The Naitch Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Everyone's favourite baking spectacular is back. It starts this Wednesday and has been upgraded to BBC One for this series. We'll see how that goes. There's also going to be a spin off show on BBC Two with Jo Brand where they'll interview that week's eliminated baker and have some chit chat with random Z-listers. Here's this year's group of hopefuls... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4fB8YW68M3BX4LVd9XkRGxv/bakers Edited August 5, 2015 by The Naitch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bully_wee Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Don't like the sound of the discussion show and I do wish they'd replace the bespectacled dark-haired presenter. A never-ending stream of dreadful patter. I've always thought about applying for the show but if I got in it would be abysmal being surrounded by the likes of Brendan from a while back. I'm rooting for Enwezor already. What an outstanding name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 My grandfather was a baker, God knows what he'd have thought of hipsters blubbing because their cake shaped like a reclining Greek godess hasn't set properly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 This will be the year its ratings will crash, the media willl mutter about "one series too many" & its doom sealed. Last series they peed off a big part of their core audience via blubbering toothpick Ruby who looked like she needed a sandwich more than needed to cook onto the show, all because some Tristran on the BBC exec thought it would boost the ratings if they had some w**k material on to ensure the journos would give it disproportional coverage. Once you've crossed that dumb down rubicon where the talent the show is meant to all about is no longer the be all and end all, there's no way back. Commendable that they've gone back to their roots this series & bugger the eye candy factor (although that twat Jordan deserves punched for his "I think outside the oven" horseshit), but all they will succeed in doing is alienating those viewers gained last year, fail to regain the ones lost, & with the stakes higher thanks to it being on a BBC 1 slot, this seems more a recipe for disaster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Iain puts me in mind of a young and fashionable Richard Stilgoe. I think he'd be quite pleased by this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Don't like the sound of the discussion show and I do wish they'd replace the bespectacled dark-haired presenter. A never-ending stream of dreadful patter. I've always thought about applying for the show but if I got in it would be abysmal being surrounded by the likes of Brendan from a while back. I'm rooting for Enwezor already. What an outstanding name. I'll not hear a bad word said about Brendan. A quiet wee soul if ever there was one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Martha will win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Brendan's gingerbread birdhouse is still the standard that all contestants must aspire to reach. Indeed, whenever I don my pinny, I affix a photograph of it above my mixing bowl to inspire me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanmistermustard Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Paid no attention to any of the build-up and looking forward to it. James winning it ahead of Brendan was wrong for me. I do wish they'd get rid of the banter between Mel and Sue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Norman fae Buckie on his Swiss Roll: "it's for men." On yersel big man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think Jordan may grate on the nerves before too long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I love Martha. She'll go far, that girl. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) I think Jordan may grate on the nerves before too long. He reminds me of Spencer from Phoenix Nights. A lot. Liked that first episode. Most of them look like they could be very good indeed. The right person left, she didn't have a scooby. Edited August 6, 2014 by The Naitch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Jordan reminded me of Colin the office joker from The Fast Show. In that he was an abject c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Didn't realise Jesse Pinkman was a keen baker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 More good bakers this year I think. We have a sweepstake in work and I have Enwezor who looked half way decent. As mentioned above Jordan is going for the ultimate dickehad combo with smashed up teeth, glasses that need cleaned and pushed up and a ponytail, he also looks manky. Love the #GBBO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 More good bakers this year I think. We have a sweepstake in work and I have Enwezor who looked half way decent. As mentioned above Jordan is going for the ultimate dickehad combo with smashed up teeth, glasses that need cleaned and pushed up and a ponytail, he also looks manky. Love the #GBBO I miss Ruby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Oh I don't miss Ruby one little bit. It's Howard I pine for. Rarely, if ever, has there been someone on television who I've yearned to befriend so badly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I miss Ruby Do not start that, she's a boot and you know it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbroathlegend36-0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Oh I don't miss Ruby one little bit. It's Howard I pine for. Rarely, if ever, has there been someone on television who I've yearned to befriend so badly. I've met Howard a few times since his appearance on the show and he's a top bloke. At first I think he found all the attention weird and was really shy to talk to. Very nice guy to speak to and he's still baking away in his apartment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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