
The sun is shining, the birds are tweeting, and the tent has been put up once more: that’s right, it’s the first day of Bake Off! It’s also impressive how they managed to pick the one day of summer we had this year on which to start filming – what are the odds?
Speaking of which: here we are with twelve brand new contestants, primed and ready to go. Noel kicks things off with some rather boring jokes – “Things look a little bit different this year. That’s right. Paul’s had his beard reshaped.”