SWEET COOKING CONTEST

Junior Bake Off, 5pm, Ch4

JUNIOR versions of hit shows are normally pale imitations of the adult ones, but this is the exception, thanks in no small part to the charm and charisma of Harry Hill, who makes the perfect host. He’s back every weekday afternoon, joined once again by judges Liam Charles and Ravneet Gill (pictured) and, of course, 16 of the country’s best young bakers. In today’s first heat, eight mini marvels enter the tent for two exciting challenges in which their sponge-baking and jam-making skills are put to the test, before they have to produce a showstopper themed around what they would do if they were Prime

Minister.