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The Great British Bake Off - Season 16 Episode 100 -
(special) The Great Christmas Bake Off 2025
(special) The Great Christmas Bake Off 2025
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00:00One of my favourite comedies of all time, Peep Show!
00:03We can't have you both here though without, you know, doing the thing.
00:06What thing?
00:07You 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.
00:17All right, well, look into my eyes.
00:20We're doing it. We're doing the Peep Show thing.
00:22Look 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.
00:38That was amazing. Thanks, David.
00:40Hey, 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.
01:26Oh, it's so Christmassy.
01:29Look at this.
01:30Olivia Colman.
01:31Pinnies on, chaps.
01:33Who starred as Sophie.
01:34Just think, if our relationship were a sugar bowl, it would definitely be this one.
01:38I love Christmas.
01:40I love watching Bake Off.
01:41This is literally the dream way to end 2025 in a tent with my peep show, Chums.
01:48I haven't heard the word pinny in a while.
01:50We'll bring it back.
01:51Yeah.
01:52Bake Off tent returner David Mitchell, a.k.a. Mark.
01:56It's quite a specimen.
01:57Mm-hmm, quite a specimen.
01:59I thought about trimming the top off, but it felt like I was castrating Christmas.
02:03I think I've only made four cakes in my life, and two of them have been televised.
02:09It's a rate of being televised that I don't think Delia Smith herself can match.
02:13Sophie Winkleman, who played Big Su's.
02:17Oh, almost champagne.
02:19At any point, I'll put it there.
02:21And if for any reason we don't get around to drinking it 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 inside 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 Avengers, we could be men with men.
03:05You could say I've got a 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 that work beyond our understanding.
03:26Never are.
03:27There's going to be an AI, Rob.
03:29Hello everyone, it's Robert Webb here.
03:32I 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.
03:48Merry 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.
04:06OK, 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.
04:26Get set.
04:27Bake.
04:29Good luck, bakers.
04:30It's Christmas.
04:33We actually have to do it, don't we?
04:35I 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 way, I think.
04:50Today's signature challenge is Christmas tree decorations made in biscuit.
04:56I've never made biscuits in my life until this show.
05:01Oh, sugar.
05:02I 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 whole and getting it hanging right.
05:23If they don't, it chances are it's going to shatter.
05:25David?
05:26Yes?
05:26You've got a tea towel.
05:28I like the hat.
05:30I've just remembered you were a chef.
05:33Contractually, no one's allowed to mention that.
05:36I'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, so it's a nice equal playing Phil Reilly.
05:49Ten-year-olds and celebrity bakers.
05:53Morning, Olivia.
05:54Hi, Olivia.
05:55Hi.
05:56Right, tell us all about your biscuits.
05:57What are you doing?
05:58I'm making gingerbread biscuits with a little bit out of the middle for a stained glass.
06:03Do you do this a lot?
06:04We make them every Christmas.
06:05Do you?
06:06I see you're well-practised.
06:07I think I did them when my eldest was quite little and he's 20.
06:10These should be perfect.
06:12Oh, 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, but it's a shame we have to do this, in a way.
06:28No offence, but we must have just chat.
06:30This is the one job that you was really upset about, Olivia.
06:33Yeah, because we'd all been together so long.
06:35Are you the sort of person who can watch it when you're not in it?
06:38Yeah.
06:38Oh, I can't.
06:39If I'm not on this morning, I'm not watching.
06:41Oh, I see.
06:43And it's quite nice to watch things with a little bit of jealousy, isn't it?
06:48Knead to a soft dough, it says.
06:51No need to knead.
06:52It's already a soft dough.
06:54It's where the wheels fall off.
06:57How do you find talking about a peach 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?
07:15Does that look a bit crumbly?
07:17I'm not going to tell you.
07:18Why 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, so this time they might blow everyone's brains out.
07:40Sophie's angelic biscuits will be adorned with royal icing gowns, and 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 you for a lot.
07:54So it'll be like going to the densest.
07:55Try it.
07:55Is the cardamom in here?
07:56Try it.
07:57Yes.
07:59Very orangey.
08:00What does that mean when she says that?
08:02Is that code?
08:03Yeah.
08:03Now I think I've added too much liquid.
08:08Prue said the dough was very orangey, which I didn't know if it was an insult or a compliment, because 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, then you don't have to take them down. You can just eat them.
08:31Provided they make it to judging, David's baubles would consist of a crisp shortbread and be decorated with an array of festive designs.
08:39When you decorate your own tree at home, are you quite anal about it? You like them all to match up?
08:43No.
08:43No.
08:43When it comes to Christmas decoration, 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.
08:53I just heard David say, when I was last on this show, it'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. I don't know how that's happened.
09:14..with holes pressed before baking.
09:16Ah, where's the pronger?
09:18..or they could shatter when strong.
09:20Oh, I didn't put the holes in them.
09:23Oh, 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, isn't it?
09:35I'm enjoying the tent.
09:37Relaxing's not quite the word, but...
09:39Focus, Matt. Focus.
09:42Merry Christmas, Matt.
09:44Hello, Matt.
09:44Merry Christmas, guys.
09:46So, tell us all about your biscuits. What are you doing?
09:48So, my old man got me into bird watching when I was very young
09:52and I was a fully paid-up member of the YOC and the RSPB.
09:58So, I am making ginger nut garden birds of Britain
10:01off Forgotten at Christmas.
10:03Why are they Forgotten at Christmas?
10:05Because the robin gets all the headlines, Prue.
10:09Prue is the robin of our great flirt.
10:12Matt's forgotten festive flock will be spiced with ginger and cumin
10:15and individually decorated with identifying piped plumage.
10:20Have you made this before, Matt?
10:22No.
10:22You haven't been rehearsing night after night?
10:24No.
10:26Have you got any flour underneath there?
10:28You think I am?
10:29I thought you were a chef. Good luck.
10:32Oh, Hollywood tried to psych me out.
10:34Bakers, you are halfway through your biscuit challenge.
10:39Silent night
10:41Not 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.
11:02You'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?
11:10I'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?
11:22I forgot to put holes in.
11:24How do you get the bits out of the straw?
11:25Oh, that was so close.
11:32How are you doing, Izzy?
11:33Doing a bit of knitting?
11:34What's going on?
11:35I 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?
11:40That is 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.
11:56Have 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.
12:07The basic rules can never be changed.
12:09He didn't like that, did he,
12:10when he said you're going to break the rules?
12:11He panicked.
12:12Yeah.
12:12The basic rules can never be changed.
12:14The science, guys, the science.
12:19Oh, no.
12:20What's wrong, Olivia?
12:21I meant to put the sweets in before they go in the oven.
12:24Bakers, you've got half an hour left.
12:26Oh, no.
12:28The biscuits are coming out.
12:29Here they come.
12:31Oh, now I've got shaky hands.
12:33The baking of the biscuits.
12:34Cut them back in.
12:36Minute.
12:36Start.
12:38Has to be exact.
12:39What colour should they look?
12:41Left in too long?
12:43I'm going to fly in the face of time.
12:44They'll become bitter and tough.
12:46Do you think they're ready?
12:48I don't know.
12:48I don't bake.
12:49Well, they've done this.
12:51You have observed some baking.
12:53But take them out too soon.
12:55To me, they still look raw.
12:56They'll be soft and collapse.
12:59Oh, dear.
13:01I don't think it'll make any difference
13:03whether they're cooked more or less.
13:05Oh.
13:08Bakers, you've got 15 minutes left.
13:10What?
13:11Sounds insane, but it's the truth.
13:14This is a nightmare.
13:16Alison.
13:17What's the ratio?
13:19I don't have a hole to hang them up.
13:21Why are you putting a hole in?
13:22I don't know.
13:23Let's try and do a hole.
13:24Come on.
13:24Oh, poor little thing.
13:27Genius.
13:28Oh, no.
13:30How long have we got?
13:33Bakers, you've got 10 minutes left.
13:35Are you kidding?
13:36Do you want to try a bit of my biscuit?
13:38Yeah, why not?
13:39Quite a savoury bacon back note.
13:45Great.
13:45That's exactly what I was going for.
13:49OK, let's make a good job of the icing.
13:51I'm not sure that Matt's got long enough to ice them.
13:54I was going to make 12 different classic British birds.
13:58That's gone out the window.
13:59I'm making 12 blackbirds.
14:01Job done.
14:02Right, let's have a go.
14:03First one, tree.
14:07This one's a bit of a mess.
14:09Absolutely dreadful.
14:11Look at that.
14:11They look like they've all got spot cream on.
14:14Oh, wow.
14:15You're doing that wrong.
14:18It's like watching a young Jackson Pollock.
14:21It's like watching an old Damien Hirst.
14:23Oh, wow.
14:24Yeah.
14:24And I did genuinely think he was the dark horse.
14:27Oh, I hurried from the beginning.
14:29Forgot the hole.
14:31These do not look like they looked in my imagination.
14:34Could AI ice biscuits?
14:36Don't even need AI.
14:37You could just get a machine in a factory.
14:38Oh, yeah.
14:39Do you think Mr. Kipling does him in the vision?
14:43Bakers, you have one minute left.
14:46Oh, no.
14:47There's just no way this is going to happen.
14:50You've got to hang those biscuits, kids.
14:52I need string.
14:53String.
14:53Christmas string.
14:55There's no way I'm going to get 12 strung.
14:5712?
14:58No chance.
14:59I keep making the string is too small.
15:01They look like they've died.
15:04Oh, this is so annoying.
15:05These wouldn't last 10 seconds on the Christmas tree in real life.
15:10OK, bakers.
15:13Your time is up.
15:15Please step away from your hanging biscuits.
15:20I didn't know mine would be so much worse than everyone else's.
15:25Shall I put the wool there, do you think?
15:28To show that they're knitted jumpers?
15:30But they're not, aren't they?
15:31They're biscuits.
15:39Our Peep Showcast biscuits will now face the judgement of Paul and Prue.
15:47Hello.
15:47Hi, Matt.
15:48Tell us all about your Halloween scene.
15:50As I said at the start, I'm making the classic 13 blackbirds of Christmas.
15:58I thought they were crows.
15:59Don't make it worse, Prue.
16:08They're fractionally overbaked, but they're very delicious.
16:11You can taste the caramel in it.
16:12The way you've fallen flat a little bit is the volume of icing on it.
16:16Falling flat?
16:16The sweetness with the biscuit works quite nicely.
16:19It just looks a bit horrific for Christmas.
16:21Thanks, guys.
16:22Merry Christmas.
16:32They roll the decoration, I think, is excellent.
16:35Thanks.
16:35It's beautifully piped.
16:37Windows have gone a little bit sploshy.
16:38There was a bit of a whoops there.
16:39I nearly finished baking them and then realised I hadn't put the sweets in.
16:42Oh, I didn't have to take that.
16:44So they stuffed it in.
16:48Great flavour.
16:49Yeah.
16:50Underbaked.
16:51Oh, bums.
16:52You'd left it in there another probably even five minutes.
16:55Oh, really?
16:55It would have been spot on.
16:57Really beautifully done, Olivia.
16:58It's just a bit cookie-like.
17:00Well done.
17:03Make cookies.
17:04Obviously, I spent most of the time decorating them,
17:16so I might have pushed the aesthetic a bit far
17:19and left the flavour as a sort of secondary thought.
17:22I think they actually look pretty good.
17:25They look really nicely baked, don't they?
17:27They've got that perfect biscuit colour.
17:30Oh, it breaks it.
17:30Oh, wow.
17:31I'm going to give you a handshake, because I'll tell you why.
17:37Wow!
17:38I'll tell you why I'm going to give you a handshake,
17:39it's because that is a very, very good shortbread.
17:43Decoration's a bit naff,
17:46but it's a really, really good biscuit.
17:48Thank you very much.
17:48I'm really pleased.
17:50Mark Corrigan would be so proud.
17:52I love the way that the jumpers all look slightly different.
18:03They do look like little jumpers.
18:05I really enjoyed doing the feathering,
18:07that's the first time I've done it, yeah.
18:08It's worked well.
18:12Spice levels are spot on.
18:14The biscuit's nice, although slightly underbaked.
18:17It's just a little bit soft on the mouth.
18:19It's fantastic.
18:20The taste is incredible.
18:21Really lovely and spicy.
18:23Well done.
18:24Fantastic.
18:25Well done.
18:35They are falling angels come to visit people on Christmas.
18:40They're going head first, which is quite scary.
18:43They're beautifully decorated.
18:44You must be so pleased with that.
18:46Sorry, Angel, I've got to bite your arm off.
18:50This is very intense.
18:52I think the flavour's absolutely perfect.
18:54The orange is very light and zesty and delicious.
18:58Mmm.
19:00OK, well, the reason why I give you the hand shake
19:02is because the cardamom level is tricky to work with.
19:05You put quite a lot in that,
19:07but it works really nice with the orange.
19:09I think you've done a great job.
19:10Really beautiful.
19:11Oh, I'm so pleased.
19:13Oh, gosh.
19:14Life will never be as good.
19:17It was almost erotic when I got that hand shake.
19:22I felt things I shouldn't have felt pre-Watershed.
19:26I got the first hand shake.
19:28Had I been able to sell it before the one was given to Sophie,
19:32I'd be well ahead.
19:33The technical's where I will bring out the big guns.
19:37Mr. Hollywood will eat not just my technical challenge,
19:40but also his words.
19:45With their Christmas biscuits behind them,
19:47the bakers now face a gingham-wrapped technical treat.
19:54Hello, lovely bakers.
19:55Welcome back to the tent.
19:56It's time for your technical challenge.
19:58And this one has been set for you
20:00by our very own sugarplum fairy.
20:02It's Port...
20:02No, it's Prue, Lee.
20:06Prue, have you got any festive words for our peeps?
20:08Yes, this is my favourite Christmas recipe.
20:12Please don't mess it up.
20:14Strong words.
20:15Hang on.
20:16As ever, this technical challenge will be judged blind,
20:19so we're going to have to ask these two naughty elves to do one.
20:22Off you, pup.
20:23See you, naughty elves.
20:24So, for your technical challenge,
20:27Prue would love you to bake six miniature versions
20:30of that Christmas classic, the turkey pie.
20:34Your turkey pie should consist of a crisp shortcrust pastry
20:38and be filled with a flavoursome filling
20:41and served alongside a homemade cranberry sauce.
20:45Mmm.
20:46Oh, stop it.
20:47Now, because this is a peep show special,
20:50they want your pies to be in the shape of the peep show eye.
20:53An eye-shaped turkey pie?
20:56You've got this.
20:56I know you have bakers.
20:58You've got an hour and a half.
20:59On your marks.
21:00Get set.
21:01Bake.
21:01This is hilarious.
21:05I kind of assumed someone would do it for us.
21:08Do you know what I think's a great use for cold turkey?
21:11You just simply put it in a sandwich
21:12and actually actively more pleasant than, for example,
21:16a pie which takes so much hassle.
21:20So, Prue, leftover turkey pies.
21:22Bit of a favourite?
21:24Well, I love leftovers.
21:26I think the best thing about Christmas is really the leftovers.
21:29These are a rather unusual shape.
21:31It's the peep show logo
21:33and it's an homage to that famous scene
21:38when Jeremy says that he's forgotten the turkey.
21:42Where's the turkey?
21:43I thought you were getting the turkey.
21:44You what?
21:46No turkey?
21:47I think these look great.
21:49It's quite difficult to get the pastry into that mould.
21:52They've got an hour and a half for this challenge.
21:54I think they're going to run out of time
21:55because you know what's going to happen.
21:56They're going to mess around with the filling,
21:58mess around with the pastry.
21:59And they need a good 25 minutes.
22:01In the oven.
22:02If they are underbaked, it could fall apart.
22:04And the cranberry?
22:05That's a disaster.
22:06Weigh to just the...
22:08Do you think?
22:08Yeah.
22:09Okay, I'll take my pie here.
22:12The filling is really simple.
22:14It's leftover turkey,
22:15but they've got to chop it up
22:16because these are tiny pies,
22:18so you don't want great lumps.
22:20That is lovely.
22:22Do you want a bit of cranberry, Prue?
22:23Yeah.
22:24Give me a dollop.
22:29Mmm.
22:30Blended with the cranberry,
22:31being that little bit of sourness as well is gorgeous.
22:33Christmas is famous for disasters,
22:36so let's hope this is not one.
22:37I've never made short-crust pastry.
22:43I'm so out of my comfort zone.
22:45Tip the flour, butter and salt into a bowl,
22:47then rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips.
22:49I'm actually using my whole fleshy hands.
22:52I just don't want to embarrass myself like I did this morning.
22:55Family has to live with me.
22:57Add water, one tablespoon at a time,
22:59until the mixture comes together into a ball.
23:01This isn't coming together at all.
23:04Would you say that's coming together into a ball?
23:06Lovely.
23:08Did you get a handshake?
23:09I did get a handshake, yes.
23:10How'd that feel?
23:11It was a moment of immense pride
23:13that has now been blasted away
23:14by this experience of deep stress.
23:16For the filling, melt the butter in a small pan,
23:19add the leek and cook until something will smooth.
23:21How are you chopping the leek?
23:22I haven't started yet.
23:23I've chopped an onion.
23:25Never chopped a leek.
23:27I don't have to look.
23:28Matt is just a chef.
23:30Yeah, I'm worried about Matt.
23:31Look at you and your element.
23:32I'm quite enjoying watching you cook.
23:34Six turkey pies for table three.
23:36No problem.
23:37Service!
23:38I don't think this is going to get me the handshake.
23:41Is that your goal here, to get handshakes?
23:43I just want to get a handshake.
23:44You can't get one on the technical.
23:46He rarely gives them out on the showstopper.
23:48Oh, really?
23:49But you might win it, right?
23:50No.
23:51I think we all know that's not going to happen.
23:53Add the turkey stock and increase the heat.
23:55There it goes and increase the heat.
23:57I didn't cook the leeks properly and they're floating around like little hard aliens.
24:04David, I'm just letting you know I've ordered the turkey.
24:06It's organic.
24:08There you go.
24:08A turkey?
24:09A turkey?
24:11I'm vegan!
24:12I'm vegan!
24:14Just so you know, I did order the vegan turkey as well.
24:18Oh, I'm sorry.
24:18I, uh, I flew off the handle a bit there.
24:21It's fine.
24:22I'll leave you to it.
24:23Yeah.
24:25I couldn't quite remember my words.
24:27Where are you up to?
24:29I'm dicing the turkey.
24:31Flavoursome fillings require precise preparation.
24:34Did you chop your turkey?
24:36With well-sized pieces...
24:38Oh, man.
24:39...for a balanced bite.
24:42Diced.
24:43I didn't dice.
24:44Oh.
24:45I'm actually going to dice it with my hands.
24:48Sticking your hands into warm gravy.
24:50I'm putting a pot.
24:51Neat.
24:52Ooh!
24:54Oh, that looks nice.
24:56Look at that.
24:56You look like some weird magician.
24:58Ta-da!
25:00I thought, oh, it's meant to be a live rabbit.
25:02Oh, I've messed up.
25:03My little Christmas bakers, you are halfway through.
25:12Nice one turkey head.
25:13You can talk.
25:14OK, I've got to hurry up now.
25:16Right.
25:16The filling, I think, is done.
25:17That looks very unpleasant.
25:20Robust pies require perfect pastry.
25:23Roll out the pastry to a thickness of a pound coin.
25:25If they fail to achieve the correct thickness...
25:28I don't know how thick a one-pound coin is.
25:30They could collapse once baked.
25:32Oh, dear, I haven't mixed it up very well.
25:35This is bad pastry.
25:38You've got handprints on your buttocks, David.
25:41What?
25:42You've got handprints of flour on your buttocks.
25:44They're my own.
25:45I'm reduced to groping myself.
25:48Use the pastry to line the tins, sealing the edges with water.
25:52How do I know how much pastry to put in?
25:53I mean, how does anyone know anything?
25:55That's the problem, isn't it, with bacon?
25:57Why isn't the pastry lying in the little nests obediently?
26:03It's quite hard to get these in the moulds, isn't it?
26:05Yeah.
26:06What happens when there's a rip?
26:07Is that bad?
26:08In the universe, you mean?
26:09Yeah.
26:10That's bad, yeah.
26:11Is it bad or will it all be all right?
26:13A tear in the universe.
26:14I don't think so.
26:15Good luck.
26:17Bakers, you have half an hour left.
26:23Yes.
26:23That's flown by.
26:25Half an hour.
26:26How's that happened?
26:27Time goes quickly when you're in an absolute panic.
26:30If the bakers are to prevent a dry festive pie...
26:34How does anyone do this quickly?
26:36..they must be both filled to the brim...
26:38Too much in there.
26:40..and fully sealed with a lid...
26:42Oh, dear!
26:44..embellished with the peep show peeper.
26:46I can't even remember what the peep show eye looks like.
26:49I assumed that there were full lids going on these...
26:52..but the eyeball is going on top.
26:54No, the lid is an eye shape.
26:56But more time spent debating.
26:58No, it's an eyeball, isn't it?
26:59No, read it. I promise.
27:01Read it!
27:02Read it now!
27:03..will mean less time left for baking.
27:06Why don't I have enough pastry for lids?
27:08Three lids out of five, but it'll be all right.
27:11I just want to talk about the Oscar. Where is it?
27:14It's now on a bookshelf.
27:16You keep it on a bookshelf?
27:17But hidden behind a book.
27:18Why do you hide it?
27:19Cos I think it's a bit sherry-offy, isn't it?
27:21I literally have them on display outside my house.
27:26Pastry is not my friend.
27:28I love it so much, I thought it would know that.
27:31Just 20 minutes remains on the challenge.
27:35I've really got to hurry up now.
27:37I meant to have got these in the oven by now, am I?
27:39OK, they're going...
27:40These have to go in the oven now.
27:43Izzy, have you put yours in? You cheat!
27:46I'm never going to get a handshake with those two.
27:49It doesn't tell you how long to bake the pies for.
27:52I think you have to use your instincts.
27:55I think that's part of the sneakiness of it.
27:57Setting for 19.
27:59Start.
28:00Poor little things, they're hideous.
28:03Oh, yeah.
28:04Fine.
28:05Cranberry sauce.
28:05Tip the cranberries, sugar, pork, balsamic vinegar and allspice into a pan.
28:11What kind of maniac makes their own cranberry sauce?
28:14These ones are all to taste.
28:17I hate it when they want you to use your judgement, you know?
28:20Don't do that in the Large Hadron Collider.
28:24Go on.
28:25That smells good.
28:26No, you have to try it.
28:27I can't try those.
28:28Can't have too much balsamic vinegar.
28:33There we go.
28:35Pork to taste.
28:36That's a bit open-ended, isn't it?
28:38We need to taste it.
28:40Quite boozy.
28:41If I make them eat this first, maybe they won't notice the pie.
28:45I'm going to pour it in here and then let's see.
28:46I think...
28:47That's a taste, isn't it?
28:48Yeah.
28:49The only thing is, there is pork and pru.
28:52Yeah.
28:52A little bit more.
28:55Lovely.
28:55I'm just reducing down the cranberry sauce.
28:58Come on, cranberries.
29:00What is it doing?
29:01You've got to love Christmas to be able to eat this.
29:05Baker, sadly, you've only got ten minutes left.
29:08That's so unpleasant.
29:10Can't work out if they're baits or not.
29:12You've done an eye!
29:14Better without an eye but cooked than raw with an eye.
29:17Do you know when I check the oven?
29:19I'll check it.
29:21I'm not going to lie, they look the same as when you put them in there.
29:24You can get there.
29:25You can get there.
29:27I don't want to be first to get them out.
29:29They're going to fall completely to bits.
29:32Oh, my goodness.
29:34Bakers, you've got five minutes left.
29:35Five minutes, bakers.
29:37Right, come on.
29:38OK, I'm going to get mine out.
29:39I'm taking mine out now.
29:41Are you doing that?
29:42I'm taking mine out, David.
29:44It's not wise.
29:45Don't think they're ready.
29:46No.
29:47Oh, poor little things.
29:49Oh, turkey hell.
29:51How on earth do we get them on this board?
29:54Anyone got a hammer?
29:55Oh.
29:57Oh, look.
29:58Raw pie.
30:00Fascinating disaster.
30:02How many minutes left?
30:03Bakers, you've got one minute left.
30:06One minute.
30:06Oh, no.
30:09Have we got any brown paint I can paint on as they look browner?
30:13Oh, no.
30:14It's all falling apart.
30:16I mean, this is what all the top chefs do, isn't it?
30:19Get that eye out.
30:21Oh, no.
30:22Total pie collapse.
30:24I don't think this one's fit for purpose.
30:26It needs to go to rehab.
30:28Bakers, your time is up.
30:33Finished.
30:35Please bring your turkey pies and place them behind your photos.
30:41Oh, Izzy, they're beautiful.
30:43Mine are pathetic.
30:44The judges were hoping for six elegant, I-shaped turkey pies,
30:51served with a beautifully balanced cranberry sauce.
30:54We've got...
30:55I've got a nod towards that.
30:58Yeah.
30:58And they've no idea whose pies are whose.
31:02OK.
31:03These pies look a bit informal.
31:06Yeah.
31:07There's five of these, rather than six.
31:10Pastry looks nice and short.
31:11It does look nice and short, yeah.
31:13There's been issues with the line and with the lids.
31:15Let's have a look.
31:15Let's have a taste.
31:16Let's see what it looks like inside.
31:20Oh.
31:22That filling is delicious.
31:24It's a very good flavour.
31:25Yeah.
31:25Couldn't have done with a tiny bit longer in the oven.
31:27What does this taste like?
31:29This looks as if it hasn't been cooked at all.
31:31What the hell is that?
31:33They do need to be cooked a little bit so they begin to break up.
31:37Wow.
31:37Never seen anything like that before.
31:39Yeah.
31:40These look a bit neater.
31:41It needs longer in the oven, though.
31:43Definitely.
31:44This is underbaked.
31:45Yeah.
31:49The filling is delicious.
31:51Flavour combination is good.
31:52The seasoning is good.
31:57Granberry sauce needs a little bit more sugar in it.
32:00It is very bitter.
32:01Yeah.
32:02They've got the disc on the top.
32:04They've got the eye.
32:05And that is underbaked.
32:06Nicely filled, though.
32:09Lots of filling, which I like.
32:10There is lots of filling, yeah.
32:13Very nice.
32:14I can taste the leek and the turkey.
32:19Wow.
32:19It's got a bit of balsamic in that, hasn't it?
32:22I think it's just balsamic.
32:24Moving on.
32:25This is...
32:25At least it's got a bit of colour on this.
32:27The colour on the base is more of a stronger bake,
32:30although they've broken up slightly.
32:31Shame about these massive pieces of...
32:36The size of the pie is the size of that.
32:40Yeah.
32:40I mean, you've got a pie that big,
32:41you need to chop up whatever turkey you have
32:43so it works in the pie,
32:45because, I mean, you could have a piece of turkey that big
32:47and it'll fit beautifully in,
32:48you just can't fit anything else in.
32:52Quite tart.
32:52It's tart, but I like it.
32:54Yeah.
32:55Yeah.
32:55I'm not quite sure where the lid went on this,
32:56but there is an eye.
32:58Colour on it's not bad.
32:59No, this is a real pity.
33:01You probably lost a little bit through evaporation
33:03because there's no lid.
33:05Lots of tarragon in that.
33:07It's not too bad.
33:08Maybe because my mouth's still burning from the other one.
33:13The judges will now rank the bakers from worst to first.
33:18In fifth place, we have this one.
33:22Anyone owning up to this one?
33:23It's me, sorry.
33:24It was short one pie.
33:26They came out a bit broken up,
33:27but they did actually taste really nice.
33:29In fourth spot, we have this one.
33:33Is he actually wasn't too bad.
33:35The problem was your turkey was huge.
33:36And then in third place, we have this one.
33:38Matt, this didn't have any lids,
33:41but pastry was nicely baked and filling tasted good.
33:46In second, we have this one.
33:48This is this.
33:48David, pretty decent pie, to be honest, with that cranberry.
33:55I was quite stressed, and so I just poured everything in.
34:00Which means, of course, that this is the winner.
34:03Well done.
34:04Olivia.
34:04Olivia.
34:06Thanks.
34:08Olivia, you did the best ones.
34:10Filling was absolutely delicious.
34:11Well done.
34:12Thanks.
34:13Yeah, it went really well.
34:15They liked my filling.
34:17Now, it was fourth place.
34:18There were only five of us.
34:19Should have been a draw.
34:21We all should have won.
34:23To be honest, I knew that I'd come last.
34:26They weren't lookers, but we shouldn't judge by appearance.
34:35Showstopper time.
34:37Merry Christmas, everybody.
34:38The Christmas spirit has really got into this one.
34:41A handshake to David for the shortbread.
34:44It was great shortbread.
34:45Decoration was appalling.
34:46You're feeling very Christmassy, aren't you?
34:48I was.
34:49I laid down for about half an hour and I was fine.
34:50Who do you think's up there with their baking skills?
34:55My money's on Olivia.
34:56Yeah, I agree.
34:57She's taking it seriously.
34:58She wants to win.
34:58I said to Olivia, would you give up your Oscar for the handshake?
35:02She said yes.
35:04You know, one that I think is interesting is Sophie,
35:07because she did worst in the technical,
35:10but she did really well in the signature.
35:12I do think the only two people in line for Starbaker,
35:14at the moment, and it can all change in the show,
35:16Starbaker, is Olivia and David.
35:18I think we should talk about the serious question.
35:21What have you all got me for my Christmas present?
35:24Well, I got you a night with Paul.
35:26That's a present.
35:27I don't want a night with Paul.
35:29He never said that last night.
35:32One challenge stands between our bakers...
35:34Ho, ho, ho, everyone!
35:35..and the Christmas Bake Off crowd.
35:37Welcome back to Santa's Grotto, Christmas bakers.
35:42It's time for your Showstopper Challenge.
35:44Our lovely judges would like to see the worlds of baking
35:48and classic comedy collide.
35:51A little bit rude.
35:51We do that every single show.
35:52Exactly.
35:53We're the living embodiment of those things.
35:55For your Showstopper Challenge,
35:57the judges would like you to make a cake
35:59depicting your favourite peep show moment.
36:03Could be a wake cake.
36:04Rest in peace, Gerard.
36:05A deep cut there from Alison.
36:07That's one for the obsessional fans.
36:08You have three hours until our judges come down the chimney
36:11and smash up all your favourite presents.
36:14On your marks.
36:15Get set.
36:15Bake!
36:19It's very quiet here.
36:20It's supposed to be Christmas.
36:22Perhaps everyone's had a row.
36:25The Christmas Showstopper is all about
36:28their favourite peep show moment in cake.
36:30Two tablespoons of cocoa powder.
36:33It's all about the decoration, flavour
36:35and then the scene should be well recognised.
36:38It's like a living nightmare.
36:40What could be more Christmassy than that?
36:42I think creating a novelty cake is always a tricky challenge.
36:45The first thing they've got to get right is the sponge batter.
36:48One, two, three, four, five, six.
36:50You don't want to overbake the cake
36:51because it'll be dry as a bone.
36:53You don't want to underbake it so it's raw in the middle.
36:56They've got to get the sponge baked correctly.
36:59Vanilla bean paste.
37:00What am I up to?
37:01The sponges obviously can carry a lot of flavour
37:03but so can the filling.
37:05It's got to balance out correctly.
37:06Whatever flavour they choose,
37:08we want it to taste absolutely delicious.
37:10I can't grate that bit.
37:12How do I grate that bit?
37:14It's wasted.
37:14It's not going to be charity enough.
37:16I am excited about this challenge
37:17and there are some decent bakers in there
37:19so I'm expecting big things today.
37:21I'm trying to remember the last time I made a cake.
37:23I think it was for my daughter's christening.
37:25Yeah, she's 46 now.
37:30Hello, Matt.
37:30Good morning.
37:31Tell us about your peep show moment.
37:35I'm making two Victoria sponges
37:37cut into various body parts.
37:40Oh, my gosh.
37:41Sounds quite gruesome when you say it like that.
37:46Matt's edible body parts
37:47will be filled with raspberry jam
37:49and assembled to commemorate
37:51the time superhands ran to Windsor.
37:53My legs are gone, man.
37:55I'm a jelly.
37:56I'm paralysed.
37:57People think I had just landed on planet Earth
38:00into peep show
38:01but never existed before.
38:03I had a 16-year stand-up career in Australia
38:05and I was over here doing the Edinburgh Festival.
38:09The woman that was casting peep show
38:10came to my show because it was raining.
38:13There were eight people in the audience
38:15and she was like,
38:15excuse me,
38:16I'm actually casting a new Channel 4 sitcom
38:18and there's a part of a terrible drug addict
38:22and your face.
38:24It's just perfect.
38:26What a lovely Christmas story.
38:28What a success story.
38:31Matt's not the only baker.
38:33It's all going to go wrong.
38:34Who's chosen to capture their character
38:36in a moment of crisis.
38:38I'm making an apple and cinnamon cake
38:41in the shape of a ball pit
38:42where my character,
38:44she just got back together with Mark
38:45and then April turns up
38:47and he buries Sophie to hide her.
38:50Oh, I should have used more balls.
38:52What?
38:54What?
38:55Why did you bury me?
38:56I didn't bury you.
38:57If you don't want to move in after all,
38:59you don't have to bury me.
39:00Just send a f***ing text.
39:02Olivia's ball pit will be carved
39:04from apple and cinnamon sponge
39:06and topped with an intoxicated fondant Sophie.
39:09Have you practised this?
39:10I made it once before
39:11but then the Christmas biscuits I make every year
39:14and they were a disaster.
39:15They weren't a disaster.
39:16Well, you said you didn't like them, Paul.
39:18No, I never said I didn't like that.
39:20She's actually changed the story in her head.
39:22Paul hated it.
39:25I call it pile of carrot on gunk.
39:28For a beautifully risen well-baked cake.
39:31God, that's delicious.
39:32I would just serve a bowl of that
39:33and I think I should win.
39:34Ensuring their batter is meticulously mixed
39:37is crucial.
39:38Freaking out because I think
39:39I may have split my Victoria sponge mix.
39:42I'm going for it anyway.
39:43Are you into Christmas and being a Christmas person?
39:46Yeah, I love Christmas.
39:47I'm very militant.
39:48I don't like people being in pyjamas after 11am.
39:51I'm a little bit like that.
39:53Are you?
39:53You can't go to the dinner
39:54in your pyjamas.
39:56No.
39:56That's just rude.
39:57That's a no-no.
39:58And while this might be a straightforward stage for most...
40:00For most, this could be an absolute triumph.
40:03Or an absolute mare.
40:04For others...
40:05Am I doing this right?
40:07I mean, it's worth that.
40:08Horeb's like an olive.
40:09It's proving rather more problematic.
40:13Sod's law would dictate
40:14that that would be in the first bite
40:16Paul or Prue took.
40:17Hoping to avoid any uncomfortable crunches,
40:20David will sculpt his carrot cake
40:22to resemble a cauliflower
40:23in recollection of an awkward Christmas incident.
40:26Now, where's the cauliflower?
40:29Cauliflower's not traditional, Dad.
40:30Cauliflower is traditional!
40:32How many Christmas dinners did you have to eat
40:39filming that?
40:39As you'll know,
40:40if you've got to eat something in a scene,
40:42you eat the minimum.
40:44So you say,
40:44OK, I'm going to have a sprout.
40:47And then that's it.
40:48And then you know,
40:48OK, so I'm in for probably 30 sprouts.
40:51No!
40:51If you ever watch Downton Abbey,
40:53you can see them all doing it.
40:54They've got a huge banquet in front.
40:56And if they scoff alone on the first take,
40:58then you've got to do it for continuity.
41:00And before you know it,
41:01they're your vomiting pheasant.
41:05Right, they're going in the oven.
41:07This is the best it'll be.
41:08Come on, babies.
41:10OK, where's that wretched little time?
41:12Don't interrupt me.
41:13I've got a set of timers.
41:14Don't try and put me on.
41:1735 minutes.
41:19Then I have to start using my judgment.
41:20With sponges safely baking...
41:22I'm going to get on with making some jam.
41:24What do you think 50 grams of butter looks like?
41:27I think it looks like that.
41:29Focus turns to the festive filling.
41:31Bang on!
41:32...that will help fortify their flavour.
41:34I'm a butter whisperer.
41:36In my buttercream, there is Kahlua,
41:38because that makes everything fine.
41:40And espresso, which also makes everything fine.
41:43Morning, Sophie.
41:44Morning, everyone.
41:44Hello, Sophie.
41:45Tell us about your peep show moment.
41:47So, it's Big Suze and Mark in bed,
41:49and he thinks it's going to be quite an electrifying moment.
41:53And, in fact, Big Suze just treats him like a sweet, furry, sexless teddy.
41:58Sophie will capture this mortifying moment for Mark
42:01in a rich and boozy coffee cake.
42:03You're kind of like a modern-day eunuch, aren't you, Mark?
42:08Yes, I suppose so.
42:10Sophie might be featuring one of Mark's many romantic failures.
42:13Is it hard watching people bake when they're not as good as you?
42:17Sometimes.
42:17Yeah.
42:18You're not feeling that now, though, are you?
42:20No.
42:21But Izzy has chosen to recall a rare moment of triumph.
42:25I'm making the moment when Mark and Dobby are in the work cafeteria,
42:31and my character carries her own personal cheese.
42:33So, I'll do David's face as it was in 2008.
42:37Oh, it was great back then.
42:39There's something growing on it now.
42:41Wow, you carry personal cheese.
42:45Is that allowed?
42:46I'm a smoker.
42:47I need man cheddar, you know?
42:49Right.
42:50Complete with her chunk of cheese,
42:52Izzy's seam will be crafted from a spiced chocolate cake
42:55and topped with fondant renditions of Dobby and Mark in their prime.
42:59He's aged very well.
43:00Some people look right as they age.
43:03As they get older.
43:03Yeah.
43:04Some people look wrong.
43:05Some people look wrong.
43:06Some people maybe peak at nine.
43:08You want to peak at, like, 49, don't you?
43:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:11You want to peak at nine.
43:11What about you?
43:12When did you peak?
43:13I think I'll peak in about five minutes.
43:15Bakers, you're halfway through.
43:19You've got an hour and a half left.
43:20Oh, God.
43:21Oh, I need to check the cakes.
43:23If they are to successfully transform their cakes into iconic edible scenes...
43:28I think I should have a glove on.
43:29OK.
43:30...getting the bait right is critical.
43:32Apparently, if you put the skewer in and bits are stuck to it, it's not ready.
43:36And if it comes out clean, it's ready.
43:38What I'm 100% certain will happen is some sort of grey area between the two.
43:43What do you think?
43:44It looks quite anemic.
43:46I'll get that one back.
43:47OK.
43:47I don't know.
43:50It's hard to know, isn't it?
43:52Are you absolutely...
43:54But for Matt's Victoria sandwich...
43:55Bar steward.
43:57...there's a more imminent issue.
43:58It's not rising properly.
44:00I'm starting to think I didn't put any flour in it.
44:03Ugh.
44:04Do I start all over again?
44:06It's going to put a lot of pressure on the other end, though.
44:09Yep, start again.
44:10Well, Matt races to remake his cakes.
44:14I'm not even measuring anything.
44:15The rest of the bakers...
44:16It's clean.
44:17...are coming out.
44:19They look absolutely amazing.
44:21I've been in this tent nine years, and when someone makes a good cake,
44:24I get a little endorphin rush.
44:26Yeah.
44:26Are you getting the rush now?
44:27I am, yeah.
44:29Can you smell anything?
44:30No, they just smell a sponge.
44:32Can you not smell golden or warming notes?
44:34Oh, yeah, you can if you go close.
44:36And you stay down there for a while.
44:38So now they have to cool down.
44:39With Matt's second batch finally finding the oven...
44:42All bets are off for now.
44:44The race is on to craft the characters.
44:47I didn't look up how to do necks.
44:49They look like babies.
44:50And decorative adornments.
44:52They should come out looking like cauliflower.
44:55That will help bring their scenes to life.
44:57They make me look like two eyeless pigs.
44:59I like that colour.
45:00Would you say that was mauve?
45:02What are those delicious sweets?
45:03Do you remember?
45:04Parma Violet.
45:05Parma Violet.
45:06Did you like those?
45:07Loved them.
45:07What were your favourite penny sweets when you were growing up?
45:10Dude, I like licorice.
45:11Oh, my God.
45:12That doesn't surprise me.
45:14Licorice is the stuff of psychopaths.
45:17Awful.
45:19Trying to do a face.
45:21Looks a bit like Voldemort at the moment.
45:23Watching a craftsman work, I know it's quite mesmerising.
45:26That's not bad.
45:27Look at that.
45:28Hee-hee.
45:29I like these little shoesies.
45:30How are you today?
45:32I'm good.
45:32Yeah?
45:33There's my second lot of cake mixed in the oven.
45:35Oh, why?
45:36What happened to the first lot?
45:37It didn't rise at all.
45:39How are you going to make that time up?
45:41Don't know.
45:41Don't know?
45:42Don't care.
45:43Don't care.
45:46Christmas bakers, you've got one hour left.
45:49Come on, please work.
45:50Oh, God, I'm making myself look really ill.
45:53Oh, that sad little thing as a headboard.
45:55I think it's the lack of eyebrows that makes them look a bit creepy.
45:59When you was in Pete's show, did you get recognised all the time?
46:02Yeah, I mean, I still do get recognised in Pete's show.
46:04What is the number one question people ask you?
46:07What are Rob and David like?
46:09And what do you say?
46:10Horrible.
46:12This is the moment of truth.
46:14Second time round for the sponge.
46:16Oh, it's risen.
46:18Oh, I'm so happy I'd went again.
46:20You're getting your narrative arc now.
46:22Oh.
46:24Bakers, you have half an hour left.
46:27Yeah, I should hurry up, shouldn't I?
46:28It's about to happen.
46:29I've got to start assembling.
46:31Just have a normal day in the Bake Off tent,
46:33making my own legs out of cake.
46:36So now, putting the buttercream on the bottom one.
46:39This is the image I wanted to see for Christmas.
46:42You decorating a cake, taking it very seriously.
46:45All the levity goes, doesn't it?
46:47Do you think that's a thick enough layer?
46:49My jam's not going to set, so I'm just going to have to dribble it.
46:53I've got what looks like quite a nice cake here.
46:56And I'm now ruining it in order to make it look like a cauliflower.
46:59Do you know what's very lovely about this kind of intense baking?
47:03You can't think about anything else.
47:05You've really got my four teeth just right.
47:08Do they look a bit like fans?
47:12Please don't film this.
47:13Oh, my Lord.
47:15Bakes, you've got 15 minutes left.
47:18We need the cheese and I've not got pretty much time left.
47:21It's not a disaster, but everyone else's is better.
47:23That really annoys me.
47:26How the hell am I going to make these stand up?
47:28So the balls for the ball pit will be two different types of sweet.
47:32Oh, my God.
47:33It's working.
47:33Oh, so good.
47:35That's all right.
47:36That looks like cauliflower.
47:37I think the head might be too big.
47:39Oh, dear.
47:40What's that about?
47:41Is that his legs?
47:41That's his...
47:42What is it?
47:43That's his suit.
47:44Oh, that's his suit.
47:45That's his jacket.
47:46I get it, I get it.
47:46I get it.
47:47The little legs from his neck.
47:48All I've got to do now is make a mobile phone.
47:54Great.
47:54How many minutes have we got?
47:56Ding dong.
47:57This is your Christmas time call.
47:59You have five minutes left.
48:03My body and brain is giving up.
48:06Bit of a gap there.
48:06I'm just going to stick a load of sweets around the side.
48:08I'll shine like a remote.
48:09Uh-oh.
48:10It's breaking.
48:11Why is it wobbling?
48:14Come on, you idiot.
48:15How hard is it to stand up?
48:17I was going to make some hair.
48:18It's dirty.
48:19Honestly.
48:20It's got loads of chocolate icing all over it.
48:22Bakers, you've got one minute left.
48:24Oh, my Lord.
48:26Hang on, blue eyes.
48:30Doing the old club sandwich trick.
48:35Oh, come on.
48:36Bakers, your time is up.
48:39Please step away from your showstoppers.
48:43Take that, Mr Corrigan Senior.
48:45Why did we agree to do this?
48:47I mean, it's uncanny, isn't it?
48:53The Bakers' peep show scenes will now be judged by Paul and Pru.
48:58Matt, it's time for your showstopper or your mini-me.
49:01Questions?
49:11Remind us about your showstopper.
49:14So, it's a scene where I accidentally run to Windsor,
49:18and it's one of the things that gets shouted at me a lot in the street.
49:22So, where's the cake in this?
49:23Can you go through the legs?
49:24Then you get a little mini Victoria sponge.
49:26You haven't bonded this well.
49:28Never mind about that.
49:31Just eat the cake.
49:33I'd say it's fractionally overbaked, but it's delicious.
49:40Flavour-wise, it is very good, but it is slightly overbaked.
49:44You can feel it quite dry on the mouth,
49:45but the jam inside is very good.
49:47Flavour's great, and the design is not bad, to be honest.
49:50Good job, Matt.
49:51Thanks, Paul.
49:56No, I'm sorry.
49:57No, I...
49:58Fist bump.
50:08My cake is a coffee cake,
50:11and it's based on an episode where Mark and Big Suze share a bed.
50:15It's a big bed, judging by the size of the heads.
50:18Feet, and it comes in.
50:19We've got our legs up underneath us.
50:22It's a super king.
50:23What's happened with the headboard?
50:24It has slightly wilted.
50:26It was very upright and hard, and it's lost its promise.
50:30OK, let's have a look at the cake, shall we?
50:33And it's coffee throughout, isn't it?
50:34Yes.
50:35This looks like good cake.
50:40There's no doubt what the flavour is.
50:42Oh.
50:42No, it's good.
50:43Oh, good.
50:44That's beautiful.
50:45Really good.
50:46Coffee level is spot on.
50:47It's been baked amazingly.
50:49That's a great cake.
50:50This is really beautiful.
50:52Excellent.
50:53Oh, bless you.
50:53Well done.
50:54Thank you very much.
51:00This is essentially David, and that's yourself.
51:02Yeah, aware that we look like evil twins.
51:05Strange dental work as well.
51:06I think it's wonderful because your characters have really got expression.
51:11Tell us about the sponge.
51:13So it's a chocolate cake flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
51:17You know, the cake is a little bit dry, but you know what?
51:24With the icing, it tastes great.
51:26Flavour-wise, it's quite tricky to get all those spices to work in a sponge cake.
51:30And what's even more unusual for me, you wouldn't necessarily do it with chocolate, but it works.
51:35Yes, it does.
51:35I think it's really original.
51:37You're obviously highly artistic.
51:39It's very alive.
51:39I think it's excellent.
51:41Great job.
51:51My cake is an apple and cinnamon cake with cinnamon buttercream in the middle.
51:55And it is the scene where Sophie gets buried in the ball pit by Mark.
52:00She's drunk as well.
52:01You've done the modelling beautifully, and it's very neat.
52:04It works beautifully well because it's clean and simple.
52:07I know the scene quite well.
52:08It's brilliant.
52:09It's very well thought through.
52:10But let's have a look and see what it tastes like.
52:12This is apple and cinnamon.
52:14Yeah.
52:19Flavour's spot on.
52:20Yeah, I think you've done a good job with that apple cake.
52:22The apple's still got texture to it, and that balance with the cinnamon is delicious.
52:27And a great-looking cake.
52:28Tick, tick, tick.
52:36Remind us about your showstopper.
52:38Well, it's a carrot cake that's supposed to look like a cauliflower because in the Peep Show Christmas episode, my character's father insists that cauliflower is traditional.
52:49I love the look of it.
52:50I really do, because that looks like the real thing.
52:53Yeah, it's very beautifully done.
52:54Wow.
52:55It's very clever.
52:56I mean, compared to where you were last time you were in the tent, it's so different.
53:00You think he's been practising?
53:02This looks edible.
53:02The flavour is wonderful.
53:07It's a little bit soggy.
53:09I think you may be a couple of minutes under.
53:11Flavour-wise, I think you've got a beautiful flavoured carrot cake there.
53:14Well done, David.
53:15Thank you very much.
53:15All the cracker guys.
53:17Go on.
53:18I like to win at this, you know.
53:19I'm really...
53:20Ha, ha, ha.
53:21Ha, ha, ha, ha.
53:24They were very nice.
53:26Paul says I've got better since last time, but it's not because I've been practising.
53:30Maybe I'm just sort of wiser in a broader sense, so I can tell when a sponge is done, just from worldly wisdom.
53:35I think that went quite well.
53:37If I'd made that cake at home, you wouldn't hear the end of it.
53:39I'm going to win.
53:40If not in reality, then in terms of being the people's princess, the Queen of Hearts, I think I've got this in the bag.
53:58Oh, I enjoyed that.
53:59I mean, five peep show legends.
54:02What did you think of their bakes?
54:03Amazing.
54:04I mean, any one of them could win because they're all so original.
54:07And I like that.
54:08I like that variety.
54:09Matt's was a little bit...
54:11I know he failed on the first sponge.
54:13The flavour of the sponge was good.
54:14And it was very original.
54:15I love the whole design of it.
54:17That weird head, it was hilarious.
54:18Yeah.
54:19It's like Pee Wee Herman.
54:20Yeah.
54:20What Izzy did, just mould those two heads.
54:23Yeah, they're brilliant.
54:24Got expression and...
54:26The detail for her.
54:27So good.
54:27I loved Sophie's coffee cake.
54:29I'd have been proud to make that cake.
54:31But I tell you what, Olivia has been pretty consistent all the way along.
54:34She has, yeah.
54:35And she won the technical.
54:36But having said that, David looked amazing.
54:38He did well in the signature, second in the technical, and he's done well with this.
54:41Who got the handshakes, was it David and Sophie?
54:43David and Sophie got the handshake.
54:44Yeah, they did.
54:45I know the handshakes.
54:46I think they're entirely arbitrary.
54:48Arbitrary.
54:49It's what Paul feels like.
54:51I love Christmas.
54:52Cheers, everyone.
54:57My peeps!
54:59What can I say?
55:00Thank you so much for spending Christmas with us.
55:03We've absolutely had a blast.
55:04Thank you so much.
55:05But there can only be one winner of this powerful cake stand.
55:10The winner of the great peep show, Christmas Bake Off, is...
55:14Olivia.
55:23It's amazing, isn't it?
55:24I've got to quite believe that.
55:26Just move all the Oscars and everyone else to put that up.
55:28I will, I will.
55:29This will be the only one that I'll have on display.
55:31Olivia won because she was most consistent for me over the three challenges.
55:34Her showstopper was just so witty.
55:37And the cake was wonderful.
55:39That was exciting.
55:40So exciting.
55:42I know Olivia's very good at baking.
55:44She's also got an Oscar.
55:46I've got merit in grade one piano.
55:49I'm going to talk to some people after this.
55:52Woo!
55:54Merry Christmas!
55:55Merry Christmas!
55:56We've had a brilliant couple of days.
55:59And now it's time to kick back, relax, raise a glass,
56:03maybe sing a song.
56:05Oh, guys, look, they're coming.
56:06Oh, this is going to be amazing.
56:09Ah, look.
56:10I have absolutely adored being here.
56:26I honestly have.
56:27It was so much fun being in a tent with those guys.
56:31I think you're bonded with some people, no matter how many years go by.
56:34To do this, to do Bake Off, another British icon,
56:41just feels like a really nice bit of recognition
56:43for this daft show that we made back in the day.
56:47Absolutely loved it.
56:48We've all loved it, actually.
56:49We were able to have a laugh and reminisce,
56:56but also see each other bake at a competent level.
56:59And I don't think we foresaw that all those years ago
57:02when Peep Show started.
57:03We were all the sweet singing in the choir.
57:11Oh, you're all nice.
57:12And I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
57:22Merry Christmas.
57:23Have a safe and peaceful Christmas.
57:25And remember, if it feels good, do it.
57:28Next time, we're doing things differently.
57:32Oh, I have a friend.
57:34What are you doing at my bed?
57:35A brood of Bake Off besties.
57:37Oh, bloody hell.
57:38Team up.
57:39It's the last thing you could do.
57:40To tackle a savoury signature.
57:42Whoa.
57:43Ah, ooh, ooh.
57:44A technical with a twist.
57:46To swap.
57:47Swap.
57:48OK.
57:48And a towering biscuit showstopper.
57:50What was this one?
57:51This is very precarious.
57:53Or to claim the coveted New Year crown.
57:56This is either going to be adorable
57:57or an absolute savage nightmare.
58:01Are you a star baker in the making?
58:04If you'd like to apply for the next series of Bake Off,
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