The Great British Baking Show
Since the pandemic began in 2020, The Great British Baking Show has struggled mightily to sally forth. As one of the few live competitions to find a way to record and broadcast during some of the worst periods via the "Bake Off Bubble," it was a beacon of
The Great British Baking Show
It's Biscuit Week in the tent on The Great British Baking Show because Cookie Week does not fly around these parts. That means it's time to change the song too. Everyone sing along with me: "B is for Biscuit, that's good enough for
The Great British Baking Show
For those who have been watching The Great British Baking Show since it debuted on PBS in 2014, this has been the conform TV show for the last decade of upheaval, there for us after Brexit, the 2016 elections, and all through the pandemic. This week's premiere should
The Great British Baking Show
This week is a heavy one in the U.K. as the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II extends until her funeral on Monday. But though much of U.K. television is being either canceled or delayed (sorry, Strictly Come Dancing fans!), one show has risen and delivered out of
The Great British Baking Show
The Great British Baking Show was renewed by Channel 4 for multiple new seasons last November, extending the tent's run through Season 15, or as Netflix calls it, "Collection 12." Along with the extended renewal comes a return to normality for filming, with the program moving
Comedy
Noel Fielding was already a known comedian in the U.K., famous for being part of the sketch comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh, though anglophilic Americans probably knew him best from his role on The IT Crowd. But it was Channel 4 tapping him as part of The Great British
The Great British Baking Show
The problem with a weekly series with a hardcore fanbase is that in time, every season ends. How does one convert these viewers into staying the course and tuning in every week even after the show is over? There's no easy answer for those who air the once-
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays are back with Season 4 this year, as the holiday season remains one of the last bastions of appointment television. The combination of the immediacy of the various holidays clustered from Oct. 31 to Jan. 1, the departure of DST making it dark early,
The Great British Baking Show
After nine weeks of terrible not-funny openings where Noel and Matt have corraled most of their obnoxious boy energy, The Great British Baking Show season finale starts with an emotional pull at the heartstrings. One loss fans have had since the move to BakeOff Bubble land is the inability
The Great British Baking Show
With The Great British Baking Show reaching the final four, it's time for one of the mainstay themes of the series, Pâtisserie. Like Cakes, Biscuits, and Bread, this theme has occurred every season the show's been on the air (and nearly always as the penultimate semi-
The Great British Baking Show
The Great British Baking Show quarterfinals have always been a bit of a muddle in terms of theme and contestant skill. Unlike the opening rounds and the Semi-final themes, which have rarely varied, the quarterfinals have been everything from generalized "Desserts" to funkier ideas like "Advanced
The Great British Bake Off
As The Great British Baking Show Collection 9 quarterfinals stream on Netflix this weekend, fans can take comfort that though favorites are leaving the tent, it will remain standing for at least three more years on Channel 4. The publicly-owned station announced it had re-upped its deal with