The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at The London Studios as a spin-off from the reality TV hit series The Great British Bake Off which airs on BBC One. Hosted by Jo Brand, the show began airing on 8 August 2014, two days after the premiere episode of the fifth series of main show.

Format

The programme, like The Apprentice's spin-off series, follows what happened in the tent and shows unseen footage. A typical episode normally lasts half an hour. Parts are edited out to make it last for this long, as not all the footage can be shown.

An episode usually starts off with Brand showing one or two clips of unseen footage from the tent, usually humorous outtakes. Afterwards, she interviews the celebrity guests, shows what bakes viewers have sent in, and shows what bakes the audience have done. Around halfway through the program, the most recently eliminated baker joins the show, being interviewed again by Brand. They also bring on one of their "less-successful bakes," which Brand and the panel normally judge. After leaving, Brand concludes the show by showing a glimpse of what will happen in the next episode of the main show.

The (so far) only exception to an eliminated baker being invited onto the programme was in week six, when no baker was eliminated. Instead, Diana Beard, whom had previously left, was invited on.

History

The spin-off show was announced in July 2014.^[1][2] Comedienne Jo Brand was later announced as the host of the series on 24 July 2014.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Panellists

The celebrity panel typically (though not always) consists of a professional baker/chef, a celebrity who does baking as a pass-time, and a comedian. In two episodes, Howard Middleton (who had been in the competition in 2013) was a panellist. In the final episode, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry made an appearance.

Transmissions

Regular

Specials

References