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- The Great War has kept "Lad Helpful" and her household very busy and filled with children. Her husband, the Professor, seems the only one to not have noticed the upheaval going on in the world beyond his study window. But any day now, it will all be over. Not time to confront tragedy or a broken heart. Time for a celebration. and what better than home-grown circus? That's what Charlotte wants now. Unfortunately, a circus calls for talent and there's not much to be had. Enter three men looking for somewhere to hide. Wired, unpredictable and on the run, Archie, Joe and Shelly are a dangerous secret to keep hidden in the barn. There again, Joe says he can mount a circus, and if 'Lady Helpful' is to have her celebration, he might be their only hope. When Joe offered to put on a show, he was not bargaining on his commanding officer being in the audience. As the deserters disguise themselves, as the circus tent goes up and the neighbors start to arrive, it seems Joe has sacrificed himself and his mates to an absurd folly. Still, the show must go on. In amid the oddest circus acts fall stories, songs and speeches about the great theatre of war itself/ This is a circus with something to say. But with Major Howe let it reach its spectacular climax or with Joe Soap's Masquerade, like everything else, end in tears?
- It's Cake Week and a fresh batch of bakers enter the tent to take on a fruit cake Signature, a retro Technical, and a childhood Showstopper.
- For the signature, the bakers are asked to make chocolate covered biscuits, basically a chocolate bar with some sort of biscuit as part of the filling. For the technical, they are asked to make twelve identical fig rolls, the dough which is almost cake-like but needs to be sturdy enough to hold in the fig filling. And for the showstopper, they have make a three dimensional biscuit sculpture, where the biscuits are used as structural pieces rather than just stacking biscuits one on top of another.
- The bakers tackle a signature bake designed to be shared; a deceptively simple summer staple in the Technical; and an ambitious Showstopper.
- Prue and Paul set some tricky challenges for the remaining bakers, including a Technical that dates back to Henry VIII and a Showstopper that's usually found at Indian weddings.
- Contestants must create confectionery inspired by the Roaring Twenties.
- It's Dessert week. Three sweet challenges mean a bitter end for one of the six remaining bakers as they battle for a place in the quarterfinal. For starters, the bakers face a sweetly-filled signature challenge that has them rolling out their skills to impress Prue and Paul. And, if that weren't enough, the technical challenge is one of the toughest of the series so far, which layers on the sweet pressure the bakers are tested on a tricky French dessert. And finally, there's a multi-bake mini showstopper that's a bit of a mousse marathon.
- This week is all about celebrating as it's festival week. For the signature, the bakers are required to make twenty-four festival buns apiece, they need to be yeast raised and meant to celebrate something, whether it be a holiday or something else. And in setting the technical this week, Paul wants a perfect texture both inside and out in the bakers making twelve Sicilian casatelle apiece, they a ricotta-filled, fried pastry. The bakers then move half way around the world to Malaysia via Indonesia for the showstopper in each making a kek lapis sarawak, a multi-colored and geometric patterned grilled cake. The bakers need to show precision in making the layers even, any errors which are only highlighted by the layers being different colors. Another challenge is the grilling of the cake, as any failure in later grilling will affect the layers already grilled.
- It's technically the quarter-finals, and rather than be happy, most of the remaining bakers are apprehensive in knowing that pastry, this week's theme, is not their strong suit, especially in dealing with the finicky dough, which does not like heat when being prepared, this weekend in which a heatwave is passing through. For the showstopper, they are each required to make a tarte tatin with a rough or full puff pastry, but unlike the traditional which is sweet made with apples, their tarts must be savory. A major challenge is for the filling to have the correct balance of moisture in the filling to taste good without sogging the pastry. For the technical, Paul warns that he and Prue will be looking for consistency - in the pastry layers - in the bakers each making a Moroccan pie with twelve pastry layers. And for the showstopper, the bakers are asked to make a vertical pie, with a stack of at least three separate pies creating that vertical presentation. Beyond the pies themselves, the issue will be the vertical structure, which must be architecturally sound and interesting as a piece of art.
- 2010– 57m7.5 (82)TV EpisodeIn this, the semi-finals, the remaining four know that it will be one of the most demanding weeks in the precision that is required for patisserie in all its French elegance. For the signature, they are asked to make eight domed tartlets apiece fit for a French patisserie's window display. For the technical, they are each required to make the multi-component Gâteau Saint Honoré, which is caramel covered cream filled profiteroles, all atop a puff pastry base. And for the showstopper, they are asked to make a sugar glass display case enclosing a figure that has some meaning to them, that or those item(s) which must include one baked element. These three challenges will lead to heartbreak for one who arguably reaches the most painful point in the competition in being eliminated just before the final.
- It's the finals, and the last three of the original bakers' dozen standing are David Atherton, Steph Blackwell and Alice Fevronia, whose friends and family, as well as the season's eliminated bakers, will be on hand to see the crowning of this season's winner at the conclusion of the last three bakes. For the signature, the bakers are given the seemingly easy task of making a chocolate cake, the trick being to make theirs stand out from the regular. They are even more apprehensive than usual for the technical as there is no theme this week, meaning that the judges could throw anything at them. What is thrown are six twice baked unmolded Stilton soufflés apiece, served with wafer-thin, crispy lavash crackers. And for the final bake - the showstopper - they each have to make an illusion picnic, complete with illusion picnic basket made of nougatine. In other words, they have to make picnic type foods out of some baked good completely different than what it is, one example from each of the finalists being "cheese wedges" that are really lemon pound cake, "scotch eggs" that are really carrot cake, and "strawberries" that are really macarons. Beyond the nervous anticipation of the announcement of the winner, Alice has an additional worry in whether her parents will make it to the ceremony, they who were necessarily out of town the evening before and are flying back this day with their original flight canceled, hence there being no guarantee they will make it on time.
- 2010– 55m7.8 (38)TV EpisodeFour British bake off alums come back to compete in three rounds of Christmas themed bakes.
- 2010– 55m8.2 (83)TV EpisodeThe cast of Derry Girls descend on the tent to compete in three rounds of festive themed challenges.
- Week 1 in the tent brings twelve new bakers together to test their cake skills. The judges are looking for perfect mini cakes, a tangy technical, and a home baked showstopper.
- The bakers must contend with macarons, garibaldi biscuits, and for their showstopper - a cookie mask,
- The bakers take on bread week which tasks them to make pizza, pain aux raisins, and a showstopper like no other, the smorgastarta.
- Mexican Week. A shocking decision awaits the bakers as they prepare perfectly puffy pan dulce, steak tacos with from-scratch tortillas and an airy tres leches cake.
- It's dessert week in the tent and the contestants must set and bake; steamed puddings, lemon meringue, and a showstopper surprise.
- Halloween has come early as the remaining bakers tackle three terrifying challenges. There's a seasonal Signature in the form of an apple cake, followed by a s'more-ish Technical and, in the Showstopper, they create a Halloween piñata.
- It's Custard Week, and the bakers put their twist on floating islands in the Signature, tackle a summer staple in the Technical, and make custard the star and basis of a showstopping set gateau.
- It's pastry week in the tent and the bakers are feeling the pressure. Judges ask them to make vol-au-vents in the signature, challenge them in the technical, and want them to wow with pies in the showstopper.
- It's the semifinals and the bakers must make it though patisserie week. Judges challenge them to make mini charlottes, vertical tarts, and an artistic showstopper.
- An earthed themed finale as the three finalists make picnics, bomb, and an multi-tiered showstopper.
- 2010– 57m7.2 (14)TV EpisodeFamous faces from Channel 4 history compete for the Christmas Star Baker title.
- 2010– 58m7.2 (13)TV EpisodeBake Off stars from across the years battle it out to win the first Star Baker of 2023.