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The Great British Bake Off

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Twelve homebakers are tested on every aspect of their baking skills.

Twelve homebakers take part in a 'bake off', which will test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle it out to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's Best Amateur Baker.

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The Great British Bake Off: Series 1

Mel Giedroyc

Sue Perkins

Anna Beattie

Richard McKerrow

The Great British Bake Off: Series 1: Episode 1: Cakes

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Episode 1: Cakes

Series 1

BBC One - The Great British Bake Off, Series 1, Cakes

Ten passionate homebakers take part in a 'bake off'. This time they tackle cake.

Ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills and battle to be crowned best amateur baker. They begin with cake in the Cotswolds.

The Great British Bake Off sees ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.

The competition kicks off with cake in the Cotswolds, then moves to Scotland to tackle biscuit baking, then Sandwich in Kent for bread, Bakewell in Derbyshire for puddings, Mousehole in Cornwall for the pastry challenges, and London for the grand final. 

Judging the baking are renowned baking writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood; presenting the show are Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who trace the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks and discovering why people bake what they bake today. 

This first show uncovers that Queen Victoria is responsible for Britain's wedding cake tradition, that the Puritans tried to ban cake because it was too pleasurable, and that cake baking contributed to women's liberation.

The ten bakers tackle three increasingly difficult challenges as their cake-making ability is tested. They start with their signature bake - the cake they love that says something about them. Next up is the technical challenge - a blind recipe for Victoria sandwich that delivers drastically different results. Finally they tackle the ingredient even professionals fear - chocolate. Whose chocolate celebration cake will win the day? And which two bakers will leave the show at the end?

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Homebakers take part in a 'bake off', which will test every aspect of their baking skills.

Ten homebakers take part in a 'bake off', which will test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle it out to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's Best Amateur Baker.

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