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Post by alece10 on Jan 19, 2020 12:35:19 GMT
Anyone but Tom Allen please with his smarmy grins at the camera.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 19, 2020 12:53:45 GMT
*Whispers from behind a rock*
But I like Tom Allen.
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Post by justfran on Mar 11, 2020 19:25:17 GMT
Matt Lucas will be the new co-host.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 11, 2020 19:33:04 GMT
Welcome to the Matt Lucas Show.
Huge mistake.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Mar 11, 2020 20:49:57 GMT
Give him chance!
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Post by lynette on Mar 12, 2020 12:49:36 GMT
To do what? Seems like making it into a different show to me. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 12, 2020 13:08:21 GMT
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Post by danb on Mar 12, 2020 13:23:22 GMT
To do what? Seems like making it into a different show to me. ...the same fears as when Noel & Sandi took over. I think he'll be excellent with Noel. Have faith. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 12, 2020 13:27:21 GMT
Welcome to the Fielding and Lucas Show.
It will be those two acting the goat and thinking it’s funny.
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Post by freckles on Mar 12, 2020 15:04:34 GMT
It's been getting less and less about the actual baking, this just seems a continuation of that trend.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Mar 12, 2020 15:09:05 GMT
To do what? Seems like making it into a different show to me. Eh? They haven’t broadcast a single episode with him yet... How can anyone possibly pass judgment? |
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 12, 2020 16:42:14 GMT
I love Matt Lucas, very happy 😊
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 13, 2020 17:53:33 GMT
It's been getting less and less about the actual baking, this just seems a continuation of that trend. Would you notice the difference if you watched earlier series? Just wondering what you meant by that comment |
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Mar 14, 2020 13:14:02 GMT
I love Matt Lucas, very happy 😊 Me too, cannot wait for the series to begin!😀 |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 22, 2020 18:28:18 GMT
Back tonight, 8.15 CH4.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 22, 2020 18:33:22 GMT
They’ve been in a “bubble” over the filming period apparently. Not sure how that works given that it’s usually filmed at weekends and contestants go home in the week and practice for the following weekend’s challenges. If they have been in confinement this could be very interesting.
Matt Lucas.... meh. Having said that he couldn’t be less funny than the queen of not funny, Sandy Toksvig
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Post by sfsusan on Sept 22, 2020 20:14:27 GMT
I was surprised to see Matt tasting with Paul and Prue... I don't remember Sandy or Noel doing that.
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Post by sfsusan on Sept 22, 2020 20:20:22 GMT
If they have been in confinement this could be very interesting. Apparently they were locked down together: "The Observer reports the contestants had to quarantine for nine days with the 130 people involved with the show tested three times before filming. After that, everyone involved lived together for a six week period whilst the competition was underway." I think one of the contestants mentioned in the intro something about not seeing her husband for 7 weeks. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 22, 2020 22:37:05 GMT
Presumably because they have everyone there full-time they can film more than one episode per week, instead of only filming on weekends. They must have paid for the contestants’ time off work.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 22, 2020 23:01:27 GMT
Two days on,two days off was the filming schedule.
10 episodes over 38 days then plus the pre-filmimg isolation.
47 days in total so 7 weeks sounds right.
Pretty intense and not a lot of time to rehearse your bakes
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 23, 2020 7:32:51 GMT
Good start that, right from Matt Lucas Johnson impression. Good mix of contestants, Prue's double entendre's and cakes being thrown on the floor.
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Post by jaqs on Sept 23, 2020 8:28:41 GMT
That was a lot of falling cake.
I do like that Matt likes cake and looks like it. Much better variety in the contestants this year too.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 23, 2020 12:44:44 GMT
I am expecting a lower standard of baking this year - they really don't have much time to prepare for each episode given that they only have 2 days in between (and I am guessing only limited access to kitchen facilities - certainly not their home kitchens and equipment)
It is inevitable that we will get less polished work - certainly in terms of design/finish. And very possibly in technique as well - as they just won't have time to perfect things
I was not impressed by their cake construction skills. Knowing how to stack cakes safely is not a difficult skill to acquire - and certainly something they should have thought about considering they know what week 1 involved.
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Post by alexandra on Sept 23, 2020 13:35:12 GMT
Two days on,two days off was the filming schedule. 10 episodes over 38 days then plus the pre-filmimg isolation. 47 days in total so 7 weeks sounds right. Pretty intense and not a lot of time to rehearse your bakes So we know one finalist, right? |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 23, 2020 16:55:05 GMT
We might know one finalist - or it might be that they are all being kept together for the entire filming process so that everyone is back for the finale (as family and friends are unlikely to have been permitted)
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