The Great British Bake Off Season 14 is yet to be announced Jan 01, 2024 on Channel 4

Paul, Prue, Matt and Noel celebrate New Year 2022 with Kim-Joy and Jon from Bake Off 2018 and Hermine and Rowan from the 2020 Bake Off bubble, who compete in three seasonal challenges.

Swapping the Pink Palace for an equally iconic erection, Olly Alexander; Lydia West; Nathaniel Curtis; and Shaun Dooley will enter the Bake Off tent to try their hand at some festive themed bakes. Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood and hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas will preside over the hotly contested competition to see who on the cast knows their sieves from their spatulas.

The bakers make a classic carrot cake and create a grand Mad Hatter's tea party banquet. Who will be crowned the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2021?

It's the semi-final. The bakers' patisserie skills are tested as they make delicate layered slices, a French classic and opulent entremets displays. Who will make it to the final?

It's Free-From Week and the remaining bakers explore alternative ingredients as they make a Signature without dairy, a hearty vegan Technical and a gluten-free celebration cake.

It's Caramel Week and the bakers put their twist on a classic caramel tart and produce a family favourite biscuit bar, before making a showstopping dessert encased in a sugar dome.

It's Pastry Week and the bakers tackle choux pastry doughnuts and a tricky Turkish technical, before making a savoury, delicately designed showstopping pie packed full of flavour.

It's a Bake Off first, as the bakers make traditional German biscuits and a torte fit for a Prince, before rising to the challenge with a showstopping tiered cake using yeast.

It's dessert week and the bakers put their twist on the classic pavlova, take on a toffee technical and create a delicate dessert wrapped in sponge for an intricate showstopper.

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present as the amateurs demonstrate their bread-baking skills, putting their own twist on a classic Italian focaccia in the signature challenge and making a Greek-inspired snack in the technical. On day two, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith task them with creating an artistic showpiece rendering decorative designs in milk bread. Who will be leaving the tent this week?

It's crunch time for the bakers as biscuit week arrives and they are asked to produce their take on filled brandy snaps, followed by a jammy childhood favourite in the technical challenge. In the showstopper, they have to come up with an interactive toy made entirely from biscuit. Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas find out who will be top cookie and who will crumble under the pressure, while Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judge their efforts.

Twelve new contestants make their way into the famous tent, hoping they have what it takes to bake their way to the final. They start off with cake week, and a signature challenge in which they must produce 12 mini rolls, before working out the recipe for a nostalgic teatime classic in the technical. For the showstopper, the bakers are asked to express their creativity with cakes designed to defy the laws of physics.

Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood see in the New Year with past bakers Helena and Henry (2019), Nancy (2014) and Rahul (2018), and a cosy sing-song around the piano

Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Matt Lucas and Tom Allen are joined by past bakers to celebrate Christmas in the tent. And Alexandra Burke performs her magical version of Silent Night.

Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas host the grand final of this year's contest. The last three bakers face three tests of a range of baking skills - a deceptively simple Signature round combining set custard and puff pastry, a Technical celebrating the classic combination of chocolate and nuts, and a magnificent dessert tower for their final Showstopper, before judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood select this year's winner.

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present this year's semi-final, the last four bakers facing three patisserie challenges to decide who will be going through to next week's final. The signature round features plenty of alcohol, while the technical challenge sets the bakers the task of making pastry horns. Finally, for the Showstopper, they must use all the precision they can muster to construct a cake made entirely from smaller cakes.

Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas present dessert week of the culinary competition. The signature round features a miniature cheesecake, while the technical challenge features a dish that dates back to the 17th century. Finally, for their showstoppers, the bakers must concoct a jelly art dessert cake constructed of delicate sponge. Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are on hand to sample the results and decide who will be Star Baker and who will be leaving the tent.

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding host a 1980s-themed episode of the contest. The signature challenge features a classic quiche, while the technical round requires the bakers to master a popular retro sweet treat. For their final showstopper task, the contestants must keep their cool while preparing an ice cream cake before judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood pick this week's star baker and decide who will be leaving the tent.

Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas host the show's first ever Japanese week. For the signature challenge the bakers tackle a Japanese version of the Asian staple, steamed buns, while the technical round involves a tricky recipe involving multiple layers. The showstopper round is themed around kawaii - the Japanese love of all things cute.

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present the halfway point of the culinary contest, with pastry week. The bakers must put their own stamp on a Cornish classic and are set a retro technical challenge. For the showstopper round, they must concoct a classic tart in a pastry cage, before judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood decide who will be this week's star baker and who will be going home.

The competition starts to heat up during Chocolate Week, as Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood set three tricky challenges to test the remaining bakers. There's a deceptively simple traybake in the Signature, a Technical packed full of chocolate and nuts, and a celebration Showstopper that pushes the bakers' skills with white chocolate to the limit. Who will impress Prue and Paul enough to keep their place in the tent, and who will be heading home?

Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas present Bread Week, which kicks off with a sweet and savoury signature round. For the technical challenge, the bakers are asked to create a tribute to the NHS, while the Showstopper is an ambitiously artistic challenge featuring decorative designs in bread. Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood sample their efforts, and choose this week's Star Baker - and this week's departing contestant.

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present Biscuit Week. The Signature challenge involves a sophisticated combination of fruit, nut and chocolate, and the bakers must then produce two takes on a tropical Technical. For the Showstopper round, they are challenged to create an elaborate table setting made entirely from biscuits, before judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith decide who will be crowned Star Baker and who will be leaving the contest this week.

The contest begins with Cake Week, beginning with a signature challenge to produce a classic Battenberg. For the technical round, Paul sets the contestants the task of making a fruit sponge, and the final Showstopper Challenge gives the bakers a chance to express their creativity.

The Great Festive Bake Off sees Noel, Sandi, Prue and Paul welcoming brand new bakers to the festive tent for the first time, in the form of the Derry Girls star cast. Baking up some New Year's inspired bakes, and competing for the coveted Star Baker title are Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn and Siobhan McSweeney. Together they'll see in the New Year with London Community Gospel Choir.

Noel, Sandi, Prue and Paul are back in the tent for their traditional Christmas get-together. Joining them for the celebrations are Tom and Yan from 2017, and Briony and Terry from 2018, competing in festive themed challenges for the title of Christmas Star Baker. They'll round off Christmas with legendary British rock band Status Quo, as they perform their smash hit "Rockin All Over The World".

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host the final of the culinary competition. As family and friends gather on the lawn outside, the last three bakers enter the tent to prepare a chocolate cake as their signature bake. For the technical challenge, they must master that most delicate of dishes, the souffle, and finally for their showstopper, they must create an edible illusion using only cake, sweet bread and biscuits.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig present the semi-final of the baking contest, which tests the four remaining bakers' skills with patisserie. There are only three places in next week's final, and this round of challenges will determine who does not make the cut. The signature dish requires a delicate dome and a perfect finish, while for the technical, the bakers must take croquembouche to the next level. Finally, for the showstopper, they must use all their skills to construct an edible display case.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host as the remaining bakers' knowledge of pastry is tested. The Signature challenge is a savoury take on a French classic, there's a multi-layered Moroccan Technical, and a towering Showstopper that requires not only an expertise with pastry, but also a solid grasp of structural engineering. With a place in the semi-final at stake, who will win the coveted Star Baker title from judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood?

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host a special festival-themed round of the culinary competition. The episode kicks off with a signature challenge in which the bakers must draw inspiration from celebrations across the world. Moving on to the technical round, the contestants find the makings of a classic deep-fried Italian dish lurking beneath the mysterious gingham cloths. Finally, the Showstopper puts the bakers' precision and creativity to the test before judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith decide who will be crowned StarBaker.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host Dessert Week as the baking contest crosses the half-way point. The signature challenge is an elegant and challenging bake with a lot of delicate layers, while the technical round will test the bakers' ability to pull off delicate assembly and precise decoration. Finally, for the Showstopper, they must create a spherical celebration cake. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are on hand to taste the results - and decide who will be crowned Star Baker and who will be leaving the tent this week.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig introduce a special round of the baking challenge in which contestants must create confectionery inspired by the Roaring Twenties. The signature challenge involves a decorative twist on custard pies, while the technical round will be a test of the bakers' timing and consistency. Finally, for the Shows, they must create a three-tiered masterpiece inspired by their tipple of choice. Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are on hand to assess the results of their efforts and decide who will be leaving the tent.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host Dairy Week, with Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood judging the baker's efforts. The first of the three challenges is a decorative signature bake that involves a tricky turn-out. The bakers then move onto the technical challenge, which is a complex recipe with a long history that dates back to Henry VIII. With the first day behind them, the contestants regroup for the final challenge of the week - an intricate showstopper usually found at the centre of Indian weddings.

Bread Week has arrived, and the remaining bakers face the challenge of proving their worth with Paul's speciality. First, the contestants must prepare a signature bake that is designed to be shared, while the ingredients for a popular summer staple are lurking beneath the gingham cloth in the technical challenge. Finally, an ambitious Showstopper will test their steady hands and artistic flair.

It's the second round of the culinary competition, which this time focuses on biscuits. For the signature round, the contestants must concoct a luxurious chocolate-coated bake. The technical challenge is a nostalgic one for Paul Hollywood, who asks the contestants to prepare a snack that was a favourite of his father's. Finally, the showstopper round requires the bakers to rise to an eye-catching challenge that is designed to test which of them will snap under the pressure.

The series gets underway with cake week - during which two of the bakers will be sent home. The first stage of the challenge features a fruit cake, while the technical is a retro classic that requires intricate decoration. Finally, for the showstopper, the contestants must create the birthday cake they wish they had received as a child.

The Great Festive Bake Off sees Noel Fielding, Sandi Toksvig, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood recovered from Christmas and reunited in the tent. They're joined by Kate Henry from the 2014 series of The Great British Bake Off, Dr Tamal from 2015, 2016 winner Candice, and finalist Steven from 2017, all hoping to impress the judges with their skills and creativity and take home the coveted title of Festive Star Baker. Together they'll see in the New Year with Britain's biggest boyband, The London Gay Men's Chorus.

Sandi Toksvig, Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are back in the tent for their traditional Christmas get-together. Also invited to the celebrations are Liam and Flo from 2017, and Jane and Andrew from 2016, back and ready to do battle in the festive fight for the title of Christmas Star Baker. They're joined by British rockers The Darkness, who perform their smash hit Christmas Time.

Twelve bakers started. Now just three remain. But only one can be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2018. This week's final sees Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith set three challenges that will test every aspect of the bakers' skills. In the judges' last Signature challenge, the bakers tackle doughnuts and the tricky task of immaculate decoration. There's a deceptively simple Technical, save for one key feature: it's not baked in the tent! And, on the final day, as the bakers' families gather outside the tent, there's one last challenge: an intricate, multi-layered, edible landscape Showstopper that could win them the title.

It's the semi-final of the Great British Bake Off, and the remaining bakers are desperate to claim their place in the final. They know they are just three patisserie challenges away from the biggest day in their baking lives. First comes the Signature, and there's a deceptively simple challenge with Paul and Prue looking for perfection. The heat is on with Prue's complex, multi-layered Technical. And the semi-finalists feel the pressure when they're asked to create a spectacular Showstopper that could grace a Parisian patisserie. Who has the skill to reach the Bake Off final? And who will fall at the final hurdle?

Velkommen to Danish Week in the latest episode of The Great British Bake Off. The bakers face unfamiliar recipes as they battle to impress Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. There's a bread challenge Signature where they must demonstrate style as well substance. Paul sets a spherical Technical - and with a place in the Bake Off Semi-final at stake, everyone is out to impress. And for their final challenge, the bakers must deliver an elaborate pastry Showstopper fit for a Danish birthday party. Who will become an honorary Great Dane, and who will be leaving the tent?

For the very first time on Bake Off, it's Vegan week. Prue and Paul have set three very different challenges to test the remaining bakers. A savoury pastry Signature, with no butter involved. A cracking Technical, with a very unusual ingredient. And finally, a spectacular Showstopper that, in the heat of the tent, threatens to lead to catastrophe. Who will keep their cool and win star baker? And who will be meeting their end?

It's Pastry Week, and as this year's competition passes the halfway mark, Paul and Prue are looking for perfection. For the Signature challenge, it's samosa time - with a sweet and a savoury option to test the bakers. There's a classic French Technical involving two types of pastry. And the ambitious final challenge sees the bakers pushed to the edge creating a majestic pie fit for a banquet.

Paul and Prue set the bakers a classic teatime Signature. There's also an Arabian Technical and a fiddly Showstopper.

The bakers must create a cracking meringue Signature, a wobbly Technical, and a complex chocolate Showstopper that promises to reveal all.

It'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.

The 11 remaining bakers face a tough test in Cake Week, including a crowd-pleasing signature challenge, Prue's first technical challenge, and a chocolate collared showstopper.

The bakers tackle signature biscuits that will say something both about them and a place in the British Isles. Next the bakers face their first Technical, and hiding under the gingham cloth is one of Paul's childhood favourites - an iconic biscuit that's sure to send the bakers round in circles. Finally, it's crunch time. The bakers will have to be picture perfect with their first showstopper - a spectacular 3D biscuit portrait challenge that requires precision baking and superb decorating skills. Three challenges, three chances to win star baker, three chances to avoid leaving the tent.

This second episode is a Winter Wonderland-themed Great Festive Bake Off, which sees Noel, Sandi, Prue and Paul reunited in the tent. Joining them are Benjamina and Rav, who bake alongside Rob Billington and Sandy Doherty for wintery themed challenges, all of them hoping to impress the judges with their skills and creativity.

'Tis the season to be jolly. And what better way to celebrate, than with the first of two Yuletide specials of Bake Off? Eight merry bakers from Bake Off past join Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding as they do battle in festive-themed challenges. It's down to judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith to decide who wins the festive Star Baker title. In this episode, Sandi, Noel, Paul and Prue return to the tent for a traditional Christmas get-together. Also invited to the celebrations are Val and Selasi, Paul Jagger and Beca Lyne-Pirkis - all of them ready to do battle in the festive fight for the Christmas Star Baker title.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig present this year's grand final, as the three remaining bakers compete to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and take home this year's trophy. For the final three challenges, they must prepare a batch of loaves, followed by a biscuit bake, and climaxing with a delicate, multi-layered, high-end patisserie showstopper to decide the winner.

It's the semi-final of the Great British Bake Off, and the four remaining bakers are all desperate to claim their place in the final. The remaining bakers know they are just three patisserie challenges away from the biggest day in their baking lives. First comes the signature, and there's no business like choux business as the bakers must set to work on producing 24 exquisite choux buns. Prue has set a complex technical for her first semi-final that leaves everyone stumped. And there's a meringue sculpture showstopper where the bakers mustn't crack under pressure. Who has the skill to reach the Bake Off Final and who will leave the tent?

Our five bakers are stepping back in time and using unfamiliar recipes for Forgotten Bakes week. There's a sweet and savoury signature challenge and Prue sets a boozy technical.

Week seven of The Great British Bake Off is Italian week. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have set three Italian challenges to test the six remaining bakers. There's a Sicilian signature that gets them all hot under the collar; while it's a toss-up as to who will survive the deceptively tricky technical. And finally there's a fiddly showstopper in the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the tent. Who will keep their cool and win star baker? And who will be saying ciao to the tent?

The bakers face a tough triple challenge with a savoury signature, a multi-layered technical, and an ambitious traditional pie that pushes them to the edge

Prue and Paul are seeking perfection in pudding week, with a staggering technical challenge and a multi-layered showstopper that's not to be trifled with

For the very first time on the show, it's caramel week, with three sticky challenges for the bakers, including a super sweet signature and a double Dutch technical

Paul and Prue set three tough challenges for the remaining 10 bakers in bread week, including an ambitious sculpture showstopper

For biscuit week, Paul and Prue set the remaining 11 bakers three new challenges, including a tricky filling, and a final showstopper that is literally game-changing

Cake Week sees the bakers take on a fruity challenge. Prue sets her first technical - a kids' party favourite. Plus, the trickiest showstopper ever set in the first week of Bake Off: an illusion cake.

The tent has been decorated and the invitations have been sent out for two very special Christmas episodes of "The Great British Bake Off," featuring returning contestants from previous years. A festive welcome awaits four more returning bakers - Chetna from Series 5, Howard from Series 4, James M from Series 3 and Janet from Series 2.

The judges have set three festive challenges, starting with a savoury signature to get the Christmas party started. In the technical, Paul has a gifted them a bread challenge that's not for the faint-hearted. The final challenge, the showstopper, is huge, as the judges lay the festive gauntlet and ask the bakers to make a trio of Christmas favourites. But who will hold their nerve and produce the perfect desserts?

The tent has been decorated and the invitations have been sent out for two very special Christmas episodes of "The Great British Bake Off." Eight bakers of "Bake Off" past return to the tent to compete once more. In this first episode there's another chance to see Mary-Anne from Series 2, Ali from Series 4, Cathryn from Series 3 and Norman from Series 5.

The bakers face three festive challenges, starting with the signature challenge. Paul and Mary want them to make some highly decorative Christmas bakes that require intricate icing.

For the technical challenge, Mary has a special present of mystery ingredients and a recipe which, if the bakers follow correctly, will produce a stunning bake, decorated with chocolate snowflakes.

And finally there is the showstopper, for which the bakers must produce a festive masterpiece with Christmas theme.

A catch-up with the contestants from The Great British Bake Off 2015.

When Nadiya won last year's Great British Bake Off, the nation watched, she cried, we cried. Now the bakers of 2015 return to the tent for a special look back at last year's show. We see the baking disasters and the baking triumphs as the bakers give a rare insight into life in the tent and life after the tent. A lot has happened in the year since they hung up their Bake Off aprons.

The Class Of 2015 share their memories, relive their highlights of the series and reveal what they are up to now.

It is the final, and with just three of the original twelve bakers remaining. The theme for the final is a Royal Bake Off, as the tent plays host to three challenges to impress the Queen.

The last signature challenge sees a return to meringues, a challenge that a few of the bakers stumbled over in week six.

For the technical challenge, Mary has made a simple bake very, very tough, as she has only given the bakers one recipe instruction. The rest is down to them. It may be a very British classic, but with no measurements, this is the ultimate test of the final three bakers' intuition.

Then on the final day, as the bakers' families gather outside the tent, the finalists face their last showstopper. This is the most complex one ever seen on Bake Off, and there are the most bakes ever requested in a challenge. With only one oven, it's five solid hours of baking for the finalists to prove they deserve the winner's trophy.

Who will be named the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2016?

It is the Bake Off semi-final, and it is Patisserie Week, with just four bakers remaining. In the signature challenge, the bakers are once again butter-bashing and folding their pastry to achieve perfect lamination for a difficult French pastry.

In the technical challenge, Paul has set the bar high. He is testing the bakers' patisserie prowess with a yeast-based cake that has a fruity top and delicate chocolate work.

The showstopper is the bakers' last chance to prove they have what it takes to make it to the final, with a multiple mini-cake bake. The timings are crucial to achieve the high-end finish the judges are looking for.

Which of the bakers will impress Mary and Paul enough to earn their place in next week's final, and who will be leaving the tent?

This week we are stepping back in history for a Bake Off first - Tudor Week. Mary and Paul have set three new challenges that embrace a time when Henry VIII reigned, a time of flamboyant banquets and impressive centre pieces that were Tudor showstoppers.

The signature is a Tudor classic - pies. Although a few hundred years ago their pies would have been filled with feathered birds, our bakers will attempt to make a rather more edible version for modern taste of a savoury stuffed pie.

In the technical challenge, the bakers face a rather unusual Tudor biscuit that has the them all tied up in knots.

Mel pops into Hampton Court to uncover how one sweet delicacy nearly enticed Queen Elizabeth I to marry.

And the final challenge is to construct a showstopper that is a spectacle of marzipan, fit to grace the tables of a wealthy Tudor banquet.

Which of the five bakers will make it into the semi-final, and who will be leaving the tent?

Week seven of The Great British Bake Off is Dessert week. Three sweet challenges which will mean a bitter end for one of the six remaining bakers as they battle for a place in the quarter-final.

For starters the bakers face a sweetly filled signature challenge that has them rolling out their skills to impress Mary and Paul.

And if that wasn't enough, the technical challenge is one of the toughest of the series so far, which layers on the pressure as the bakers are tested on a tricky French dessert.

Sue heads to Paris for a lesson on the history of praline and nibbles on a few of these nutty delicacies.

And finally there is a multi-bake mini-showstopper that is a bit of a mousse marathon. But which of the bakers will impress Mary and Paul enough to earn their place in the quarter-final, and which baker will be hanging up their apron and heading home?

It's week six of The Great British Bake Off and just seven bakers remain. This week, for the very first time on Bake Off, it's Botanical Week.

There are three challenges inspired by nature. The bakers can reach for anything that grows to give their bakes maximum botanical taste.

The bakers start with a signature challenge with a twist, that demands sharp citrus flavours and perfect peaks. Hidden under the gingham cloth is a leafy technical challenge set by Mr Hollywood. And finally, the botanical showstopper is the biggest challenge of the series so far - not one, not two, but three tiers of elaborately decorated cake.

Paul and Mary are looking for beautifully flavoured sponges and to be wowed by stunning floral designs. Three challenges, three chances to win star baker, three chances to avoid leaving the tent.

It is Pastry Week, and with just eight bakers left, Mary and Paul are looking for perfection. They have set three challenges to test the bakers on three very different types of pastry. For the signature challenge it is breakfast time, Danish style.

In the technical challenge, Mary asks the bakers to keep their cool, giving them limited time and instructions to bake a classic British tart. Mel takes a shift at a London Turkish bakery making baklava, and she discovers the history of this delicate desert that hailed from the palaces of Sultans.

And finally there is a bite-size showstopper, a fine pastry which notoriously difficult to make and even trickier to bake. Which bakers will impress Mary and Paul enough to keep their place in the tent, and who will be heading home?

It's week four of The Great British Bake Off, just nine bakers remains, and - for the very first time - it is Batter Week. Mary and Paul have set three challenges to test the bakers on some store cupboard classics. To start things off there is a British favourite. It may sound simple, but the judges are looking for perfection - a uniform bake across the batch and a tasty savoury filling. The bakers really have to rise to the occasion in this signature challenge.

The technical challenge requires a steady hand to master its intricacies, and there's no room for error.

And finally there is a showstopper where the ovens are off and the fryers are out, as the bakers are challenged to do their version of a Spanish classic.

Three challenges, three chances to win star baker, three chances to avoid leaving the tent.

It is bread week, and Paul Hollywood has put together three of the toughest challenges ever. First up is the signature challenge - a sweet dough with a twist. And with Paul's digits primed for prodding, no dough is safe from scrutiny.

The bakers then face a steamy technical challenge without an oven, as Paul and Mary step out of the tent to leave the bakers with only a basic set of instructions and ingredients. For the perfect bake they have to avoid a burnt bottom and a soggy top.

Mel heads to Germany to discover how one brave baker and a few hundred dumplings saved his small town from the ravages of the Thirty Years' War.

And there is a mighty final challenge which requires the use of three different flours to create a huge showstopper centrepiece.

It is week two of The Great British Bake Off, and it is crunch time as Paul and Mary set the bakers three biscuit challenges.

The bakers start with a signature challenge, but who will snap first with just a few hours to make 24 identical decorated biscuits?

Hidden under the gingham cloth is a technical challenge that requires perfect piping to avoid a crumbling whirl.

Sue Perkins drops in for tea and history as she discovers the etiquette of dunking biscuits, from Victorian high society right back to Greek survival biscuits.

The final showstopper challenge requires precision baking to build a biscuit structure that reveals a little more about each of the bakers.

Twelve new amateur bakers don their aprons and head for the iconic tent in the heart of the British countryside. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are back, as are Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, who have devised 30 new challenges to test the bakers' knowlege, skill and creativity.

The competition begins with cake week. The group first take on a British classic and are then faced with Mary's technical challenge - a popular little cake with a fatless sponge and tricky chocolate work. Finally, the bakers have the opportunity to show the judges what they can do with their showstopper.

The best of the bunch will be crowned star baker while one contestant will be leaving the tent.

This program looks back over the last series from Luis's amazing 3-D biscuit scene via the technically challenging Schichttorte to Ian's binning of his baked Alaska.

Mary and Paul bring Christmas cheer to the table with step by step recipes that all the family can help make.

In the final masterclass of the series, Mary and Paul heat up the ovens and get out the mixing bowls one last time to create the signature, technical and showstopper challenges from the last part of the Great British Bake Off.

Mary makes a tennis cake based on the 19th century recipe that was the technical challenge from Victorian week. Paul makes two types of cream horns - the first filled with a mocha crème pat and the rest with a limoncello tutti frutti cream. Mary shows us how to be delicate, precise and perfect with her mokatines and Paul gets to grips with an epic construction in choux pastry - le religieuse a l'ancienne.

This week Mary and Paul recreate the bakes from the second half of the series and show us the skills, secrets and tips to ensure perfect results every time.

Mary goes sugar free with her version of a sugar-free carrot cake, before making an apricot frangipane tart. Paul shows us the correct way to make the Cypriot flaounas which left the bakers bewildered in the technical challenge from pastry week. He then makes a game pie with hot water crust pastry followed by a show-stopping lime and passion fruit charlotte russe.

Paul is in his element as he shows us how to make soda bread in under an hour and then bakes baguettes, perhaps the most iconic of all French breads. Mary makes cappuccino crème brulees without a blow torch and creates the classic meringue cake which foxed the bakers in week 4 - The Spanische Windtorte.

Mary kicks off with a classic madeira cake followed by her frosted walnut cake. Paul makes hazelnut and orange biscotti and shows us the right way to make the technically tricky arlettes. He then demonstrates how to make a fool proof plait.

Programme looking back over the bakes of the 2014 series and catching up with what the bakers have been doing since.

The pressure is on as the remaining bakers get a grip on one of the most difficult ingredients -- chocolate.

The five remaining bakers work their way through patisserie, including a mountainous choux pastry masterpiece.

The signature challenge features a stalwart of the Victorian dinner table -- game pie.

It's pastry week and the bakers begin with frangipane tarts for the signature challenge; the technical challenge calls for flaouna, a traditional cheese-filled pastry; vol-au-vent.

For alternative ingredients week, the bakers must bake without sugar, gluten or dairy; the signature challenge requires sugar free cakes; gluten free pitas; dairy free ice cream rolls.

The nine bakers left make a French classic -- creme brulee; the technical challenge is a Spanische windtorte; a stack of tiered cheesecakes.

The bakers create quick breads for the signature challenge; the technical challenge is baguettes; edible 3-D bread sculptures.

Eleven bakers face the signature challenge of creating 24 biscotti; the technical challenge is arlettes; edible biscuit box of 36 biscuits of a different flavor.

Twelve bakers take on their first signature challenge -- to make a Madeira cake; the classic black forest gateau.

In the countdown to Christmas, Mary and Paul are getting festive in the kitchen. They have six new recipes to bake for the family, inspired by rich traditions from all over Europe. Paul kicks off with St Lucia buns, which are saffron buns traditionally eaten throughout Advent in Scandinavia. He also puts a twist on the traditional mince pie, while Mary makes a French galette and offers alternatives to traditional Christmas pudding. She makes a fruit-filled genoa cake and white chocolate and stem ginger cheesecake. The baking is topped off by Paul's kransekake - a spectacular tower of rings of delicate mixture that will bring everyone to the table.

In the final masterclass of the series, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood dust off the flour one last time, creating the signature, technical and show-stopping challenges from the last part of the Great British Bake Off. Mary makes a pair of chouxs with her lemon and raspberry eclairs, while Paul gets fruity with his cherry and chocolate loaf. Mary finishes with her elaborate double chocolate entremets that will impress at any dinner party.

In this Masterclass Mary and Paul make some of their more elaborate bakes, showing us how to achieve the perfect results at home. Mary makes a swirling chocolate and orange tart and the most complicated technical challenge of the series, the Swedish prinsesstarta. Paul dusts off his pastry skills making mini sausage plaits and demystifies the delicious kouign amann. Finally, Mary constructs her own version of the two-tiered dobos torte.

We catch up with last year's bakers, who have come a long way since their time in the tent. This programme looks back at the golden moments - and recurring nightmares - of the bakers dozen from last year, as they revisit their time in the tent and share their memories as the Class of 2013.

Back in the Bake Off tent, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood roll up their sleeves, baking the challenges that they set the bakers in bread and desserts weeks on the Great British Bake Off. Paul takes us through his ciabatta technical and his show-stopping roquefort and walnut loaf one step at a time, and Mary shows us how to make her layered tiramisu cake from the desserts week show.

Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood take up the reins to make the signature, technical and show-stopper challenges that they set the bakers in the first couple of weeks of the series and show us what they would have done had the roles been reversed in the tent. Paul makes a blackcurrant and liquorice swirly swiss roll, whilst Mary takes us through the very first technical of the series - her perfect cherry cake with lemon icing.

It's the final...from thousands of applicants just 12 bakers made it to the tent, and now only three remain. Having fought their way through 27 baking challenges and proved they can master every baking discipline known to man, the remaining three bakers have just one more weekend of baking to tackle. Just three challenges lie between them and the trophy. Each one is worthy, but who will be crowned winner of the Great British Bake Off?

It's semi-final time and the tension is palpable as the bakers begin Patisserie Week. The semi-finalists are challenged to make signature baklava - two different types of any flavour they like, but with the crisp flaky layers of perfectly pulled filo pastry. Next up is the penultimate technical challenge of the series, which sees the bakers make layers of a different kind.

It's the quarter-finals of the Bake Off and only five bakers remain. Asked to make enriched sweet fruit loaves for their signature challenge, the bakers must work with soft dough to create works of art for Paul and Mary to critique. The technical challenge stretches them to the limit and finally, a show-stopper that takes the ordinary into the extraordinary.

The remaining bakers are asked to make signature savoury parcels, ranging from pasties to wellingtons to samosas and even exploring the fame of the beloved cornish pasty which has spread much further than you would think - to Mexico. After this, the bakers must make show-stopping eclairs.

Past halfway in their baking marathon and the remaining six bakers face three European cakes. For their signature challenge the bakers are asked to bake yeast-leavened cakes, and Mary sets the bakers their most demanding technical challenge yet in which they must make a Swedish princess torte.

Almost halfway through the Bake Off and the remaining bakers are facing pies and tarts. Starting with a signature custard tart that gives more than one of them a wobble, the bakers must make sweet custard tarts of their own invention. After this, Paul sets the bakers mini pear pies; one of the more unusual technical challenges that the Bake Off has seen.

Having seen the bakers make cake, biscuits and bread, Mary and Paul up the ante - for the first time, we see how the bakers cope with multi-tasking across several baking skills at once. For their signature challenge, the bakers must bake saucy puds - delicate sponges hiding a gooey saucy filling or a saucy surprise at the bottom. Also in this show, Sue Perkins explores the origins of the Paignton pudding.

Bread is on the menu, and the bakers must bake 12 perfect rye bread rolls, shaped in any way they like and using as much rye flour as they dare. Paul's technical challenge is his recipe for ciabatta loaves. But which bakers will listen to his words of wisdom and which ones will lose their nerve?

The bakers cook biscuits for a cheese course, Mary's Florentines and finally a 3D biscuit scene showstopper.

As the 12 new bakers enter the tent for the very first time, their first Signature Challenge is to make a swiss roll. But with such a seemingly simple challenge comes a risk - who will have the tightest roll? Whose roll will split? Should the bakers go for the classic or push the boat out to impress?

Mary and Paul share their favourite recipes for Christmas classics such as stollen, mincemeat streusel and a gingerbread house, in a special festive masterclass.

Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry share what they would have made for the challenges in the final weeks of the Bake Off. Paul makes a wheat-free crusty rye loaf and sweet and savoury pretzels whilst Mary goes through her suet sussex pond pudding and choux pastry religieuse and creates her own twist on the classic opera cake.

Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry show what they would have made for the challenges in the biscuit and pastry weeks. Mary shares her family recipe for ginger spiced traybake and her technically tricky tuiles with chocolate mousse, whilst Paul goes through his recipes for his iced tea loaf, his sweet dough brioche tete and his twisted technical apricot couronne.

Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry go through some of the signature, technical and showstopper challenges which they set the bakers in dessert and pie weeks. Mary shares her family recipe for her 'Tipsy Trifle', floating islands and 'Wobbly Apricot Tart', whilst Paul goes through his custard tarts and showstopping spanakopita.

Mary and Paul take over the tent for the ultimate baking masterclass. The Great British Bake Off judges take on the same challenges which they set the bakers, showing us what they would have done had they been in their shoes. Tackling signature bakes, technical bakes and, for the first time, showstopper bakes, Mary and Paul share all their tips and tricks to get the perfect results at home.

Each year thousands of people apply to The Great British Bake Off and only a handful are chosen, but what exactly is it like to take part? Talking candidly about their experience, the Class of 2012 return to the Bake Off tent to give a special insight to life inside the tent.

It's the final of The Great British Bake Off! 13,000 applicants were narrowed down to 13 of Britain's best amateur bakers, and the 13 became three. There are just three final challenges standing between the bakers and the title of WINNER of the Great British Bake Off.

The semifinalists are tasked with baking savoury canapes, a Charlotte royal and a truly iconic French patisserie, the opera cake.

It's the quarter final and there are just five bakers left. For the Signature Challenge the bakers must make a loaf using non-traditional wheat flours. The Technical sees the bakers challenged to each make a dacquoise, made with three layers of fragile coiled meringue. And for their final challenge, the bakers must push themselves out of their comfort zone to create show-stopping novelty vegetable cakes.

With only six bakers left in the tent the stakes are getting higher, and this week they face pastry. First, the bakers battle to bring the old fashioned suet pudding up to date with some mean roly-poly puddings. After a tough technical challenge to make 8 delicate choux buns filled with crème patissiere, the bakers reach the showstopper, and must make three different types of perfectly puffed pastries.

It's week six in the tent and time for sweet dough week – but will it prove bitter-sweet for the bakers? They kick off with a signature tea loaf. After this, the bakers face Paul's most twisted Technical Challenge yet, and a Showstopper that draws on all of Europe for inspiration, creating 36 sweet European buns.

Almost half way through the Bake Off and the remaining eight bakers are faced with biscuits and traybakes. Today they face the thinnest Technical Challenge ever devised on Bake Off; the French classic tuiles, biscuits formed into fragile rolls and decorated with piped chocolate.

It's week four in the tent and the baking is getting serious, as the remaining bakers put on their pinnies to pimp up pies and tarts. From the country's oldest known cookbook, we discover the almost 700 year old history of the English custard tart. As a technical challenge in the Bake Off tent, this classic sweet causes more than the intended wobble for the bakers!

It's week three, and the heat in the kitchen is already too much for some, as the remaining 11 bakers get ready to deal with desserts. These include a Signature Trifle combining biscuit, cake, jelly or custard in perfectly distinct layers.

Having survived cake, this week the remaining 12 bakers battle bread. Knowing that Paul will be watching their every move and prove, they must bake 36 perfectly thin and crispy signature bread sticks, a technically tricky English Muffin, and the most outrageous show-stopping loaves of bread ever seen on television...

For the first time ever, the tent welcomes a baker's dozen to do baking battle. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins coax them through their baking trials, all the while under the scrutiny of the judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. The first challenge? A sandwich cake.

Great British Bake Off judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood showcase some of their favourite Easter recipes. In a step-by-step guide, Mary and Paul show how to make the ultimate hot cross buns, a classic simnel cake, delicious chocolate custard tarts and a lemon meringue nest.

Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood showcase everyone's festive favourites. They reveal in real detail how to make the perfect mince pies, Christmas pudding and Christmas cake as well as introducing some new tasty treats for the holiday season.

Catch up with the bakers from series two of The Great British Bake Off. What was it really like to compete in the tent, be judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and comforted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins? And how has their shared love of baking and appearing on the series changed their lives?

It is the calm after the baking storm, and Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry take over the `Bake Off' tent to show how the technical challenges should be done. Free from the frenzy of whipping, piping and kneading, Mary and Paul tackle treacle tarts, rum babas, creme caramels, hand raised pies and Paul's infamous eight-strand plaited loaf.

After weeks of pastries, cakes and bread, three bakers have made it to the final. To prove themselves to judges Paul and Mary, they will have to make some first rate fondant fancies. But ultimately, it all comes down to their final ever showstopper - creating a masterpiece with a notoriously difficult Chiffon sponge.

There are only four bakers left vying for a place in the final. The weight of the occasion is getting to the most unflappable of the bakers as they frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards. The hardest technical bake ever seen on Bake Off finds two of the bakers left wanting as their fraisier cakes collapse, and it's possible to hear a pin drop in the kitchen as the bakers pull out the stops for their showstopping choux gateaus.

It's the biscuit based quarter final, and Paul and Mary are taking the challenges to another level. The signature bake sees the bakers  attempt to deliver a batch of perfectly baked crispbreads, and time and temperature work against them to produce six perfectly tempered chocolate tea cakes for the technical challenge.

There are still seven bakers left in the Bake Off, but two must go this time. Facing three sweet dough challenges, the bakers start their campaign by creating their signature regional buns, and Paul opens his recipe vault for the technical challenge surprise recipe of Jam Doughnuts.

The bakers go all out to impress Mary and Paul with two types of delicious sponge puddings. The technical challenge sees them face a queen of pudding, a recipe direct from the archives of the Queen of Bakes, Mary Berry. And finally a show-stopping strudel that stretches the bakers to their limit.

The bakers turn their attention to pies. For their first task they must master a perfect Wellington. When they've recovered it's straight into a fiendishly difficult technical challenge – hand raised pies. None of the bakers have used a pastry dolly before and it proves the downfall of many!

The bakers get their just dessert as they face three challenges all designed for a sweet tooth. Today's technical challenge is a main stay of French baking, the crème caramel. Proceedings are rounded off with a mammoth 6 hour challenge to produce a mighty showstopping layered meringue.

Things are hotting up as the remaining 10 bakers do their best to wow Paul and Mary with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tartin.

The atmosphere in the Bake Off tent is charged as 11 bakers attempt to make flatbread. The revered technical challenge has the bakers in a twist as they attempt Paul's recipe for the notoriously difficult 8 strand paited loaf.

The first episode is all about cake and the pressure is on from the very first challenge. The bakers tackle an upside down cake for their signature bake, and to keep their place in the Bake Off tent they each attempt to produce a truly showstopping cake.

In 2010, talented baking enthusiasts from all over Britain came together to compete in the first ever Great British Bake Off. Over six challenging weeks, ten bakers battled it out until finally a winner was crowned. One year later, this programme reflects on the highlights from series one. Catching up with the bakers to hear the highs and lows of their journey, we learn where they are now and how The Great British Bake Off changed their lives.

Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood get behind the workstations and provide tips and tricks for the perfect result. This programme features Paul's luxury pork pies filled with the perfect combination of pork loin and a quail's egg, Mary's chocolate roulade recipe, Paul's traditional iced fingers and Mary's sachertorte.

Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood get behind the workstations and provide tips and tricks for the perfect result. This programme features Mary's coffee and walnut Battenberg, her classic tarte au citron with a deliciously sharp lemon filling and her brandy snaps. Paul presents his traditional Italian flatbread, focaccia.

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins host the grand final where Holly, Jo and Mary-Anne face their biggest challenge yet - baking for `The Great British Bake Off' street party. None of them have baked on this scale before. Amongst their offerings are mille-feuille, mini Victoria sponges, strawberry and cream meringue nests and miniature strawberry and rhubarb cheesecakes. Who of the three will take home the trophy?

It's semi-final time and the four remaining bakers must prove they are worth a place in the final. The signature challenge requires them to make a baked, layered, mousse cake. The technical challenge is Paul's favourite sweet treat - iced fingers. Finally, the bakers must produce a batch of three different types of pastries or croissants.

In the all-lady quarter-final the remaining five have to impress with their dessert skills, making baked cheesecake, chocolate roulade and a croquembouche.

In round five, everyone is out to avoid the dreaded soggy bottom as the seven remaining bakers face pies. They'll begin with their signature family pie, before the dreaded technical challenge which sees lifelong vegetarian Jason delivering six beautifully baked and seasoned pork pies to the judging table. Finally, there is a sweet showstopper challenge in the shape of a meringue pie.

The bakers take on biscuits and these bite-sized, delicate delights prove too much for some. The remaining eight must impress legendary cookery writer Mary Berry and artisan baker Paul Hollywood with their interpretation of a classic biscuit. Who will crumble when it comes to judging and whose ginger nuts are too hot to handle?

The baker's bread making skills are tested with three increasingly complicated challenges over two days. They start with the signature bake, a free-form flavoured loaf that produces a variety of interesting results. The technical challenge is focaccia, which really separates the wheat from the chaff. Finally, a mammoth six-hour hour challenge requires the bakers to create a display bread basket.

It's the second round and eleven bakers remain. This time their pastry skills are scrutinized as the bakers tackle tarts. Over two days the bakers will face three increasingly complicated challenges whilst trying to avoid a soggy bottom. Judged by acclaimed master baker Paul Hollywood and legendary cookery writer and baker Mary Berry.

Twelve of the country's best amateur bakers take part in the second series of `The Great British Bake Off'. In the first round, the bakers are challenged to make 24 decorated cupcakes in two hours and the stress soon shows. Next, they face a technical challenge - featuring a coffee and walnut Battenburg cake from one of Mary Berry's recipes - and finally, they have to make and bake a tiered showstopper cake.

Renowned baking writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood explore the history of the Great British wedding cake. They look at its dramatic change through the eras, from the earliest Tudor creation and the extravagant Victorian period, to wartime Britain, the affluent eighties and the present day.

It's the Grand Final and the last three surviving contestants face their biggest challenge yet - baking for the Bake Off's Afternoon Tea Party. In order to be crowned the victor, they will need to bring together all of their skills, making cakes, bread and pastry.

The travelling marquee pitches up in the Cornish village of Mousehole, and it's time for the bakers to get to grips with the most difficult of all baking skills - pastry. They bake their own versions of hearty British pies, get down to details with exquisite pastry canapés, and take a crash-course in crimping for this week's surprise bake. Mel and Sue will be find out that Britain's earliest pies really were humble, how pastry became an art form and how pies used to have a more sinister side. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood decide who will be the final three to go through to the final.

The remaining five bakers travel to Bakewell in Derbyshire. They must reinvent an often-neglected British classic - the pudding. There are sticky toffee puds, peach and blueberry 'boy bait', rhubarb and orange betty and a cherry queen of puddings. The surprise bake set by judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry tests the bakers' ability to cope with pressure. Can the bakers rise to the occasion? As the puds go in the oven, Mel and Sue find out how and why puddings changed from meat to sweet, visit the birthplace of school puddings and discover how puddings helped change Britain's image overseas.

It is week three of the competition and the six remaining bakers are making bread in Kent. In the shadow of Sarre Windmill, the bakers will be kneading, proving and knocking back their dough under the watchful eye of baking writer Mary Berry and master baker Paul Hollywood.

Having survived cakes, the remaining 11 bakers are tested on biscuits. Serving up signature savoury biscuits, the bakers must push themselves on flavour to create biscuits that go well with a cheese course, and Sue learns the dirty secret behind the invention of the ice cream cone and the start of the UK ice cream industry.

Ten passionate homebakers take part in a `bake off', which will test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle it out to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's Best Amateur Baker. Each week the bakers are put through three challenges. The competition kicks off with cake in the Cotswolds. The bakers tackle three increasingly difficult challenges, starting off with their signature bake.