Great British Bake Off

I love it!

Very excited! My teenage daughter and I love it

Will catch the first one before we go away......just hope IPlayer works when we get back......love it!

GBBO's sister show Extra Slice is asking us to email in photos of our glorious biscuit wins and heroic biscuit fails...

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As an admitted terrible cook I don't watch any of the cookery programmes - makes me feel inadequate! However, I know this programme is particularly enjoyed by many people - so hope it lives up to all your expectations, I'll be settling down with a good book!

Apologies to you Spider I inadvertently started another thread on the same subject but having got that out of the way I love it and am counting down the minutes as we speak

That young girl is going to be a star, I think. Lovely smile.

And her cakes were pretty good too.

Merlot, she was adorable!

I think I am in a very small minority group. I find this programme totally boring. Why would you want to watch other people cooking? Mel and Sue are totally unfunny. I can't stand Masterchef either. I am a grumpy old bat!

I love the way Sue and Mel take the mickey out of Paul and Mary, and really enjoy GBBO. Some clumsy cooks last night, but I was rooting for the teenage girl, Martha, and I like Chetna and Nancy whose cakes were so nicely presented.

We love it too, the lengths some of them go to is beyond imagination, I loved those jaffa cakes very imaginative.

KatyK, I think one of the things that swings it for me is the generosity of spirit in this programme. Its a competition but there is a lovely sense of camaraderie and, no doubt with careful editing, we are left with a sense that everyone really enjoys being in the tent even if they are having a cooking nightmare. The cookery element is almost the lest important part. Its just lots of lovely diverse people doing something they love and having a wonderful time. Certainly leaves me with a little warm glow.....and I don't even get to eat anything!

Hilda - I am probably being over critical. To be fair, I have only seen a couple of episodes. I can see why people love it, the setting and all the lovely pastel coloured equipment and bunting. It's just not my cup of tea (if you will pardon the pun).

I'm not concerned at all about the presenters or contestants, but I could happily plough my way through all those cakes, tarts and buns.

KatyK.....thank goodness we are all different!
P.S. its probably the only programme I watch that has a cooking element.....have quite gone off what's on offer nowadays.

P.P.S. was only thinking the other day, wish someone would bring back a version of 'Watercolour Challenge', used to love watching that after picking up girls from school.

Now you`re talking HildaW Watercolour Challenge was such a great programme I do wish they would bring it back - having taken up watercolour painting I could do with a bit of help. However on the GBB my bet is Chetna something about her just clicked

I used to love Watercolour Challenge! Some of the contestants used to come up with such interesting work and I'm sure it can't have been a terribly expensive programme to make, no extravagant sets or costumes and no enormous cash prizes. Hannah Gordon was a very good presenter too, I suppose if they made it now we'd have some blonde bimbo to catch the Yoof audience!

I have only watched a few episodes of the Bake Off and I really like it. Not being much of a TV fan nowadays this is one I do like to see. Only trouble is I want to have a go at some of the recipes usually the ones involving chocolate ! I do believe the idea is to inspire us ... Now let me see the Jaffa cakes looked good.

What's wrong with a soggy bottom? I love orange drizzle cake and there is a great recipe www.wordstothewise.co.uk/blog/my-favourite-cake-recipe-orange-drizzle-cake that deliberately creates a soggy bottom! This recipe is quite similar to Nancy's Jaffa Orange cakes - but not quite so beautifully presented. Where can I buy a cake guillotine???

Cakes can have soggy bottoms, and tops....its flans, tarts and quiches that should not!

I enjoyed the 'Extra Slice' programme last night. The girl who left the Bake Off this week was very funny and a great sport, and I like Jo Brand's sarcasm. I'm not usually keen on these 'extra' spin-offs, but have set the series to record on this one.

It was brilliant. Wouldn't surprise me if the girl who left gets her own show; she's quite a discovery [and it's a tragedy that she's not in the rest of the series].

I was sceptical about the Extra Slice spinoff, but it was a great programme. Very funny and good to see how talented the first person to leave really was.

I have just been reading that Claire, who was voted off, has been upset due to bullying by strangers on Twitter since her appearance on GBBO. I fail to understand how anyone can take pleasure in posting insults! I thought she seemed a lovely bubbly girl and can see a future for her on TV.