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A chin-wag with Jon Richardson

Tuesday 5th March 2019

Taking on the tent will be comedian Jon Richardson, who’s as passionate about standing up to cancer as he is about stand-up comedy. Let’s find out if he’s feeling confident about his culinary skills.

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A chin-wag with John Lithgow

Bringing some stateside flavour to the tent is American actor John Lithgow. He’s got more showbiz awards than you could shake a wooden spoon at, but how does he feel about swapping the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for the piercing gaze of our very own Mr. Paul Hollywood?

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A chin-wag with Russell Brand

Appearing in the tent will be outrageous comedian Russell Brand, also known as one half of the ‘Goth Detectives’ alongside fellow funnyman and real-life pal Noel Fielding. So it’s safe to say we can expect a healthy measure of baking-related banter between them.

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Raise some dough for Stand Up To Cancer

On your marks, get set… help us raise some much-needed dough for Stand Up To Cancer UK!

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Shooting Star Baker: Steven

Tuesday 1st January 2019

Congratulations to the winner of The Great New Year’s Bake Off, Steven!

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New Year’s resolutions, GBBO style

Monday 31st December 2018

Like a crisp crème brûlée, New Year’s resolutions are made to be broken. But the GBBO bakers showed us their resolutions for 2019 and their ambitions inspired us to make some of our own.

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Christmas baking around the world

Wednesday 26th December 2018

In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, our judges decided to go easy on the bakers and let them off the Technical.

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Jane: The Star Baker atop the Christmas tree

Tuesday 25th December 2018

Congratulations to Jane, the Star Baker on top of the towering tree that was The Great Christmas Bake Off.

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Make every day a Bake Off day

Wednesday 12th December 2018

Make a date with Bake Off every day of the year with the official GBBO calendars, planners and diary… 

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