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00:00One of my favourite comedies of all time, Peep Show!
00:04We can't have you both here, though, without, you know, doing the thing.
00:07What thing?
00:08You know, the thing. The Peep Show thing.
00:10Oh, that thing. I haven't done that for a while. I'm not even sure I can do it anymore.
00:14Oh, go on, David. Look how excited they are.
00:17Alright, well, look into my eyes.
00:20We're doing it. We're doing the Peep Show thing.
00:23Look at those buffoons, losing their minds over a simple bit of camera trickery.
00:27Let's hope they never see Avatar. Their heads will explode.
00:30Hey, David, you're not doing that inner monologue to be cheeky about us, are you?
00:35Uh-oh, Hammond's rumbled me. Better switch back to normal mode.
00:38Ah, that was amazing. Thanks, David.
00:41Hey, can we do the intro in your POV as well?
00:44Well...
00:46Welcome to the Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off.
00:49God, they're annoying.
00:51David, you said that out loud.
00:53Oh, sorry, I'm a bit out of practice.
00:57Today is a special treat for Christmas.
01:20Oh, Merry Christmas, everyone.
01:22The cast of the cult noughties comedy Peep Show are taking over the tent.
01:27Oh!
01:28It's so Christmassy.
01:29Look at this.
01:30Olivia Colman.
01:31Pinnies on, chaps!
01:32Who starred as Sophie.
01:34Just think, if our relationship were a sugar bowl, it would definitely be this one.
01:38I love Christmas.
01:39I love watching Bake Off.
01:41This is literally the dream way to end 2025 in a tent with my peep show, Chums.
01:47I haven't heard the word pinny in a while.
01:50We'll bring it back.
01:51Yeah.
01:52Bake Off tent returner David Mitchell, AKA Mark.
01:55It's quite a specimen.
01:56Mm-hmm.
01:57Quite a specimen.
01:58I thought about trimming the top off, but it felt like I was castrating Christmas.
02:02I think I've only made four cakes in my life, and two of them have been televised.
02:08It's a rate of being televised that I don't think Delia Smith herself can match.
02:13Sophie Winkleman, who played Big Suze.
02:17Oh, almost champagne.
02:19I'll tell you what, I'll put it there, and if for any reason we don't get around to drinking
02:23it tonight, you can take it back with you.
02:25I'm excited, plus a dash of genuine panic.
02:29I didn't think I was competitive, and now I've gone into that tent and something's started
02:34inside me.
02:35Who's the most competitive?
02:37You, I think.
02:38Really?
02:39Izzy Sooty, who played Dobby.
02:41I shouldn't hang around too long.
02:43I've got to get ready for a day out with the folks.
02:46Stomach pump for mum, taser to demobilise dad, families.
02:50I really like cooking, but I'm not much of a baker.
02:53To get the perfect sponge, it feels like it would take years of training.
02:56Right, game head on.
02:58Game head.
02:59Matt King, who played the iconic Superhands.
03:02You get a van, Jez.
03:04We could be men with van.
03:06You could say I've got cookery slash baking background, if you call it an O-level background.
03:12Black beauty, that's what they call me.
03:14Bit of a dark horse.
03:15Who are we missing?
03:16Robert Webb, who immortalised Jez, can't be in the tent this Christmas.
03:20Who knows how these things happen?
03:23There are powers at work beyond our understanding.
03:26Never are.
03:27There's gonna be an A.I., Rob.
03:29Hello, everyone.
03:31It's Robert Webb here.
03:32I'll just say I'm sorry I couldn't join my variously ageing co-stars in the tent.
03:37That was not very Christmassy, but I didn't want you to miss out on my own ageing.
03:42Here it is.
03:43Enjoy the bake.
03:45I don't want to do it now.
03:51Merry Christmas, bakers, and welcome to the tent.
03:54It's very exciting because we are having a peep show themed bake-off Christmas special.
04:00So exciting.
04:01The greatest TV show ever to be on Channel 4 that isn't set in a tent with bakers.
04:06Okay, so for your signature challenge, the judges would love you to bake a batch of 12 biscuit Christmas tree decorations.
04:15The biscuits can be any style or flavour that you like, but they have to be hanging at the end of the challenge.
04:22You've got one and a half hours for this.
04:25Not nearly enough.
04:26On your marks.
04:27Get set.
04:28Bake.
04:29Good luck, bakers.
04:30It's Christmas!
04:31We actually have to do it, don't we?
04:36I think Izzy's going to do annoyingly well, and I think Matt's going to do annoyingly well.
04:40I have confidence in David too, but my eyes on bloody Izzy.
04:45How much butter do you think is 225 grams?
04:48Put it on the Weyer thingy.
04:50Today's signature challenge is Christmas tree decorations made in biscuit.
04:56I've never made biscuits in my life.
04:58Until this show.
04:59Oh sugar, I hope you didn't see that.
05:03It's all about decoration, it's about the flavours, and more importantly it's about the texture and the bake.
05:08That's what I'll be looking at.
05:09Why don't you just eat the individual ingredients and then they'll turn into biscuits inside you?
05:15These biscuits are meant to hang on the tree, so we want them beautifully decorated.
05:19It's all about getting that definition, getting the hole and getting it hanging right.
05:23If they don't, the chance that it's going to shatter.
05:25David?
05:26Yes?
05:27You've got a tea towel.
05:28I like the hat.
05:29I've just remembered you were a chef.
05:32Contractually, no one's allowed to mention that.
05:37I'm really looking forward to this peep show Christmas special.
05:40I think if nothing else, it'll be enormous fun.
05:42Look at that.
05:43That's the hand of a baker.
05:45I mean, ten-year-olds do this.
05:47So it's a nice equal playing Phil Reilly.
05:49Ten-year-olds and celebrity bakers.
05:54Morning, Olivia.
05:55Hello, Olivia.
05:56Hi.
05:57Right, tell us all about your biscuits.
05:58What are you doing?
05:59I'm making gingerbread biscuits with a little bit out of the middle for a stained glass.
06:04Do you do this a lot?
06:05We make them every Christmas.
06:06Do you?
06:07So you're well practised.
06:08I think I did them when my eldest was quite little and he's 20.
06:11These should be perfect.
06:13Oh my God!
06:15Hoping her family favourite is a hit with the judges,
06:18Olivia's stained glass biscuits will be flavoured with ginger and decorated with royal icing.
06:24What's it like to be back with the crew?
06:26It's really nice.
06:27But it's a shame we have to do this in a way, no offence.
06:29But we have to do this chat.
06:31This is the one job that you were really upset about, Olivia.
06:34Yeah, because we'd all been together so long.
06:36Are you the sort of person who can watch it when you're not in it?
06:38Yeah.
06:39Oh, I can't.
06:40If I'm not on this morning, I'm not watching.
06:42Oh, I see.
06:43And it's quite nice to watch things with a little bit of jealousy, isn't it?
06:49Knead to a soft dough, it says.
06:51No need to knead.
06:52It's already a soft dough.
06:55That's where the wheels fall off.
06:56How do you find talking about Peep Show when you did it, like, 20-odd years ago?
07:01People are really nice.
07:02Usually they just yell random quotes at me.
07:05Like, they'll just yell,
07:06Men with Venn, in my face.
07:08Did you even watch it?
07:09Never seen a single episode.
07:10You're joking.
07:11I'm not joking.
07:12Have you seen Bake Off?
07:13What's that?
07:14Does that look a bit crumbly?
07:17I'm not going to tell you.
07:19As well as achieving perfect texture.
07:21Why did I use cardamom?
07:23That was a mistake.
07:24This is fiddly and time consuming.
07:26The bakers must deliver festive flavour.
07:29I'm making orange and cardamom angels.
07:33I've tried them once and they weren't orangey enough or cardamomy enough,
07:37so this time they might blow everyone's brains out.
07:40Sophie's angelic biscuits will be adorned with royal icing gowns
07:44and she's hoping this time they pack just enough punch.
07:48How much cardamom did you put in there?
07:50Possibly too much, but maybe it's refreshing.
07:53I think it'll wake people up.
07:54So it'll be like going to the densest.
07:55Try it. Is the cardamom in here?
07:56Try it. Yes.
07:59Very orangey.
08:00What does that mean when she says that?
08:02Is that code?
08:03Yeah.
08:04Now I think I've added too much liquid.
08:08Prue said the dough was very orangey,
08:10which I didn't know if it was an insult or a compliment,
08:12because that's all she said.
08:14Sophie might be struggling with spice.
08:17I'm making bauble biscuits.
08:20Plain, normal, shortbread.
08:22But David's taken a more traditional tack.
08:25If all of your Christmas decorations are edible,
08:27then you don't have to take them down.
08:29You can just eat them.
08:31Provided they make it to judging,
08:33David's baubles would consist of a crisp shortbread
08:36and be decorated with an array of festive designs.
08:39When you decorate your own tree at home,
08:40are you quite anal about it?
08:42You like them all to match up?
08:43No. No.
08:44When it comes to Christmas decorations, I abhor taste.
08:47When you were last in the sense, have you improved?
08:50Well, I haven't baked since, so I don't know.
08:54I just heard David say when I was last on this show.
08:59It's meant to be an equal competition.
09:01Unbelievable.
09:02Cut into whatever shapes you like using a biscuit cutter.
09:05There.
09:06First one.
09:07The baker's biscuits...
09:08Oh, dear.
09:09...must be accurately shaped.
09:11Some are very thick and some are very thin.
09:13I don't know how that's happened.
09:14With holes pressed before baking...
09:16Ah, where's the pronger?
09:18..or they could shatter when strung.
09:20Oh, I didn't put the holes in them.
09:22Oh, God.
09:24Are you into Christmas?
09:25I really love Christmas.
09:27And how many people do you have over?
09:28The most is about 24, but we...
09:31Oh, 24 people?
09:32Yeah.
09:33Are you enjoying the tent? It's quite relaxing.
09:35I am enjoying the tent.
09:36Relaxing's not quite the word, but...
09:39Focus, Matt. Focus.
09:41Merry Christmas, Matt.
09:43Merry Christmas, Matt.
09:44Hello, Matt.
09:45Merry Christmas, guys.
09:46So, tell us all about your biscuits.
09:48What are you doing?
09:49So, my old man got me into bird watching when I was very young,
09:53and I was a fully paid-up member of the YOC and the RSPB.
09:58So, I am making ginger nut garden birds of Britain
10:02off forgotten at Christmas.
10:04Why are they forgotten at Christmas?
10:06Because the robin gets all the headlines, Prue.
10:09Prue's the robin of our great flirt.
10:12Matt's forgotten festive flock will be spiced with ginger and cumin
10:16and individually decorated with identifying piped plumage.
10:20Have you made this before, Matt?
10:22No.
10:23You haven't been rehearsing night after night?
10:25No.
10:26Have you got any flour underneath there?
10:28Do you think I am?
10:29I thought you were a chef.
10:30Good luck.
10:31Oh, Hollywood tried to psych me out.
10:34Bakers, you are halfway through your biscuit challenge.
10:38Silent night, holy night.
10:44Not with this one.
10:47Right, I'm going for it.
10:49And they're going in for ten minutes.
10:51Turns out I have no idea how to set this.
10:54It's going up and up and up and up and up.
10:56The icing I'm confused by.
10:58As the biscuits bake,
11:00attention turns to toppings.
11:04You've obviously given the decoration quite a lot of thought.
11:07No, I really haven't.
11:08I mean, that's very professional.
11:10Is it?
11:11I've seen that kind of glazing things on stuff.
11:14But Matt's feathered friends are yet to hit the heat.
11:18Hello.
11:21Don't.
11:22What?
11:23I forgot to put holes in.
11:24How do you get the bits out of the straw?
11:29Oh, that was so close.
11:32How you doing?
11:33Easy.
11:34Doing a bit of knitting.
11:35What's going on?
11:36I actually have got my knitting with me.
11:37So I'm going to try and make a biscuit like this.
11:39Are you actually joking?
11:40No.
11:41It's so good.
11:42How long would something like that take you?
11:44It takes about a year for me to knit.
11:48Hoping her biscuits take less time than her knitting,
11:51Izzy's jumpers will be spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon
11:54and topped with feathered icing.
11:57Have you practised this?
11:58Yeah, I've practised a couple of times,
12:00but the consistency wasn't right.
12:02I don't like obeying the rules completely.
12:05It's a bit of a science baking note.
12:07Only slightly.
12:08The basic rules can never be changed.
12:09He didn't like that, did he?
12:10When he said you were going to break the rules,
12:11he panicked.
12:12Yeah.
12:13The basic rules can never be changed.
12:14Science, guys.
12:15The science.
12:16Oh, no.
12:17What's wrong, Olivia?
12:18I meant to put the sweets in before they go in the oven.
12:20Bakers, you've got half an hour left.
12:21Oh, no.
12:22The biscuits are coming out.
12:23Here they come.
12:24Oh, now I've got shaky hands.
12:25The baking of the biscuits.
12:26Cut them back in.
12:27Minute.
12:28Start.
12:29Has to be exact.
12:30What colour should they look?
12:31Left in too long.
12:32They're going to fly in the face of time.
12:33They'll become bitter and tough.
12:34Do you think they're ready?
12:35I don't know.
12:36I don't know.
12:37I don't know.
12:38I don't bake.
12:39They've done the...
12:40You have observed some baking.
12:41But take them out too soon.
12:42To me, they still look raw.
12:43They'll be soft and collapse.
12:45Oh, dear.
12:46I don't think it'll make any difference whether they're cooked more or less.
12:47Oh, yeah.
12:48Bakers, you've got 15 minutes left.
12:50What?
12:51Sounds insane but it's the truth.
12:52This is a mess and a mess and a mess and a mess and almost until theempire of my
12:54comunications are making the same mess and a mess.
12:55You think they're ready?
12:56No, you don't know.
12:57You've got your juice.
12:58Ready?
12:59Do you think they're ready?
13:00I don't know.
13:01I don't bake them.
13:02They've done the...
13:03You have observed some baking.
13:04But take them out too soon.
13:05To me, they still look raw.
13:06They'll be soft and collapse.
13:08Oh dear.
13:09I don't think it'll make any difference whether they're cooked more or less.
13:12Ugh.
13:13the truth this is a nightmare Alison what's the issue I don't have a hole to
13:20hang them up I don't know let's try and do a hole come on oh oh no how long we
13:31got bakers you've got ten minutes left do you want to try a bit of my biscuit
13:38yeah why not a savory bacon no great that's exactly what I was going for okay
13:49let's make a good job of the icing I'm not sure that Matt's got long enough to
13:53ice them I was gonna make 12 different classic British birds that's gone out
13:58the window I'm making 12 blackbirds job done right let's have a go first one
14:03tree this one's a bit of a mess absolutely dreadful look at that they
14:12look like they've all got spot cream on oh wow you're doing that wrong
14:16like watching it a young Jackson Pollock it's like watching an old Damien Hirst oh
14:23wow yeah and I did genuinely think he was the dark horse oh I hurried from the
14:29beginning forgot the hole these do not look like they looked in my imagination
14:34today I ice biscuits don't even need AI you can just get a machine in a factory
14:38I mean mr. Kipling doesn't mean division
14:41bakers you have one minute left oh no there's just no way this is gonna happen
14:49you gotta hang those biscuits kids on a string string Christmas string there's no
14:55way I'm gonna get 12 strut 12 no chance I keep making the string is too small they
15:02look like they've died oh this is so annoying these wouldn't last 10 seconds on the Christmas
15:08tree in real life okay bakers your time is up please step away from your hanging biscuits I
15:19didn't know mine would be so much worse than everyone else's
15:24should I put the wall there do you think to show that they're knitted jumpers but they're not
15:30our peep show cast biscuits will now face the judgment of Paul and Prue hello hi Matt tell us all about your Halloween scene as I said at the
15:53start I'm making the classic 13 blackbirds of Christmas I thought they were crows don't make it worse
16:00now fractionally over baked but they're very delicious you can taste the caramel in it where you've
16:13fallen flat a little bit is the volume of icing on it flat sweetness with the biscuit works quite
16:18nicely it's just looks a bit horrific for Christmas thanks guys Merry Christmas
16:23they roll the decoration I think is excellent thanks it's beautifully piped windows have gone a
16:37little bit sploshy there was a bit of a whoops there I nearly finished breaking them and then
16:41realized I hadn't put the sweets in great flavor yeah under baked whole bums you'd left it in there
16:53another probably even five minutes oh really it would have been spot-on really beautifully done
16:58Olivia it's just a bit cookie like well done thank you make cookies
17:11obviously I spent most of the time decorating them so I might have pushed the aesthetic a bit far and
17:19left the flavor as a sort of secondary thought I think they actually look pretty good they look
17:25really nicely baked and they've got that perfect biscuit color I'm gonna give you a handshake because I'll
17:37tell you why I'll tell you why I'm gonna give you a handshake is because that is a very very good
17:42shortbread decorations a bit naff but it's a really really good biscuit thank you very much I'm I'm
17:49really pleased mark Corrigan would be so proud another way that the jumpers all look slightly different they
18:03do look like little jumpers I really enjoyed doing the feathering that's the first time I've done it
18:08yeah well spice levels are spot-on the biscuits nice although slightly under baked it's just a little bit
18:18soft on the most fantastic taste is incredible really lovely and spicy well done thank you thank you
18:24fantastic well done they are falling angels come to visit people on Christmas they're going headfirst
18:41which is quite scary they're beautifully decorated you must be so pleased with that thank you sorry
18:47angel I've got to bite your arm off this is very intense I think the flavor is absolutely perfect the
18:54orange is very light and zesty and delicious okay well the reason why I give me a handshake is because
19:02the cardamom level is tricky to work with you put quite a lot in that but it works really nice with
19:09the orange think you've done a great job really beautiful I'm so pleased thank you life will never be as
19:16good it was almost erotic when I got that handshake I felt things I shouldn't have felt pre watershed I got
19:26the first handshake had I been able to sell it before the one was given to Sophie I'd be well ahead the
19:34technicals where I will bring out the big guns mr. Hollywood will eat not just my technical challenge but
19:40also his words with their Christmas biscuits behind them the bakers now face a gingham wrap technical treat
19:51hello lovely bakers welcome back to the tent it's time for your technical challenge and this one has
19:59been set for you by our very own sugar plum fairy it's pork no it's Prue Lee Prue have you got any
20:07festive words for our peeps yes this is my favorite Christmas recipe please don't mess it up
20:13strong words as ever this technical challenge will be judged blind so we're gonna have to ask these two
20:20naughty elves to do one lovely pup see you naughty elves so for your technical challenge Prue would love
20:28you to bake six miniature versions of that Christmas classic the turkey pie your turkey pie should consist of
20:36a crisp shortcrust pastry and be filled with a flavoursome filling and served alongside a homemade cranberry
20:45sauce mmm oh stop it now because this is a peep show special they want your pies to be in the shape of
20:52the peep show eye an eye shaped turkey pie you've got this I know you have bakers you've got an hour and a
20:58half on your marks get set bike this is hilarious I kind of assumed someone would do it for us do you
21:09know what I think is a great use for cold turkey you just simply put it in a sandwich and actually
21:13actively more pleasant than for example a pie which takes so much hassle so Prue leftover turkey pies
21:22bit of a favorite well I love leftovers I think the best thing about Christmas is really the leftovers
21:29these are a rather unusual shape it's the peep show logo and it's an homage to that famous scene when
21:38Jeremy says that he's forgotten the turkey where's the turkey I thought you were getting the turkey you
21:45what no turkey I think these look great it's quite difficult to get the pastry into that
21:52mold they've got an hour and a half this challenge I think they're gonna run out of time because you
21:56know what's gonna happen they're gonna mess around with the filling mess around with the pastry and
21:59they need a good 25 minutes in the oven if they are underbaked it could fall apart and the cranberry
22:05that's a disaster waiting just there do you think yeah okay I'll take my pie here the filling is really
22:14simple it's leftover turkey but they've got to chop it up because these are tiny pies so you don't want
22:19great lumps that is lovely done a bit of cranberry Prue yeah hmm blended with the cranberry being a
22:31little bit of sourness as well is gorgeous Christmas is famous for disasters so let's hope this is not
22:37one I've never made short crust pastry I'm so out of my comfort zone tip the flour butter and salt into
22:46a bowl then rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips I'm actually using my whole fleshy
22:51hands I just don't embarrass myself what I did this morning I'm left to live with me add water one
22:58tablespoon at a time until the mixture comes together into a ball this isn't coming together at all do you
23:04would you say that's coming together into a ball lovely did you get a handshake I did get a handshake
23:10yes how'd that feel that it was a moment of immense pride that has now been blasted away by this
23:15experience of deep stress for the filling melt the butter in a small pan add the leek and cook until
23:20something how are you chopping the leek I I haven't started yet I've chopped an onion never chopped a leek
23:26I don't have to look Matt is just a chef yeah I'm worried about Matt look at you in your element I'm
23:33quite enjoying watching you cook six turkey pies the table three no problem service I don't think this
23:39is going to get me the handshake is that your goal here to get hands I just want to get a handshake you
23:44can't get one on the technical he rarely gives them out on the showstopper oh really but you might win
23:49it right no I think we all know that's not going to happen add the turkey stock and increase the heat
23:54there it goes and increase the heat I didn't cook the leeks properly and they're floating around like little
24:01hard aliens David I'm just letting you know I've ordered the turkey it's organic there you go a turkey a turkey
24:10I'm vegan I'm vegan just so you know I did order the vegan turkey as well oh I'm sorry I uh I flew off the
24:21handle a bit sorry I'll leave you to it yeah I couldn't quite remember my words where are you up to
24:28I'm dicing the turkey flavorsome fillings require precise preparation did you chop your turkey with
24:37well-sized pieces oh man for a balanced bite diced I didn't dice oh I'm actually gonna dice it with my
24:47hands sticking hands into warm gravy and putting a pot meat oh that looks nice look at that you look
24:57like some weird magician I've always been to be a live rabbit oh I've messed up my little Christmas
25:09bakers you are halfway through nice one turkey head you can talk okay I've got to hurry up now right the
25:16filling I think is done that looks very unpleasant robust pies require perfect pastry roll out the
25:23pastry to a thickness of a pound coin if they fail to achieve the correct thickness I don't know how
25:28thick a one pound coin is they could collapse once baked oh dear I haven't mixed it up very well this is
25:35bad pastry you've got hand prints on your buttocks David what you've got hand prints of flour on your
25:43buttocks they're my own I'm reduced to groping myself use the pastry to line the tins sealing the
25:50with water how do I know how much pastry to put it I mean how does anyone know anything that's the
25:56problem I know it with bacon why isn't the pastry lying in the little nests obediently it's quite
26:04hard to get these in the molds yeah what happens when there's a rip is that bad in the universe you
26:09mean yeah is it bad or will it all be all right so I don't think so good luck bakers you have half an
26:21hour left yes that's flown by half an hour has that happened time goes quickly when you're in an
26:29absolute panic if the bakers are to prevent a dry festive pie how does anyone do this quickly they
26:36must be both filled to the brim too much in there and fully sealed with a lid oh dear embellished with
26:44the peep show peeper I remember what a peep show eye looks like I assumed that there were full lids
26:50going on these but the eyeball is going on top now the lid is an eye shape but more time spent debating
26:58no it's an eyeball isn't it no read it I promise read it read it now will mean less time left for
27:05baking why don't I have enough pastry for lids three lids out of five but it'll be all right I just want to
27:11talk about the Oscar where is it it's now on a bookshelf you keep it on a bookshelf but hidden
27:17behind a book why do you hide it because I think it's a bit cherry-offy I literally have them on
27:23display outside my house pastry is not my friend I love it so much I thought it would know that
27:30just 20 minutes remains on the challenge I've really got to hurry up now I meant to have got
27:38these in the oven by now am I okay they're going these have to go in the oven now is if you've put
27:44yours in you cheat I'm never gonna get a handshake with those two it doesn't tell you how long to
27:51bake the pies for I think you have to use your instincts I think that's part of the sneakiness of
27:56it setting for 19 start poor little things they're hideous oh yeah like cranberry sauce tip the cranberry
28:08sugar pork borsamic vinegar and allspice into a pan come maniac makes their own cranberry sauce these
28:15ones are all to taste I hate it when they want you to use your judgment you know don't do that the large
28:21hadron collider go on that smells good no you have to try it I can't try those can't have too much
28:31balsamic vinegar there we go port to taste that's a bit open-ended right boozy if I'd make them eat this
28:42first maybe they won't notice the pie I'm gonna pour it in here and then let's see I think that's a taste
28:48isn't it yeah the only thing is there is Paul and Pro yeah I'm just reducing down the cranberry sauce
28:58come on cranberries what is it doing you've got to love Christmas to be able to eat this baker sadly
29:06you've only got ten minutes left that's so unpleasant can't work out if the baits or not better without an
29:15eye but cooked than raw with an eye do you know when I check the oven I'll check it I'm not gonna lie
29:21they look the same as when you put them in you can get there you can get there I don't want to be
29:28first to get them out they're gonna fall completely to bits oh my goodness bakers you got five minutes
29:35left five minutes bakers right come on okay I'm gonna get mine out I'm taking mine out now are you doing
29:41that I'm taking mine out David it's not wise don't think they're ready yeah oh poor little things oh
29:49turkey hell how on earth do we get them on this board anyone got a hammer oh oh look raw pie
29:58fascinating disaster how many minutes left bakers you've got one minute left one minute oh no we've
30:10got any brown paint I could paint on them so they look browner oh no it's all falling apart I mean this
30:17is what all the top chefs do isn't it get that eye out oh no total pie collapse I don't think this
30:25one's fit for purpose it needs to go to rehab bakers your time is up finished please bring your turkey
30:37pies and place them behind your photos oh wait Izzy they're beautiful mine are pathetic the judges were
30:47hoping for six elegant I shaped turkey pies served with a beautifully balanced cranberry sauce we've got
30:54a nod towards that yeah and they've no idea whose pies oh who's okay these pies look a bit very informal
31:06yeah there's five of these they're rather than sick but um pastry looks nice and straight it does look nice
31:12and sure yeah there's been issues with the line and with the lids let's have a look let's have a
31:16taste it looks like inside oh that filling is delicious it's very good flavor yeah I couldn't
31:26have done with a tiny bit longer in the oven what does this taste like this looks as if it hasn't been
31:30cooked at all the hell is that they do need to be cooked a little bit so they begin to break up
31:36wow there's anything like that before yeah even on to this I'm these look a bit neater it needs
31:42longer in the oven though definitely this is under baked yeah the filling is delicious flavor
31:51combination is good the seasonings good cranberry sauce needs a little bit more sugar it is very bitter
32:00yeah they've got the disc on the top they've got the eye and that is an under baked yeah nicely filled
32:08though lots of filling which is lots of filling yeah very nice I can taste the leek and the turkey
32:19wow it's got a bit of balsamic in that isn't it i think it's just balsamic um moving on this is um
32:25at least it's got a bit of color on this color on the base it's more of a stronger bake although they've
32:30broken up slightly shame about these massive pieces of the size of the pies the size of that
32:40yeah i mean you've got a pie that big you need to chop up whatever turkey you have so it works in the
32:44pie because i mean you could have a piece of turkey that bacon it'll fit beautifully and you just can't
32:48fit anything else in quite tart it's tough but i like it yeah yeah i'm not quite sure where the lid
32:56went on this but there is an eye color on it's not bad no this is a real pity you probably lost a
33:02little bit through evaporation because there's no lid lots of tarragon in that it's not too bad maybe
33:08because my mouth's still burning from the other one the judges will now rank the bakers from worst to first
33:16yeah in fifth place we have this one anyone owning up to this one it's me sorry it was short one pie
33:26they came out a bit broken up but they did actually taste really nice in fourth spot we have this one
33:33is he actually wasn't too bad the problem was your turkey was huge and then in third place we have this
33:37one mad this didn't have any lids but pastry was nicely baked and filling tasted good
33:46in second we have this one this is this
33:52david pretty decent pie to be honest but that cranberry i was quite stressed
33:56and so i just poured everything in which means of course that this is the winner olivia
34:04thanks olivia you did the best ones filling was absolutely delicious well done thanks yeah went
34:14really well they like my filling now it's fourth place there are only five of us should have been a
34:20draw we all should have won to be honest i knew that i'd come last they weren't lookers but we shouldn't
34:27judge by appearance showstopper time merry christmas everybody the christmas spirit has really got into
34:40this one a handshake to david for the shortbread it was great shortbread decoration was appalled you're
34:46feeling very christmassy aren't you i was i laid down for about half an hour and i was fine
34:50who do you think's up there with their biking skills my money's on olivia she's taking it
34:57seriously she wants to win said to olivia would you give up your oscar for the handshake she said yeah
35:04you know one that i think is interesting is sophie because she did worst in the technical but she did
35:10really well in the signature i do think the only two people in line for star baker at the moment and it
35:15can all change in the chase of it is olivia and david i think we should talk about the serious
35:20question what have you all got me for my christmas present well i've got you a night with paul that's
35:26a present i don't want a nightly paul he never said that last night one challenge stands between our
35:33bakers oh everyone and the christmas bake-off crowd welcome back to santa's grotto christmas bakers
35:42it's time for your showstopper challenge our lovely judges would like to see the worlds of baking and
35:49classic comedy collide a little bit rude we do that every single show exactly we're the living embodiment
35:54of those things for your showstopper challenge the judges would like you to make a cake depicting your
36:00favorite peep show moment could be a wake cake rest in peace gerard a deep cut there from allison
36:07that's one for the obsessional fans you have three hours until our judges come down the chimney
36:11and smash up all your favorite presents on your marks get set bake
36:19very quiet here supposed to be christmas perhaps everyone's had a row
36:25the christmas showstopper is all about their favorite peep show moments in cake two tablespoons
36:32of cocoa powder it's all about the decoration flavor and then the scene should be well recognized
36:38it's like a living nightmare what could be more christmassy than that i think creating a novelty
36:43cake is always a tricky challenge the first thing they've got to get right is the sponge batter
36:48one two three four five six you don't want to over bake the cake because it'll be dry as a bone
36:53you don't want to under bake it so it's raw in the middle they've got to get the sponge baked correctly
36:58vanilla bean paste what am i up to the sponges obviously can carry a lot of flavor but so can
37:04the filling it's got to balance out correctly whatever flavor they choose we want it to taste
37:09absolutely delicious i can't grate that bit how do i grate that bit it's wasted it's not going to be
37:15charity enough i am excited about this challenge and there are some decent bakers in there so i'm
37:19expecting big things today i'm trying to remember the last time i made a cake i think it was for my
37:24daughter's christening yeah she's 46 now hello matt tell us about your peep show moment well i'm making
37:35two victoria sponges cut into various body parts oh my gosh sounds quite gruesome when you say it like that
37:43matt's edible body parts will be filled with raspberry jam and assembled to commemorate the
37:51time superhands ran to windsor my legs are gone man i'm a jelly i'm paralyzed people think i had just
37:58landed on planet earth into peep show but never existed before i had a 16-year stand-up career in
38:05australia and i was over here doing the show doing the edinburgh festival the woman that was casting peep
38:10show came to my show because it was raining there were eight people in the audience and she was like
38:15excuse me i'm actually casting a new channel 4 sitcom and there's a part of a terrible drug addict
38:23your face it's just perfect what a lovely christmas story what a success story
38:31matt's not the only baker it's all gonna go wrong who's chosen to capture their character in a moment of
38:37crisis i'm making an apple and cinnamon cake and in the shape of a ball pit where my character she
38:44just got back together with mark and then april turns up and he buries sophie to hide her oh i should
38:51have used more balls what why did you bury me i didn't bury you if you don't want to move in after
38:58all you don't have to bury me just send a text olivia's ball pit will be carved from apple and cinnamon
39:05sponge and topped with an intoxicated fondant sophie have you practiced this i made it once before but
39:11then the christmas biscuits i make every year and they were a disaster they weren't a disaster well
39:16you said you didn't like them no i never said i didn't like that she's actually changed the story
39:22in her head i call it pile of carrot on gunk for a beautifully risen well baked cake god that's
39:31delicious i would just serve a bowl of that and i think i should win ensuring their batter is
39:36meticulously mixed is crucial freaking out because i think i may have split my victoria sponge mix
39:42i'm going for it anyway are you into christmas and be a christmas person yeah i love christmas but i'm
39:47very militant i don't like people being in pajamas after 11am i'm a little bit like that are you that's
39:53you can't go to the dinner no in your pajamas that's just rude that's a no-no and while this
39:58might be a straightforward stage for most this could be an absolute triumph or an absolute mayor
40:04for others am i doing this right i mean it is what's that horror was like an olive it's proving
40:10rather more problematic sod's law would dictate that that would be in the first bite paul or prue took
40:17hoping to avoid any uncomfortable crunches david will sculpt his carrot cake to resemble a cauliflower
40:23in recollection of an awkward christmas incident now where's the cauliflower cauliflower is not
40:29traditional dad cauliflower is traditional how many christmas dinners did you have to eat
40:38filming that as you'll know if you've got to eat something in a scene you eat the minimum so you say
40:44okay i'm gonna have a sprout and then that's it and then you know okay so i'm in for probably 30
40:50sprouts no if you ever watch downton abbey you can see them all doing it they've got a huge banquet in
40:55front and if they scoff alone on the first take you've got it then you've got to do it for continuity
41:00and before you know it they're your vomiting pheasant right they're going in the oven this is the best
41:07it'll be come on babies okay where's that wretched little time don't interrupt me not a set of timer
41:14don't try and put me on 35 minutes then i have to start using my judgment with sponges safely baking
41:22going to get on with making some jam what do you think 50 grams of butter looks like i think it looks
41:28like that focus turns to the festive fillings that will help fortify their flavor i'm a butter whisperer
41:36in my buttercream there is kalua because that makes everything fine and espresso which also
41:42makes everything fine morning sophie tell us about your peep show moment so it's big suz and mark in bed
41:49and he thinks it's going to be quite an electrifying moment and in fact big suz just treats him like a
41:55sweet furry sexless teddy sophie will capture this mortifying moment for mark
42:01in a rich and boozy coffee cake kind of like a modern day eunuch aren't you mark
42:08yes i suppose so sophie might be featuring one of mark's many romantic failures
42:14is it hard watching people bake when they're not as good as you sometimes yeah you're not feeling
42:18that now though are you that is he has chosen to recall a rare moment of triumph i'm making the
42:26moments when mark and dobby are in the work cafeteria and my character carries her own personal cheese so
42:33i'll do david's face as it was in 2008 oh it was great back then there's something growing on it now
42:41wow you you carry personal cheese is that allowed i'm a smoker i need man cheddar you know right
42:50complete with her chunk of cheese izzy's seam will be crafted from a spiced chocolate cake
42:55and topped with fondant renditions of dobby and mark in their prime he's aged very well some people
43:01look right as they age as they get yeah some people look wrong some people look wrong some people
43:06maybe peak at nine you want to peak at like 49 yeah yeah yeah yeah what about you when did you
43:12peak i think i'll peak in about five minutes bakers you're halfway through you got an hour and a
43:20half left oh god oh i need to check the cakes if they are to successfully transform their cakes into
43:26iconic edible scenes i think i should have a glove on okay getting the bait right is critical apparently
43:33if you put the skewer in and bits are stuck to it it's not ready and if it comes out clean it's ready
43:38what i'm a hundred percent certain will happen is some sort of gray area between the two what do you
43:43think it looks quite anemic i'll get that longer okay i don't know it's hard to know isn't it are you
43:53absolutely but for matt's victoria sandwich bar steward there's a more imminent issue it's not rising
43:59properly starting to think i didn't put any flour in it oh do i start all over again it's gonna put a lot
44:07of pressure on the other end though yep started again while matt races to remake his cakes
44:13i'm not even measuring anything the rest of the bakers it's clean are coming out they look
44:19absolutely amazing i've been in this tent nine years and when someone makes a good cake i get a
44:24little endorphin rush yeah are you getting the rush now i am yeah can you smell anything no they just
44:30smell of sponge can you not smell golden or warming notes oh yeah you can if you go close and you stay
44:36down there for a while so now they have to cool down with matt's second batch finally finding the oven
44:42all bets are off for now the race is on to craft the characters i didn't look up how to do necks
44:49they look like babies and decorative adornments they should come out looking like cauliflower
44:55that will help bring their scenes to life they might we look like two eyeless pigs i like that
45:00color would you say that was mauve what are those delicious sweets do you remember palmer violets
45:05yeah did you like those loved them what were your favorite penny sweets when you were growing
45:09i like licorice oh my god that doesn't surprise me licorice is the stuff of psychopaths awful
45:19trying to do a face looks a bit like voldemort at the moment watching craftsman work i know it's
45:25quite mesmerizing that's not bad look at that i like these little shoesies how are you today i'm
45:32good yeah there's my second lot of cake mix in the oven oh why what happened to the first lot it didn't
45:38rise at all how are you going to make that time up don't know don't know don't care don't care
45:46christmas bakers you've got one hour left come on please work oh god i'm making myself look really
45:52ill oh that sad little thing as a headboard i think it's the lack of eyebrows that makes them
45:57look a bit creepy when you was in peach show yeah did you get recognized all the time yeah i mean i
46:03still do get recognized yeah what is the number one question people ask you what are rob and david
46:08like and what do you say horrible this is the moment of truth second time around for the sponge
46:16oh it's risen oh i'm so happy i went again you're getting your narrative arc now
46:24bakers you have half an hour left yeah i should hurry up shouldn't i it's about to happen i've got
46:29to start assembling it's another normal day in the bake-off tent making my own legs out of cake so now
46:37putting the buttercream on the bottom one this is the image i wanted to see for christmas
46:42you decorating a cake taking it very seriously all the levity goes doesn't it do you think that's a
46:48thick enough layer my jam is not gonna set so i'm just gonna have to dribble it we've got what looks
46:54like quite a nice cake here and i'm now ruining it in order to make it look like a cauliflower do you know
46:59what's very lovely about this kind of intense baking you can't think about anything else you've really
47:06got my four teeth just right do they look a bit like fans please don't film this oh my lord
47:15fakes you got 15 minutes left we need the cheese and i've not got pretty much time left it's not
47:21a disaster but everyone else's is better that really annoys me how the hell am i going to make
47:27these stand up so the balls for the ball pit will be two different types of sweet oh my god it's
47:33working oh so good that's all right that looks like cauliflower i think the head might be too big
47:39uh dear what's that about is that his legs that's his what is it that's his suit oh that's his
47:45suit okay i get it i get it little legs from his neck all i've got to do now is make a mobile phone
47:54great how many minutes have we got ding dong this is your christmas time call you have five minutes
48:01left my body and brain is giving up a gap there i'm just gonna stick a load of sweets around the
48:08side i'll shine like a remote uh-oh it's breaking why is it wobbling come on you idiot how hard is it
48:16to stand up i was gonna make some hair dirty honestly it's got loads of chocolate icing all over it
48:22bakers you've got one minute left oh my lord hang on blue eyes
48:27doing the old club sandwich trick
48:35oh come on bakers your time is up please step away from your showstoppers take that mr corrigan
48:44senior why did we agree to do this i mean it's uncanny isn't it
48:49the baker's peep show scenes will now be judged by paul and prue matt's time for your showstopper or
49:00your mini me
49:10questions remind us about your showstopper so it's a scene where i accidentally run to windsor and
49:19it's one of the things that gets shouted at me a lot in the street so where's the cake in this can
49:23you go through the legs then you get a little mini victoria sponge you haven't bonded this world never
49:28mind about that just eat the cake
49:37i'd say it's fractionally over baked but it's delicious flavor wise it is very good but it is
49:42slightly over baked you can feel it quite dry on the mouth but the the jam inside is very good
49:47flavor's great and the design is not bad to be honest good job matt thanks paul
49:52no i'm sorry all right fist bump
50:08my cake is a coffee cake and it's based on an episode where mark and big suz share a bed
50:15it's a big bed judging by the size of the heads feet and it comes we've got our legs up underneath
50:21this it's a super king what's happened with the headboard it has slightly wilted it was very upright
50:27and hard and it's lost its promise okay let's have a look at the cake shall we and it's coffee
50:33throughout isn't it yes this looks like good cake there's no doubt what the flavor is oh no it's good
50:43oh good that's beautiful really good coffee level is spot on been baked amazingly that's a great cake
50:50this is really beautiful excellent oh bless you thank you very much
51:00this is essentially david as yourself yeah aware that we look like evil twins strange dental work as well
51:07i think it's wonderful because your characters have really got
51:10expression tell us about the sponge so it's a chocolate cake flavored with cinnamon nutmeg and ginger
51:20you know the cake is a little bit dry but you know what with the icing it tastes great flavor
51:26wise it's quite tricky to get all those spices to work in a sponge cake and what's even more unusual
51:31for me you wouldn't necessarily do it with chocolate but it works yes it does i think it's really original
51:37you're obviously highly artistic it's very alive i think it's excellent great job thank you
51:51my cake is an apple and cinnamon cake with cinnamon buttercream in the middle and it is the scene
51:57where sophie gets buried in the ball pit by mark she's drunk as well you've done the modeling beautifully
52:03and it's very neat it works beautifully well because it's clean and simple i know this scene quite well
52:08it's brilliant very well thought through but let's have a look and see what it tastes like this is apple and
52:14cinnamon yeah flavor is spot on yeah i think you've done a good job with that apple cake the apple still
52:23got texture to it and that balance with the cinnamon is delicious and a great looking cake tick tick tick
52:29thank you
52:36and remind us about your showstopper well it's a carrot cake that's supposed to look like a cauliflower
52:42because in the peep show christmas episode my character's father insists that cauliflower is
52:48traditional i love the look of it i really do because that looks like the real thing yeah it's
52:53very beautifully done wow it's very clever i mean compared to where you were last time you're in the
52:58tent it's so different you think he's been this looks edible the flavor is wonderful it's a little bit
53:09soggy i think you may be a couple of minutes under flavor wise i think you've got a
53:12beautiful flavored carrot cake there well done david thank you very much the cracker guys go on
53:18i like to win at this you know thank you they were very nice paul says i've got better since last time
53:28but it's not because i've been practicing maybe i'm just sort of wiser in a broader sense so i can tell
53:33when a sponge is done just from worldly wisdom i think that went quite well if i'd made that cake at
53:38home you wouldn't hear the end of it i'm gonna win if not in reality then in terms of being the people's
53:45princess the queen of hearts i think i've got this in the bag
53:49oh i enjoyed that i mean five peep show legends what did you think of their bikes amazing i mean
54:04any one of them could win because they're all so original and i like that i like that variety
54:09matt's was a little bit i know he failed on the first sponge the flavor of the sponge was good and it
54:14was very original i love the whole design of it that weird head it was hilarious yeah he we herman
54:20yeah what is it did just mold those two heads yeah they're brilliant got expression and the detail
54:27loved sophie's coffee cake i'd have been proud to make that cake but i tell you what olivia has been
54:32pretty consistent all the way along she has yeah and she won the technical but having said that david
54:37looked amazing he did well in the signature second in the technical he's done well with this who got the
54:42handshakes was it david and david and sophie yeah they did i didn't know what the handshake i think
54:46then it's entirely arbitrary it's what four feels like i love christmas cheers everyone
54:58my peeps what can i say thank you so much for spending christmas with us we've absolutely had a
55:04blast thank you so much but there can only be one winner of this powerful cake stand the winner of the
55:10great peep show christmas bake off is olivia it's amazing isn't it i've got a great view of that
55:26just move all the oscars and everybody else to put that up well this will be the only one that i'll
55:30have on display olivia won because she was most consistent for me over the three challenges
55:34her showstopper was just so witty and the cake was wonderful that was exciting so exciting
55:42i know olivia is very good at baking she's also got an oscar i've got merit in grade one piano i'm going
55:49to talk to some people after this merry christmas merry christmas we've had a brilliant couple of days
55:58and now it's time to kick back relax raise a glass maybe sing a song oh guys look they're coming
56:10i have absolutely adored being here i honestly have it was so much fun being in a tent with those
56:30guys i think you're bonded with some people no matter how many years go by
56:34to do this to do baker another british icon just feels like a really nice bit of recognition for
56:44this daft show that we made back in the day i absolutely loved it we've all loved it
56:53we were able to have a laugh and reminisce but also see each other
56:57bake at a competent level and i don't think we foresaw that all those years ago when peep show started
57:04singing in the choir
57:11oh we were all nice
57:19and i'd like to wish you all a very merry christmas merry christmas have a safe and peaceful christmas
57:25and remember if it feels good do it next time we're doing things differently
57:32oh i have a friend what are you doing at my bed a brood of bake-off besties oh bloody hell team
57:38are the last thing you could do to tackle a savory signature a technical with a twist to swap
57:48okay and a towering biscuit show stopper what was this one this is very precarious all to claim the
57:54coveted new year crown this is either going to be adorable or an absolute savage nightmare
58:00are you a star baker in the making if you'd like to apply for the next series of bake-off
58:07visit channel 4.com forward slash take part
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