The Great British Bake Off 2017 - CH4

Of course GBBO will have adverts now it is on Ch4, but that is the difference and one of the reasons I didn't enjoy it. It spoils the flow and that last break was just revenue greedy!

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It's basically the same? If you watch earlier episodes on whatever satellite channel they've been popping up on lately, it took a while for the chemistry of the original four to settle, so it's a bit much to expect the new four to have it replicated or even bettered in the first episode. My family are quite chatty, so we actually quite liked the ad breaks for giving us a legitimate place to quickly share our opinions. I'll be interested to see what happens when things get to the crunch, that'll be the real test for me. Will Prue have Mary's kind words to offer when Paul's being too harsh? Will Sandi and Noel be able to soothe a sobbing contestant? (Of course, the *real* test of that one will be if we even see any sobbing contestants, what with Mel and Sue's genius tactic of making any meltdown footage unusable by shouting out swear words and brand names.) But otherwise, it's still twelve well-meaning strangers competitively making cake in a tent, and it's not like other competitive cooking shows haven't changed the judging/hosting line-up and still maintained the same level of watchability. (Also personally speaking I'm VERY glad it's on Tuesdays now, I have standing commitments on a Wednesday that made social media a bit of a no-go for the whole evening!)

Or we just didn't like it? I'm rather bemused that you're confused that people might have a different opinion to you!

I thought Prue Leith DID sound like she was impersonating Mary Berry - my opinion, that's all, and it didn't work for me. I thought Noel and Sandi had zero chemistry and were stilted and awkward (again, my opinion) - complete contrast to Mel and Sue. The format may not have changed, but to me there were differences.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but people are allowed to have different opinions to you and unfortunately it didn't work for me.

Still don't like Prue's fashion choices though. I wonder if it's a determined effort to NOT look like The Berry but I think she's gone too far the other way. Very severe.

Well I quite liked it - Noel surprised me, I found him understated and not irritating, which I had thought I would. Sandi I like anyway and thought she was funny, though I'm not convinced this is really the vehicle for her. I'll wait to see how the chemistry between her and Noel progresses. Paul is Paul. I really didn't like Prue - I'd never heard of her before so wasn't expecting anything.

I thought the standard was much better this year (well, apart from those mini rolls. Basic skills too!) Those showstoppers were amazing!  My early likes are Steven, Tom (though that might not have much to do with his baking ) Kate and Vera Duckworth - that watermelon was stunning inside! I'm also loving Liam, though I'm not sure how far he'll go.  Yan is annoying me and I have no idea how Stacey even got through auditions - everything she made looked like the sort of stuff my kids used to bring home from cooking lessons at school. (And I mean primary school.)

Right person got star baker and wrong person went home, though they probably wouldn't have lasted much longer if they had stayed anyway.

Couldn't bring myself to watch it. Don't like Noel, not that keen on Sandi and know nothing of Prue. No Mary = no bake off. Can't stand adverts either.

Noel and Sandi were very good (knew Sandi would be) and i dont miss Sues stupid ways of saying 'Bake', that had really started to grate last series.

But couldnt warm to Prue at all and the whole thing felt over produced and trying too hard. It had lost a certain simple innocence. Not sure ill carry on, ill just watch repeats on Good Food and Amazon.

Ugh and the adverts, why not just have two slightly longer breaks inbetween each round?! having them more regularly and before the judging killed the flow. If sky can have fewer ad breaks for mega hit like Game of Thrones then c4 could for bake off

As someone who genuinely will not be watching a single moment on Channel 4, I'm not sure I'm allowed an opinion anymore, but, for what it's worth, Prue is not, and never has been, a baker, which is quite important for a show with 'bake' in the title. She is (was) a successful restaurateur and businesswoman, but never a baker.

Well let's face it, we really should be referring to her as Dame Delia.

I don't know, American MasterChef didn't suffer any for having restaurateur and winemaker Joe Bastianich as a judge for the first few seasons...

Oh, I didn't know that. She can **** off then. At least until her vocabulary expands a bit.
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