Too saucy for oldies? No, we love lashings of innuendo insists Prue
THE saucy double entendres of the presenters have long been regarded as the icing on the cake for The Great British Bake Off.
And as it switches from the BBC to Channel 4, new judge Prue Leith promises the innuendos will continue – and she’s adamant that viewers of all ages will have no problem with the risque humour.
Insisting ‘we can all cope with a few more soggy bottoms,’ she said: ‘I speak for the older viewer and this is very mild stuff.’
The 77-year-old – who replaces Mary Berry, 82 – added: ‘Is this going to be too much for the older viewer? Believe me, it’s not.’
The new series of Bake Off, which will begin on Tuesday, is the first since Channel 4 sensationally snatched the show from the BBC for £75 million.
Comedians Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding have taken over hosting duties from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Leith will judge the contestants alongside Paul Hollywood, who is the only member of the original team to follow the show to its new home.
The latest version is almost identical to that shown on the BBC and includes the famous white tent, the same theme music, and 12 bakers battling it out to be become one of the series’ star bakers and eventually be crowned overall winner.
And Prue Leith proves true to her word, as there is also a healthy dose of the kind of innuendo which made the programme so popular with viewers who know next to nothing about baking. At one point Toksvig tells a contestant: ‘You have got two minutes to bring this to a fruity conclusion... and who doesn’t want that?’
Later, Leith compliments contestant Liam on his bake and tells him: ‘I want to come to yours for breakfast.’ The student replies flirtatiously: ‘Any time.’
Paul Hollywood also hit back when asked if the show had become too saucy.
He responded: ‘Have you not seen the last seven series? It’s like the innuendo in previous programmes, it wasn’t actually set up. For instance, when you’re making a baguette and you’re trying to explain what you have to do with your hands, it sounds like a Carry On film, and that is where it all started from.’