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THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
C4, 8pm
AAH, that familiar, soothing music. And look, there’s the lovely big white tent bathed in sunshine.
Yes, the nation can breathe a collective sigh of relief and feel our blood pressure come down a little – Bake Off is back.
And there aren’t even the nerves there might have been last time after the big move to Channel 4 with all the shake-ups. It’s still the show we know and love.
There are funny and friendly presenters, critical and kindly judges, and a bunch of nice people trying their very best to bake delicious-looking things.
No doubt they will once again be stressed out by melting chocolate and non-melting caramel, be bemused by fiendish tasks Paul Hollywood has invented – where they have to cook up something nobody in the modern world has ever heard of – and there’ll probably be a fair bit of flirting and innuendo.
There’s a great batch of 12 new bakers taking to the tent, including an actual nuclear scientist, a sailor, a banker, a mental health worker and a supermarket sampler.
And to kick things off, it’s biscuit week. But no – we’re not going to make puns about whether any of the bakers will crumble under the pressure. Those sort of jokes take the biscuit... Oh, and if you’re wondering whether they’ll make reference to judge Prue Leith accidentally tweeting the name of the winner early last year, make sure you don’t miss Noel and Sandi’s skit at the very beginning…