The Great British Bake Off

Name: The Great British Bake Off
Genre: Reality
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, Lea Harris

The Great British Bake Off (2010-2016)

Seasons: 7, episodes: 89

Episode runtime: 60 min

Reality

United Kingdom

BBC One, BBC Two

Average rating: 8.6/10 16 969

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Actors and characters

Series poster "The Great British Bake Off"

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Production

Love Productions

Premiere

17 August 2010

Last episode

27 October 2016

Status

Cancelled

All team (3)

Actors

Mel Giedroyc

herself (host)

Sue Perkins

herself (host)

Mary Berry

herself (judge)

Paul Hollywood

himself (judge)

Lea Harris

Mark Whithers

Annetha Mills

themself

Edward Kimber

themself

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Series 1 Series 1 of The Great British Bake Off, aired on BBC 2, saw ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off’s best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour saw keen bakers put through three challenges…	6	2010-08-17	8
Series 2 In this year's series of The Great British Bake Off twelve amateur bakers started the competition and they were gradually eliminated during each round of the contest. Unlike series 1, this year the competition was held in a single location - in the ground of Valentines Mansion, a 17th-century man…	11	2011-08-16	—
Series 3 The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen.	14	2012-08-14	—
Series 4 The fourth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 20 August 2013. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins again presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. As with series three, the competition was held at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset.	15	2013-08-20	—
Series 5 The fifth series of The Great British Bake Off first aired on 6 August 2014, with twelve contestants. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. Twelve contestants competed in this series, and the competition was held in Welford Park in B…	16	2014-08-06	—
Series 6 The sixth series of The Great British Bake Off first aired on 5 August 2015, with twelve contestants competing to be the series 6 winner. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. The competition was held in the ground of Welford Park, …	16	2015-08-05	7.5
Series 7 The seventh series of The Great British Bake Off aired from 24 August 2016, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 7 winner. This series was the last to be broadcast on BBC One, as the production company Love Productions opted to move the show to Channel 4. As such, it was al…	11	2016-08-24	—