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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 6:49 pm 
If you were watching the last season, search videos for "Great British Bake Off s05e10" and you should find something. The "Baking Show" part of the name was only what PBS called it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 7:16 pm
The Great British Bake Off is on our PBS station on Monday nights, and it looks like the finale is on tomorrow.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 8:23 pm
Teach, I think original air in the U.S. is Sunday nights. Airs again Monday. I've been watching the season. Finale was tonight. The winner is . . . .
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 8:47 pm
My PBS channel calls it The Great British Baking Show, watching it now.
Ahhh, the extra half hour becomes clear, we are having fund raisers break into the show, I hate that, put them at the end!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 10:48 pm
At least PBS has adapted to the DVR age..used to be you would see a great show, on PBS, set it up to record on the VCR but they'd just throw the printed schedule out the door and you'd never get a complete show.
This was riddled with pleas for money but at least we got the entire show.
It did air here tonight.
I would have been happy with any of them winning.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, March 02, 2015 - 2:34 pm
True, Seamonkey, LOL, we did get the whole show. And I thought it was great. It was fun to see all the families waiting for the results.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 02, 2015 - 4:35 pm
Yes.. loved seeing the families though it was odd that they showed them first, out in the sun and all on the lawn, then showed them baking with pouring rain until the last day when there was the sun and people on the lawn..
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Pdxtransplant
Member
07-09-2010
| Monday, March 02, 2015 - 4:50 pm
Such a delightful, fun, and informative show! And such a contrast to typical american gimmicky, conflict driven shows. This one was pure class and just outstanding.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, March 02, 2015 - 4:55 pm
Our PBS must be on a different schedule because it's only been on Monday nights all along here...I've watched this series before online, but I LOVE re-watching it for all the reasons you've listed above. Looking forward to the finale tonight. 
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, March 02, 2015 - 5:19 pm
Those final bakes must have looked better in person than what they did on TV.
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Misspoufy
Member
09-30-2004
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 8:18 am
I truly enjoyed this season. They baked many things I'd never heard of before and many things I was doubtful would taste good (but then they eat baked beans on toast for supper!) It brought home to me how differently we eat in the US as compared to other parts of the world.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 8:59 am
I usually had popcorn while watching them bake amazing things. The most I can do is bake a cake, as long as I have the recipe on the back of the box to follow.
Based on some of the comments, I was wondering if they get told what they are going to bake the week prior. Many times there were comments like, 'it took me 2 days when I practiced it'. Seriously, they could not come up with some of those creations at the last minute.
I do like the judge, Mary (?). She's no nonsense with a smile on her face. She can cut down what you baked to shreds and still make you feel good about what you did... the frosting was creamy, but the rest of the cake was inedible. Love her.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 10:26 am
They never broadcast it here, but they did put it on Comcast On Demand, so I got to watch it last night. It was a great finale!
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 12:04 pm
They film at the weekends, and are told the prior weekend the theme of the next week and what they need to create for the first and third challenges. The middle challenge is the one where everyone has to make the same one, and it's almost always from one of Mary Berry's books (not that that hones it down much, she has a lot of books!) so if they are familiar with her specialities and know the style of the week they can often practice the types of recipe it's most likely to be.
Plus in general they know there's always a bread week, a cake week, a cookie week etc., so they can practice those for however long they want, in anticipation of when the week happens on the show.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 3:34 pm
That is so weird Karuuna, what crazy programming person televised all but the finale!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 3:59 pm
I don't know. All I know is that they carried a "200 years of Lawrence Welk" in that time slot. Really?
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 9:29 pm
Kitt, I watched some of the bios from the website, and I wondered if they weren't given some "hints or tips" because they got to bring some of their "things' (food, spices, and that display step stool...)
and don't forget "that male judge" (i.e. Paul) He also had a couple of recipes they had to make -
who would've thought baking using the griddle was using an electric ovens "broiler" unit (or at least that's what I was assuming!)
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, June 22, 2015 - 7:45 am
If anyone is interested, this is airing again on WNED, PBS out of NY.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, June 26, 2015 - 3:56 pm
Just got the latest newsletter from Paul Hollywood (known here as 'that male judge') lol and he says they are back in the tents recording the new season. Yah!!!
Ps if anyone is interested... his website is paulhollywood.com and the newsletter also has an interview with the latest winner (Nancy Birtwhistle)
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Friday, July 31, 2015 - 10:49 am
New series of the Bake Off starts next Wednesday in the UK. No official outlet here until PBS take it on a bit later, but (hopefully) it will be available at the usual sources.
Here're some pics and bios of the cast!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/great-british-bake-off/11765535/The-Great-British-Bake-Off-2015-contestants-in-pictures.html?frame=3388875
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Scout
Member
01-19-2005
| Friday, July 31, 2015 - 10:59 am
That was one of the best baking competitions I have ever watched.
Their skills were really amazing.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 2:11 pm
Thanks for the update, Kitt! Hola routes through the UK, so I can usually use IBBC player. I'd have never known to look, though.
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Ladyb
Member
12-29-2007
| Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 7:29 pm
Check your listings - New season starts Sunday, Sept 6, 7:00 pm ET
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 9:18 pm
Did you know that the 'hostess' (for lack of a better word) Sue Perkins has had Brain Cancer?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3219019/Bake-s-Sue-Perkins-reveals-brain-tumour.html
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, September 05, 2015 - 9:55 pm
I had no idea. She's one of my favourite people.
I found the premiere LadyB mentioned, it's on PBS and is Season 2 of the Great British Bake Off. Absolutely EVERY season of this show has been fantastic, and season 2 had some really great people on it, so I really recommend it. Might rewatch it myself actually, thanks for letting us know it was on, Ladyb.
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