Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith set three challenges that will test every aspect of the bakers' skills.
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Paul Hollywood
Self - Judge
Nigella Lawson
Self - Judge
Alison Hammond
Self - Presenter
Noel Fielding
Self - Presenter
