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00:20Hello and welcome to An Extra Slice,
00:23where I'm talking all things baking, and specifically biscuits.
00:27Tonight we're joined by a luxury assortment of Bake Off superfans,
00:31Stephen Mangan, Kerry Godleman and Babatunde Aleshe.
00:41What's your favourite biscuit? What's your favourite biscuit?
00:43Ginger nut biscuit. Good Dunker. Good Dunker.
00:48What about you, Babatunde? Chocolate caramel digestives.
00:52You've got to do it like that, you've got to say,
00:54chocolate caramel digestives. I love those.
00:57I've never heard of that. What?
00:59I don't know those. And it's chocolate caramel digestives.
01:02Chocolate, then caramel, then... Am I the only one that's had this?
01:06Who's had one? Anyone? Thank you.
01:08I thought I was crazy for a second.
01:11Stephen, what about you? I think they're called choco liebnits,
01:15the ones with the chocolate. Oh.
01:18Is that a good sound or a bad sound?
01:22That was a very ominous sound.
01:24What do you think Alison's favourite biscuit is?
01:27Bonbon.
01:30Bonbon.
01:31Bonbon.
01:32Bonbon.
01:34Either'll do.
01:35Let's find out, shall we?
01:37What's your favourite one?
01:38I know this is controversial.
01:39Rich tea.
01:40Dry-speeching...
01:42Not dry-speech.
01:43Dry-speeching...
01:45She was right the first time.
01:49Yeah, exactly.
01:50Rich tea?
01:51Rich tea is boring, man.
01:52Cardboard in biscuit food.
01:54Yeah, it's horrible.
01:55Silly choice.
01:56Here's a lovely moment when Paul Hollywood met a fan.
02:05Before filming got underway, Prue asked Jessica to bring her
02:09a little mid-morning pick-me-up.
02:11Vodka, vodka, vodka.
02:13Vodka, vodka, vodka, vodka, vodka, vodka, vodka.
02:17And in one of those films about the bakers at home,
02:20we saw that Aaron lives with his boyfriend Anthony
02:23and their large collection of dimmer switches.
02:26Cheers.
02:31Coming up, I'll be challenging our panel to identify
02:34a mystery celeb in their kitchen.
02:37Here's a quick preview.
02:42Any ideas?
02:43Kate Middleton?
02:45No.
02:46Well, we'll see.
02:47Yes, I've said no, but I don't know, so it might be.
02:50If they...
02:51Imagine.
02:52All will be revealed later in the show,
02:54plus we'll be meeting the latest baker to leave the tent.
02:57No mystery there.
02:58It's Leighton.
03:04Right, in case you miss seeing the bakers stressed out,
03:07here's a quick recap of what went down in Biscuit Week.
03:11Biscuit Week and the bakers had their work cut out
03:14with slice-and-bake biscuits in the signature.
03:16So the shaping is going to be difficult.
03:18Once you add colour to a biscuit,
03:20it's very difficult to know when it's baked.
03:22But this biscuit has another problem.
03:24OK, we get it. They're difficult.
03:26I am making a shape of an avocado.
03:29Let's see how Nadia got on with them.
03:31Well, I don't think I'm going to make the avocado biscuits again.
03:34The technical was a tea-time favourite.
03:37Chocolate hobnob.
03:38Leighton found Prue's words of wisdom a bit unsettling.
03:42Use your temperature probe.
03:45Toby came first.
03:47Toby.
03:48Only to disappoint Paul in the biscuit time capsule showstopper.
03:51This is a classic example of style over substance.
03:54But a great week for Tom.
03:56T to the O to the M.
03:57Yes, Tom.
03:58Star baker and a Hollywood handshake.
04:01While Leighton became the second baker to leave the tent.
04:05I've had the opportunity, but someone had to go, right?
04:08And by the end of biscuit week, Paul and Prue needed a lie-down
04:12after having to eat...
04:1466 mouthfuls.
04:21Could you do 66 mouthfuls in one day?
04:24Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
04:26No, no, no, no, no.
04:29Right, it's week two.
04:31We're getting to know the bakers.
04:33Who's standing out for you?
04:35There's so many to choose from.
04:37I like Jessica.
04:38I like Jasmine.
04:39I like Lesley.
04:40Lesley's good, isn't she?
04:41She's very dry sense of humor, you reckon, Lesley.
04:43She doesn't, you know, give much away.
04:45I like Nadia and Boyman as well.
04:48Yes, me too.
04:50What do you like about Jasmine?
04:52I love her artistry.
04:54Like, the designs.
04:55Her little boats were so cute and her basket.
04:58And she's just a real artist, isn't she?
05:00She is.
05:01She's meticulous.
05:02Yeah.
05:03The polar opposite of me.
05:04Yeah, I'm so useless at all that.
05:07I like Jessica and her.
05:08She's very...
05:09Yeah, she is.
05:10Lots of stuff going on there.
05:11Absolutely.
05:12I like all the mustachioed men.
05:13Do you?
05:14That's all of them now.
05:15Yeah, that's pretty much all of them.
05:17Yeah.
05:18As well as Toby, Tom, Ian and Aaron are also sporting them.
05:23That's quite a...
05:24That's a high rate of mustachios.
05:26Yeah, and Paul has a beard.
05:28Yes.
05:29Noel has whatever those are.
05:31Yeah.
05:32So the only person who didn't have any facial hair is Leighton,
05:34and he's been given the...
05:36So I think there's a conspiracy going on...
05:38Against people with no facial hair.
05:41I don't think any of the women had a moustache, but I mean...
05:44I didn't see any close-ups.
05:46Has Toby gone for a bit of a...
05:48Well, he looks to me a bit of a sort of Biggles-type moustache.
05:52Right, yeah.
05:53You know, he just needs a flying helmet.
05:55And a scarf sticking out backwards.
05:57And a scarf, isn't it?
05:59Yeah.
06:00I would love a moustache.
06:02I ain't got nothing.
06:03He's got a moustache.
06:04Nah, man.
06:05Look at the patches!
06:06Yeah, but this is the region that counts.
06:08It's true, but listen, all I'm saying is,
06:10if I go turkey, I don't want no-one saying nothing, Claire.
06:13If you see this, just know that I've been there.
06:16You know what I mean?
06:17You've had a few moustaches in your town.
06:19I'm a very versatile actor.
06:21I've moustached.
06:22I've done a Selleck.
06:24Have you?
06:25What's that?
06:26Really bushy, big one.
06:27Oh!
06:28There it is.
06:29There it is.
06:30Oh, wow.
06:31What is that?
06:32Is that a Sherlock Holmes eater?
06:33I'm playing Arthur Conan Doyle, yeah.
06:35I knew it!
06:36Yes, very, yeah.
06:37That's me.
06:38That moustache is aggressive.
06:39Isn't it?
06:40The fake ones don't stick to me.
06:43So you grew it?
06:44I grew it, oh, yeah.
06:45When I was first at drama school, my first production,
06:47I was playing the villain in this piece.
06:48I had sort of one of those moustaches which I stuck on.
06:50Yeah.
06:51And I kissed my co-star during a scene.
06:54I came away and half the moustaches on her face.
06:57So ever since then, I've grown them.
06:59Now, well done to this week's star baker, Tom.
07:03His Hollywood handshake-winning showstopper was a recreation
07:08of his granny's cottage.
07:10It looked incredible, actually, didn't it?
07:12It was amazing, yeah.
07:13I want to stay in that cottage.
07:14Do you think you can rent it for Christmas?
07:16Not the actual one.
07:18I want to live in it.
07:20I like the way he said, oh, stop it, when he had a fake.
07:23And he looks very well-groomed, doesn't it?
07:25Dapper.
07:26Dapper.
07:27It does look like a hair advert, doesn't it?
07:28He does.
07:29A poo advert.
07:30Yeah, absolutely.
07:31He might be turning me, actually.
07:33Well, let's watch throughout the series.
07:35He's a very attractive man.
07:36If we could hear back from you every week about how it's going.
07:38Yeah, see how it's going on the...
07:40Yeah.
07:41No, no, I mean, that would mean on the meter, not the...
07:44LAUGHTER
07:46Oh!
07:47That's not what I meant.
07:48Oh!
07:49Oh, it's hot in here, isn't it?
07:50LAUGHTER
07:51Those slice-and-bake signature biscuits looked quite complicated.
07:55Really hard.
07:56Didn't they?
07:57Over to Toby.
07:58To build his design, he was getting his biscuit dough really soft
08:02before applying what's known as the slopping-in method.
08:06Here's his detailed explanation of what that is.
08:09But you just kind of, like, slop it in.
08:12LAUGHTER
08:13So now we know.
08:15Now, we also saw Toby doing a bit of DIY at home.
08:20He had quite a bit of fondant left over from last week's Fondant Fancy,
08:24so he used it to plaster his pants.
08:26LAUGHTER
08:27Back to the tent.
08:28It's Nadia who wins our Extra Slice Award for Least Appetising Biscuit Dough.
08:34BUZZER
08:35BUZZER
08:36BUZZER
08:37BUZZER
08:38BUZZER
08:39BUZZER
08:44LAUGHTER
08:45I mean, someone's getting plenty of fibre, aren't they?
08:47LAUGHTER
08:48Maybe they are.
08:50Now, a word of advice to Poi Man.
08:52When Prue asks a question, it's sometimes better just to lie.
08:56So it's quite intricate. Have you managed to do it in the time?
08:59No.
09:02LAUGHTER
09:03I respect it fully.
09:04Do you respect that?
09:05Yeah, just say it.
09:06Yeah.
09:07Say it like it is.
09:08I know.
09:09Poi Man's design was supposed to be an ox.
09:11Let's have a look at that.
09:13It doesn't look like an ox.
09:14It's quite an abstract ox.
09:16It doesn't look like a cow.
09:18LAUGHTER
09:19It looks like a rabbit with a flat top.
09:21LAUGHTER
09:23Actually, if only she'd said that.
09:25Now, if there's one question we've been asking for years,
09:28it's when are they going to have a biscuit time capsule showstopper?
09:33And, at last, this was the week.
09:35A strange challenge perhaps summed up by this shot of Aaron.
09:40LAUGHTER
09:42Tragically, Aaron's bridge collapsed.
09:44Thankfully, no-one was hurt.
09:46Maybe apart from Aaron's feelings, but his flavours were amazing.
09:50Why build a bridge, though?
09:52Surely, when you see a bridge, you think it's not going to...
09:54I don't know.
09:55People make it hard for themselves.
09:57Yeah.
09:58I know they're trying to do something ambitious, but...
10:00He should have known that it might collapse.
10:02Yeah.
10:03It's got collapse written all over it.
10:04He's seen this show before.
10:05LAUGHTER
10:06Poi Man's memory capsule, based around her favourite restaurant
10:09in Hong Kong, led to this week's most unexpectedly sad ending
10:14to a story.
10:15It's going to be a Jumbo Boat.
10:22It's a Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong.
10:25Jumbo Boat was my favourite place.
10:28We used to go there for Chinese New Year.
10:31Unfortunately, it sunk.
10:34LAUGHTER
10:36Oh, I hate it when that happens.
10:40Poi Man really turned things around, didn't she?
10:44Because things were going terribly for her,
10:46and then she did that floating restaurant,
10:49and it really changed the course of things for her, didn't it?
10:52Yeah, she was gone, by the looks of it.
10:54She was, I think.
10:55She'd had disaster after disaster,
10:57and then she comes up with a massive floating restaurant.
10:59Yeah.
11:00Four-storey building.
11:01Yeah.
11:02Suddenly, all right, OK, you can stay, yeah.
11:04LAUGHTER
11:05Which actually looked beautiful, didn't it?
11:07It did, yeah.
11:08The details on that was really, really nice.
11:10Yeah, it was incredible.
11:11Now, the time capsule showstopper
11:13was a great challenge for Jasmine.
11:15Her Scottish-themed creation ticked all the boxes.
11:18Jessica and Lesley also came up trumps.
11:22So, we saw a second baker leave the tent,
11:24a Blue Peter badge-winning Leighton.
11:27Thankfully, he was there long enough
11:29that Alison could share this fascinating fact.
11:32Do you know you can get into zoos for free
11:38with a Blue Peter badge?
11:40I didn't know that until recently.
11:42LAUGHTER
11:45So useful.
11:47Here's Leighton's Blue Peter badge biscuit.
11:52Not sure he'll be getting into any zoos with that.
11:55LAUGHTER
11:57What about you, Babatunde?
11:58Blue Peter badge ever on your wish list?
12:00Nah, Blue Peter badge is not, like, my generation.
12:03We don't care about that.
12:04The Nando's card.
12:05That's what we need.
12:06LAUGHTER
12:07Can you get into zoos with that?
12:08You can't.
12:09LAUGHTER
12:10Maybe farms.
12:11LAUGHTER
12:12OK, we've heard what our superfans made of Biscuit Week.
12:15Let's hear from a man who may have one or two opinions of his own.
12:19Time to hobnob with our very own Tom Allen.
12:23APPLAUSE
12:25Oh, hi, everybody.
12:28Thanks to see you.
12:31APPLAUSE
12:32So, Tom, what are your thoughts on Biscuit Week?
12:35Well, what a week it's been, actually.
12:38And the gays, they topped and they bottomed this week, didn't they?
12:42LAUGHTER
12:44Tom was Star Baker at the very top and then Leighton was at the bottom
12:48being sent home.
12:49That's what I meant.
12:50I don't know what you're thinking.
12:52LAUGHTER
12:53And that Tom.
12:54Oh, he's an alpha gay, isn't he?
12:56Oh, with that swooshy ginger hair, he's grown it to that length
12:59just so he can flick it back in a moment of sporting triumph
13:03like he did when he was playing football with his friends
13:05and he did that chest bump as well.
13:07Oh, it's too much.
13:08Too much.
13:09LAUGHTER
13:10Oh, yeah, baby!
13:12Oosh!
13:13Oosh!
13:14Oosh!
13:15Can you imagine being like that?
13:17LAUGHTER
13:18I mean, I'm an alpha gay too, I get it!
13:21I'm a dominant alpha gay, I'm always asking my sporting friends
13:25to film me whilst I score a net.
13:29LAUGHTER
13:30I don't know who a net is, but it's nice of her to pop down.
13:33Also, Leighton got sent home and, of course, I was very sad about that.
13:37He wasn't that sad, and I'll tell you why.
13:39Have you seen his set-up?
13:41Oh, what a life him and Eric have!
13:44I mean, look at their bifolding doors.
13:46Why in a clock?
13:48Why in a clock?
13:49They've got an L-shaped sofa on their patio.
13:52An L-shaped sofa!
13:54Oh, I say.
13:56No wonder Leighton wasn't worried about going home.
13:58He's probably desperate to get back just to take in those jazzy garden cushions.
14:01LAUGHTER
14:02You know, and I know they say they're shower-proof,
14:04but that doesn't mean they're waterproof, does it?
14:06His best friend Audrey sat there.
14:08Well, if those cushions had got soggy,
14:09that would have ruined her pantsuit.
14:11LAUGHTER
14:12And Audrey, as well, who's supposed to be his best friend,
14:15I was a little bit suspect about Audrey.
14:17Look at this comment.
14:19Mm, they're nice.
14:21I think your bacon's improved.
14:23LAUGHTER
14:24All right, Audrey, kick a man when he's down, why don't you?
14:28I'm very curious about his relationship with Audrey,
14:31but in a fascinating turn of events,
14:33it turns out Audrey and partner Eric are here tonight!
14:37Yay!
14:38APPLAUSE
14:39Well, I'm going to be talking, Clare,
14:44about those quartz work surfaces later this evening.
14:46Mark my words.
14:48LAUGHTER
14:49Thank you, Tom.
14:50That's great.
14:52Now, after the break, some pictures of viewers' bonkers
14:54and brilliant home baking efforts.
14:56Plus, Tom will be wielding his whisk over the delights
14:59our studio bakers have brought along.
15:01See you shortly!
15:03APPLAUSE
15:04Welcome back.
15:05I'm here with Stephen Mangan, Kerry Godleman and Babatunde Aleche.
15:21Now, we've asked our audience to anonymously share their kitchen
15:25confessions with us.
15:27Tom, what's our first one?
15:29I served food from a fryer that had a dead mouse in it.
15:34Oh!
15:35The poor guy had probably drowned the night before
15:38and sunk to the bottom.
15:40Didn't find the little guy until around two days later
15:43when cleaning the fryer.
15:45It's more disgusting in that story,
15:47the fact that it took him so long to clean out the fryer.
15:50For me, it's the two little guy comments.
15:53I'm all troubled by that.
15:56Dead mouse.
15:57Dead mouse.
15:58Not a little guy.
15:59Not a little guy.
16:00Yeah.
16:01Stuart Littles in the chip bag.
16:03I presume it is an oil fry rather than an air fry.
16:06You would hope, yeah.
16:07Be very lazy, wouldn't it, if you just pulled it out
16:09and didn't notice a dead mouse up there.
16:13I've got another one.
16:14I cleared out my herbs and spices cupboard
16:18and realised the steak seasoning I'd been using
16:21was the one my husband bought when he was at university.
16:24HE LAUGHS
16:25He is now 64.
16:2943 years old.
16:31Wow.
16:32Time flies.
16:33Time flies, isn't it?
16:35Well, steak is expensive.
16:36You can't afford to have it that often, can you?
16:38LAUGHTER
16:39Also, when is the day that you clear out your herb and spices cupboard?
16:42I think you have to be really depressed to do that.
16:46Now, we have perhaps the worst one here.
16:49My first kitchen job.
16:51Lady sends back a sandwich twice.
16:54The owner slash chef was wearing loose shorts.
16:57He told me to turn around,
16:59but I could see his reflection in the microwave.
17:01He pulled his shorts down and wiped her sandwich on his privates.
17:05LAUGHTER
17:06Oh.
17:07Nah.
17:08I think there's a lot to, I should say, unpack.
17:10It sounds like it's sort of been done.
17:12LAUGHTER
17:13I know someone in quite a kind of showbiz restaurant in London,
17:18weed in the soup.
17:19LAUGHTER
17:20Oh.
17:21Oh.
17:22Cokaliki.
17:23LAUGHTER
17:24I came back from...
17:26I stopped at a service station late one night
17:28and the two people serving at the coffee place
17:31had clearly been having a massive row
17:33and looked furious with each other,
17:34and I walked up and asked for a cappuccino
17:37or something like that,
17:38and she brought it over.
17:40You know, sometimes when you have those things,
17:42there's only that much liquid in it, it's all froth.
17:44Oh, yeah.
17:45So I said, I'm really sorry,
17:46would you mind putting a bit more milk in it?
17:48Oh.
17:49Oh.
17:50And I got a really, I got a look.
17:51She turned around
17:52and those coffee machines have shiny silver, stainless steel.
17:57Yeah.
17:58And I could see her back to me...
18:00No!
18:01No!
18:02..ribbling out of her mouth into my coffee.
18:05So I said, did you just...
18:06She brought it over, I said, did you just dribble into it?
18:09And she said, what if I did?
18:12LAUGHTER
18:14Whoa!
18:15There's no answer to that, is there?
18:17I sort of feel that's so bleak, it's kind of...
18:19It's ruined everything.
18:20LAUGHTER
18:22Counselling will be available after the show
18:25in case you've been affected by any of the descriptions there.
18:29Now, as you know, we love to see photos of your home baking,
18:32whether it's a success or total mess.
18:35This week, Laura from Dorset sent in a cake her mum made
18:38for her birthday.
18:39For reasons that I'm sure we shouldn't read anything into,
18:42her mum decided to make a cow, specifically a Highland cow,
18:46here it is.
18:48LAUGHTER
18:49Aw, that's great, isn't it?
18:51I don't know what that thing is in front.
18:52Yeah, what is that?
18:53Has that been sent back to the kitchen twice as well?
18:55LAUGHTER
18:57The tongues, you mean, I presume.
18:59Ah!
19:00Yeah.
19:01Now, Susie in Southport was asked for a Harry Potter-themed birthday cake
19:05by her daughter Emma.
19:07She decided to have a go at recreating Hedwig the Owl in cake form,
19:11mainly by sticking a load of white chocolate buttons
19:14and a couple of eyes into a sponge.
19:16LAUGHTER
19:18Wow.
19:20LAUGHTER
19:21Wow!
19:22What is going on?
19:25Over to Lesley now, who was shocked to discover
19:28that while her meringue was baking in the oven,
19:31it turned itself into a conservative prime minister.
19:34LAUGHTER
19:37What do you think, Maggie?
19:39That's so Maggie, isn't it?
19:40Yeah, isn't it?
19:41It's a very spitting image.
19:42Keep your pictures coming, use the hashtag
19:44extra slice or go to channel4.com forward slash take part.
19:48Details are on the screen below.
19:51Right, it's time, Tom, for you to wield your whisk
19:54as you interrogate our studio audience on the bakes
19:57they've brought along.
19:59Over to you.
20:00Thanks, Jo.
20:01And I'm thrilled to be here with this week's studio audience bakers.
20:04Let's start with Rebecca and her friend Debbie.
20:07Where are Rebecca and her friend Debbie?
20:09Hello, hello, hello.
20:11Rebecca, hello.
20:13Hello, hello, Rebecca and her friend Debbie.
20:15Hello.
20:16Hello, nice to see you.
20:17How do you know each other?
20:18We became mums at the same time.
20:19Oh, well, that's lovely.
20:20And so early mother to sort of through a, like, NCT type thing, was it?
20:24Yeah.
20:25Oh, nice.
20:26It's kind of where you just buy friends, basically.
20:27You just kind of buy the kind of friends money can't buy.
20:29Oh, that's great.
20:30Yeah, it was lovely, yeah.
20:31What, because you both have this one thing in common?
20:32You've got a child.
20:33And nobody else really wants to talk baby stuff.
20:35No.
20:36Everyone knows they're done with it once they've got some of those
20:38That's right.
20:39I'm getting bored already.
20:40And so, what is this cake you brought?
20:45It's a drunken, sunken chocolate cake.
20:48A drunken, sunken chocolate cake.
20:49Yeah.
20:50Is this both of you here represented?
20:51Yeah.
20:52And what's the flavour then?
20:53Well, the cake is chocolate.
20:55Chocolate.
20:56With prunes, obviously good for keeping you regular.
20:59So when you get to a certain age, it's probably quite healthy.
21:02I mean, some lovely, lovely bit of what?
21:04Is it food colouring?
21:05Well, that's gravy browning.
21:07Oh, delicious.
21:08Oh, yes.
21:09Well, absolutely.
21:11Less so.
21:12And I should have declared it in the allergens.
21:14I didn't.
21:15Mm-mm.
21:16So, just a bit of oxo popped in the head?
21:19Sharpie.
21:20A Sharpie.
21:21Oh, you just coloured it in with a Sharpie.
21:23Oh, how delicious.
21:25Thank you for bringing that in.
21:27That looks wonderful.
21:30Very nice.
21:31Very nice.
21:32OK.
21:33Sophia and then Mum.
21:34Sophia, hi.
21:35And Mum, what's Mum's name?
21:36Sian.
21:37Sian.
21:38Sophia and Sian.
21:39Sophia.
21:40This looks very exciting.
21:41Please tell me, what is it?
21:42It's a horror film-inspired bake.
21:44It's got a few different horror films incorporated into the design.
21:49The bathroom itself is inspired by Saw.
21:51The clown is inspired from It.
21:54And the little glove is inspired by Freddy Krueger.
21:57Oh, how delicious.
21:59Sian, what is your involvement here?
22:01Did you encourage Sophia to do this?
22:03Well, I did.
22:04I mean, I don't do the horror, so I didn't.
22:06I haven't seen any of it.
22:07Sian, you've got very different accents.
22:10What's going on?
22:11Well...
22:12I'm not from immigration, don't worry.
22:13They do belong to it.
22:14It's nice to know.
22:15We lived in America for a long time.
22:17Saphir, unfortunately, has picked up the accent.
22:20Oh, that's a bit harsh, isn't it, Sophia?
22:22You've got a very nice accent.
22:24Aw, thank you.
22:25So, Sian, you took Sophia to see some horror films?
22:28I did.
22:29I did when they were very little.
22:31Oh, as any good mother would.
22:33And I ended up...
22:35How little, out of interest?
22:36Well, how old were you?
22:37Ten.
22:38Ten years old.
22:39Well, rules are different, aren't they, in America?
22:40They are.
22:41They're basically lawless, aren't they?
22:43And what do you do for a living, Sophia?
22:45Oh, well, I'm starting uni in a few weeks.
22:47Oh, that's wonderful.
22:48What are you going to study?
22:49A film.
22:50Of course.
22:51And, Sian, what do you do?
22:52I'm a library manager.
22:53Are you?
22:54What's your favourite number in the Dewey Decimal System?
22:56Oh, I don't know.
22:57521.
22:58500?
22:59What is that?
23:00Sewing?
23:01No, it's like space.
23:02Space.
23:03Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
23:04Well, this is a lovely chant.
23:05If it goes on any longer, I might have to saw off my own foot.
23:08Thank you for bringing on this wonderful, wonderful creation.
23:12Give it up for Sophia and Sian, everybody.
23:14Wonderful.
23:15Now, Samantha, Jason and Abigail.
23:20Samantha, Jason and Abigail.
23:22Over there, over there.
23:23Samantha.
23:24Oh, my goodness.
23:25Samantha.
23:26Samantha.
23:27Samantha.
23:28Jason.
23:29Abigail.
23:30Nice to see you.
23:31How do you all know each other?
23:32They're my parents.
23:33They're your parents.
23:34Wonderful.
23:35Wonderful.
23:36And Jason, are you a little bit hostile there?
23:38Are you OK?
23:39Yes, I'm fine, thank you.
23:40Good.
23:41And are you having a nice time as well?
23:43I'm having a great time, thank you.
23:44Oh, good.
23:45Good.
23:46Now, who wants to go first?
23:47Who?
23:48I'll go first.
23:49All right, Jason.
23:50Jason, fine.
23:52You can go first, if you like.
23:54What have you brought?
23:55Rock cakes.
23:56Oh.
23:57Why?
23:58When I was a boy, a small boy...
24:00Oh, don't start that far back, Jason.
24:02My father and I used to go down to grandparents.
24:05Oh.
24:06So, and then I always used to make rock cakes.
24:08Oh, I like rock cakes.
24:09So, when I found out that we were coming on the show,
24:12I decided to make some rock cakes.
24:14It doesn't mean you're...
24:15Is this something you make very often, or is this a first time...?
24:17No, it's a first time.
24:18Oh, first-time baker, everybody.
24:19First-time baker.
24:20Wonderful.
24:21I love it.
24:22And Samantha.
24:23Yes.
24:24Yes.
24:25Now, what have you brought here?
24:26This is my sweet and savoury train.
24:28Summer sweet, summer savoury.
24:29Yes, I got that.
24:30Yeah.
24:31Which is an early birthday cake for Jason,
24:34who's got his birthday towards the end of the month.
24:36Oh, I'm pleased to hear that.
24:37Happy birthday for Jason.
24:39Again, sorry, no claps.
24:40Abigail, so what have you built for us here?
24:44So, at my uni, we have a tradition at the end of the sort of exam term,
24:48where you get sprayed with a prosecco and you jump in the river.
24:51Oh.
24:52So, I've rebuilt the river.
24:54Where is this university?
24:55Cambridge.
24:56I've never heard of it.
24:57So, this is the bridge of size in my college, St John's College.
25:01Oh.
25:02So, I built the bridge.
25:03Oh, I say.
25:04That is very detailed, Abigail.
25:06I think that's very impressive work.
25:07Because no-one builds bridges out of biscuit, do they?
25:10Oh!
25:11Oh!
25:12I just did the biscuit bridge earlier.
25:15I hear like, oh, God.
25:17Some people are able to do it, aren't they?
25:20Who studied at university?
25:21Natural sciences.
25:22Natural sciences.
25:23Biology and stuff.
25:24Biology and that.
25:25Better than unnatural sciences, am I right?
25:27AI and all of that nonsense.
25:29Is it real?
25:30Do you think AI is going to make a big difference?
25:32What a question.
25:33What a question.
25:34What do you think?
25:35Are the robots going to take over or not, Abigail?
25:37Well, we're always polite to the Alexa, just in case.
25:39Just in case.
25:40You don't want her to turn.
25:41Yeah, exactly.
25:42Do you think that's a good policy?
25:43Oh, yeah.
25:44Always.
25:45Do you?
25:46What do you do, Samantha?
25:47I'm a care worker.
25:48You're a care worker?
25:49That's wonderful.
25:50Oh, lovely.
25:51During Covid, people would have gone crazy for that.
25:53Sorry.
25:54Not anymore.
25:56I've got AI to do that now.
25:58Well, Abigail.
25:59Well, that's a wonderful, wonderful.
26:01A wonderful get you along there.
26:03Bye.
26:12Oh, yes.
26:13And now I've got the lovely job of announcing this week's Star Baker.
26:17And I'm delighted to say that it is Abigail for her wonderful bridge of size.
26:24Lovely.
26:25And now I have to pretend to be a bit sad as I announce who will be leaving the studio this week because they were so rubbish.
26:42And it's Sean, because Sophia made a wonderful, wonderful cake that you took Sophia to a horror film when Sophia was ten years old.
26:59What were you thinking?
27:04And you just thought you were here as the guest, didn't you, Sean?
27:08But the good news is they each take away one of our very exciting extra slice wooden spoons!
27:21And if you'd like to bring a bake and join me here in the studio of dreams, then go to channel4.com forward slash.
27:30Take part.
27:31The details are below.
27:32And a big thank you to all of this week's wonderful studio bakers!
27:36Yay!
27:42Great, thank you, Tom.
27:43Coming up, the latest baker to leave the tent.
27:46The man from the mumbles, Leighton, will be here.
27:49Back in a bit.
27:59Welcome back.
28:00I'm here with Stephen Mangan, Kerry Godleman and Babatunde Aleshe.
28:06And it's time to welcome the second baker to leave the tent.
28:09His biscuit piano may have hit a bum note, but he's scaled the heights nonetheless.
28:14It's Leighton!
28:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
28:17How does it feel, Leighton?
28:18Wonderful.
28:19Aw.
28:20It's like I loved the first part of the show, let's hope the next bit's as good.
28:24Well, you're in it, so it will be, I'm sure.
28:27Welcome.
28:28We're delighted to have you here.
28:30Bake Off's loss is our gain, I think we'd all agree.
28:32Wow.
28:33Now, you're now the mumbles' most famous export since Catherine's Eater-Jones.
28:37Now, which of the bakers were you closest to?
28:40Well, that's an easy one.
28:41So, my friend Leslie and Nadia, those were my two favourites.
28:43Well, they were all my favourites, but I was closer in age to them and they were, like,
28:47really good friends.
28:48Aren't Nadia and Leslie, are they both hairdressers?
28:50They are.
28:51They are.
28:52God bless you, later.
28:53Well, you know, Nadia did say she was going to fit me with some extensions, so...
28:55JAN ENGINE
28:56Now, which of the bakers were you closest to?
28:58Well, that's an easy one.
28:59So, my friend Leslie and Nadia, those were my two favourites.
29:03Well, they're all my favourites, but I was closer in age to them and they were, like,
29:06really good friends.
29:07Aren't Nadia and Leslie, are they both hairdressers?
29:09They are.
29:10LAUGHTER
29:11God bless you, Leighton.
29:12Well, you know, Nadia did say she was going to fit me with some extensions,
29:16so...
29:17LAUGHTER
29:22Have a look at this.
29:24Well, I love baking, and Eric, he loves...
29:27I mean, he loves everything I bake.
29:29I mean, he'll just say, even if it's rubbish, he'll say,
29:32he'll look at the positive and say...
29:37I just swallowed one of those flies.
29:39LAUGHTER
29:40Are you OK? Yeah.
29:42Bit of protein.
29:43I know, I'm vegetarian.
29:45LAUGHTER
29:46Not any more.
29:48APPLAUSE
29:50Well, we saw you make orange slice-and-bake biscuits this week,
29:55and while most of the bakers decided to use a knife to cut them,
29:59you actually donned a single black glove
30:02and wielded some garrotting wire like a...
30:05Like a well-practised serial killer.
30:08LAUGHTER
30:09Well, it was some dental floss, actually.
30:11Oh, was it? OK.
30:12And it was really quite hard to find one that wasn't menthol flavoured.
30:17Otherwise, my orange slice-and-bake would have been an alternative flavour.
30:21It worked, though, as well, didn't it?
30:23It did work well, yeah.
30:24Well, they looked amazing.
30:25Yeah.
30:26Yeah.
30:27Well, you know what, perhaps I did one thing right,
30:29not in biscuit week.
30:31Prue is incredibly impressed by how thin your signature biscuits were.
30:35Have a look at this.
30:36Oh, are you going to know when it's baked?
30:37That is beautifully thin.
30:38Yes, three millimetres.
30:41Ooh.
30:43LAUGHTER
30:45You'll be dreaming about those.
30:47Now, you baked a biscuit piano in The Showstopper.
30:50Yes.
30:51Because you used to play the piano as a child.
30:53Mm, badly.
30:54Well, I tried, yes.
30:55Were you pleased with how it turned out?
30:57Well, again, time is the killer on all these assignments.
31:01Of course.
31:02And I think if I'd had a little bit more time...
31:05My practice bakes were a lot better.
31:07Perhaps a bit more...
31:09There was a little bit more finesse in my practice bakes,
31:11rather than that.
31:12Did you allow yourself eight hours in your practice bakes?
31:14Yeah, exactly.
31:15Or a week.
31:16LAUGHTER
31:17And it looks like a piano, doesn't it?
31:19It does.
31:20It looks like those little toddler ones you get from Jumble Sales.
31:23LAUGHTER
31:25There you are, you can put that on your CV.
31:27Yeah, exactly.
31:28You played the organ as well?
31:30Which was better, funerals or weddings?
31:33Oh, I always preferred a funeral.
31:35Because...
31:36LAUGHTER
31:37When I used to play, sometimes I'd make a few mistakes.
31:40And, of course, in a wedding, everyone would be listening very intently
31:44and it would be horrific when I made a mistake.
31:46And also, you got paid more for a funeral.
31:48And if you made a mistake, everyone was so upset they didn't care,
31:51so I loved a funeral.
31:53LAUGHTER
31:54Stephen, you've dabbled in music.
32:00I have.
32:01You were in a band, were you?
32:02I was in a band, I was a keyboard player, yeah.
32:04Well, I had two small keyboards, and I put one there and one there,
32:08so I could do a bit of that.
32:09Wow.
32:10Oh, yeah.
32:11Nice.
32:12Yeah, rubbish as well.
32:13What was your band called?
32:14Oh, my goodness.
32:16Well, the first band was called Aragon.
32:18Aragon?
32:19Yeah.
32:20Oh, mythical.
32:21Wow.
32:22We had an album called The Wizard's Dream.
32:23LAUGHTER
32:25And then I was in a band at university called Enormous Derek.
32:29LAUGHTER
32:31And the less said about that, the better.
32:33LAUGHTER
32:34We're here to talk to Leighton, aren't we?
32:36LAUGHTER
32:37Have you ever been in a band or made music?
32:39I've never been in a band, no.
32:41I'm in the new Spinal Tap film, though, I play their man manager,
32:44so that's the closest to anything musical that I can claim.
32:47Uh, Babatunde, have you done...
32:49Yeah.
32:50You've been in a band, have you?
32:51Yeah, I was in a band with my mates.
32:52We was an R&B group.
32:54R&B rap group.
32:55None of us can sing, by the way.
32:57LAUGHTER
32:58And we entered into the secondary school talent contest,
33:01and we broke up mid-performance.
33:04LAUGHTER
33:05I like a break-up.
33:06A guy that I went out with when I was younger,
33:08they had a band called Dennis Dog Basket and the Pedigree Charms.
33:12LAUGHTER
33:13That's a great band.
33:15And the first night they performed, he was really drunk.
33:18He fell off the stage, broke his leg, and they never performed again.
33:21LAUGHTER
33:22Legendary in Hastings.
33:23Yeah, absolutely.
33:24It's worth it for the name of the band, look.
33:26Yeah, I think so too, definitely.
33:28Now, Leighton, I understand that you...
33:30This is so weird, this.
33:31I understand that you can name every capital city of every US state.
33:36I can.
33:37Eric and I, when we first met, we lived in Chicago,
33:40and we used to go out to some of the bars now and then,
33:43and we'd have a few drinks.
33:44And one of my party tricks, like, to impress the Americans,
33:48and especially Eric's family as well,
33:50was to name every capital state.
33:52So I learnt them all, and then I used to ask people to test me.
33:55Here we go then, Reddy. I'm going to test you on a few.
33:58Florida.
34:00Tallahassee.
34:01Very good.
34:02Nebraska.
34:03Lincoln.
34:04Oregon.
34:05Salem.
34:06Kansas.
34:07Topeka.
34:08Blimey.
34:09It's very impressive.
34:10Maryland.
34:11Annapolis.
34:12Wrong.
34:13I meant Maryland the cookie.
34:15LAUGHTER
34:16Anyway, bad luck.
34:18That was very impressive.
34:21I can't... Yes, absolutely.
34:23APPLAUSE
34:25OK, I'm going to test a different type of skill now.
34:28Ever heard of stack-a-snack, Leighton?
34:31No, that's new.
34:32Well, you won't have done, cos I just made it up.
34:34LAUGHTER
34:42So, as you can see, they've all got a spatula in their mouths,
34:45and all they've got to do is balance as many biscuits on the end of it
34:49as they can, and the highest tower of biscuits after half an hour
34:54win.
34:55LAUGHTER
34:56I'm kidding.
34:57It's not long.
34:58Now, you have until the sound of the klaxon.
35:01On your marks, get set, stack!
35:08No, one on top of each other, Leighton.
35:11Oh, they're cheating already.
35:13LAUGHTER
35:14O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!
35:26On your marks, start again!
35:27LAUGHTER
35:28Oh!
35:30Wait, wait, wait!
35:35Babatunde, you're out, cos yours fell off.
35:38Oh, you like, start again!
35:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
35:47Last man standing was Leighton.
35:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
35:55Leighton, stay with us, OK?
35:57Because Tom is on his way with a special gift for you.
36:00Back in a bit!
36:13Welcome back.
36:14I'm here with Stephen, Kerry and Babatunde,
36:16and Leighton's with us too.
36:18Now, Leighton, we heard some kitchen confessions earlier,
36:22and I believe you once did something inappropriate
36:24with a Danish pastry.
36:26LAUGHTER
36:27Well, that is an interesting one,
36:29because when we were practising for Bake Off,
36:32I was trying lots of different recipes, including lots of pastry,
36:35and Eric and I had put on a little bit of weight,
36:38and so we joined a slimming club.
36:40Basically, I used to deal apple Danish pastries
36:44out of the back of the cart after the group.
36:47LAUGHTER
36:48It's true, and the thing is, I think it was frowned upon
36:50by our course leader.
36:52You don't say.
36:53LAUGHTER
36:54We'd go in and be weighed one minute,
36:56and then they'd be asking,
36:57oh, what's in the back of the car today?
36:59And then the boot would rise, and there would be, like,
37:01Danish pastries or some, you know, lovely macaron.
37:05Did anyone actually lose any weight in the long run?
37:08Not when we were there.
37:09LAUGHTER
37:10LAUGHTER
37:11What an outrage.
37:13Right, it's that time when we get to snoop around
37:16a top celebrity's kitchen, see if you can work out who it is.
37:20It's this week's Mystery Starbaker!
37:23MUSIC PLAYS
37:26MUSIC PLAYS
37:27A
37:56So, what are you thinking? Spot any clues there?
38:00Yeah, we think we know who it is. Oh, do you? Yeah.
38:03Do you know who it is? I think so, maybe.
38:06What were the clues you saw? Tattoo.
38:09Yeah. Oh. With their name.
38:14Yeah, that was rather remiss of us.
38:17Was there a trumpet? There was a trumpet? Yes.
38:20That's thrown us off. That has thrown us, but...
38:23Who were you going to say? OK.
38:25Josie Gibson. Right, so you were going to say any...?
38:28We thought maybe Natalie Cassidy.
38:30Well, let's find out who it is.
38:33APPLAUSE
38:36It was a trumpet, David. It was a trumpet.
38:42So, this week's mystery baker was Natalie Cassidy,
38:46as she's a massive Bake Off fan and I'm delighted to say
38:49she'll be joining us in the studio next week.
38:51Leighton, don't worry, we've not forgotten about you,
38:54as I hear the sound of wheels approaching.
38:57It's Tom with his trolley.
38:59LAUGHTER
39:00APPLAUSE
39:02Oh!
39:04Oh!
39:06Oh!
39:08Da-da-da. Hello, Leighton. Hello.
39:11Hello.
39:12Now, if you had to say what was the absolute best thing about
39:15being on Bake Off, what would you say?
39:17And don't say it's meeting the other bakers.
39:20LAUGHTER
39:21Whilst meeting the other bakers was fabulous,
39:23I think the best piece of it was lots of the bakers
39:26had some expert talents.
39:28So now, whenever I need any help or guidance,
39:32I can just ring or call a specific baker and they give me
39:36exactly what to do.
39:38Mm, Leighton, it sounds a lot like you've just said
39:40meeting the other bakers.
39:42LAUGHTER
39:43Leighton, it pains me to say it, but now it is time for us
39:47to bid a fond farewell.
39:49Yes, I'm afraid that's the way the cookie crumbles.
39:53Or should I say how the gingerbread piano falls apart?
39:57LAUGHTER
39:58If you rush now, you should be home four at wine o'clock.
40:01LAUGHTER
40:02Not a minute too soon for you.
40:04And Audrey, look, she's desperate for one of your Welsh cakes
40:08and a glass of Oyster Bay.
40:10Yeah, the thing is, Leighton, it's a shame you're out of the
40:13competition so soon, but I have seen your patio set.
40:17So, whilst you might not have won the Bake Off in terms of life,
40:21I think you have, in fact, already won.
40:24APPLAUSE
40:25Oh, thank you, thank you.
40:31Tom, come over here.
40:32You are so complimentary about the work surface.
40:34It's only half an hour.
40:36So, I want to give you your own buffing cloth so you can
40:40continue the tradition.
40:42My goodness, I dream of having work surfaces as shiny as yours.
40:46LAUGHTER
40:48I feel like I've finally become an A-gay.
40:50LAUGHTER
40:57Thank you, Tom.
40:58And now, Leighton, let's take a look back at your time in the tent.
41:01Start.
41:02I'm a great weekend baker.
41:04I love trying new recipes.
41:06Is it carrot?
41:07It's a carrot.
41:08It's an orange.
41:09It is amazing.
41:11Very clever.
41:12It's well-baked, great flavour.
41:13Those colours are just wonderful.
41:15It's a bit tough, isn't it?
41:16Uh-uh.
41:17Let's hope it will be tasty.
41:19The flavours, though, are very good.
41:21Lemon curd is so unctuous.
41:23Here goes.
41:26Cherry.
41:27How long do you want me to hold this for, Leighton?
41:29You can see that the weight has concertinaed up the bottom.
41:32I dread to think what's underneath that one.
41:34It'll be delicious.
41:36Made with love.
41:37The gingerbread is delicious.
41:38Spice level is good.
41:39Let's get rid of the stress.
41:41I've had the most fun on Bake Off.
41:43I've loved it.
41:44APPLAUSE
41:53So, Tom, if you can now reveal the memento we like to give our bakers.
42:02Oh, it's Scylla the dog!
42:06Scylla.
42:07So, there you are, Leighton, wine in hand with your dog Scylla
42:11and wearing your blue Peter badge in the hope you might finally
42:14get into a zoo for free.
42:16LAUGHTER
42:17Congratulations, Leighton, everybody.
42:19APPLAUSE
42:26And it's time now...
42:27Oh, this is going to be exciting.
42:29For the Extra Slice Celebrity Challenge.
42:32Let's find out what they'll be taking on.
42:34It's over to the Selectatron.
42:36MUSIC
42:47And your challenge is the Eggsticle course.
42:53What are the rules, Tom?
42:55OK.
42:56Stephen, Kerry, Babatunde, you'll take turns to complete the course
43:00whilst balancing an egg on a cake stand.
43:03The winner is the person who gets to the end of the course
43:05and successfully cracks their egg in the mixing bowl.
43:10If you break your egg before then, you will be beaten.
43:17Stephen, you're up first.
43:18Start when you hear Tom's whistle.
43:21I know the way you have to do this, then you want to make good
43:25people like beer, as well.
43:26So...
43:29Do you want to take?
43:30You want to take a look?
43:31I'm이시aad.
43:32Ooh.
43:33Ooh.
43:35Wow, we're doing it.
43:37Dude!
43:38Two, two, one!
43:40Ah!
43:42Ah!
43:44Ooh!
43:46Ooh!
43:48Ooh!
43:50Yay!
43:52Well done!
43:54Excellent. Excellent.
43:58Really strong start there.
44:00Kerry, you've got a bit to live up to there,
44:02but don't even think about it, you'll be great.
44:04Confidence is key, I'd say.
44:06OK, thanks, Tom.
44:08Right, so when Tom blows his whistle...
44:10WHISTLE
44:12Good, Kerry!
44:14Woo!
44:16Woo!
44:18Woo!
44:20Wow!
44:22Yes, Kerry!
44:24Come on, you're doing it!
44:26Wow!
44:28This bit would defeat me.
44:30Oh, you can do it, Kerry!
44:32Great one!
44:34Go, Kerry!
44:36Go, Kerry!
44:38Very good!
44:40Yay!
44:42Hardest bit, you've done it!
44:44Yay!
44:46Well done!
44:48Oh, man!
44:50OK, Babatunde, no pressure.
44:54Why did I have to go last?
44:56Why did I have to go last?
44:58You can do it.
45:00Oh, God!
45:02Woo!
45:04Woo!
45:06Faster!
45:08Oh, God!
45:10Oh, God!
45:12There it goes, keep going.
45:14Woo!
45:16Woo!
45:18Woo!
45:20Woo!
45:22You can do it!
45:24This is fine!
45:26Yay!
45:28Woo!
45:30Woo!
45:32Oh, God!
45:34Oh, God!
45:36Oh, God!
45:38Oh, God!
45:40Oh, no!
45:42Come on!
45:44We're going to go down.
45:46Go down.
45:47Seriously.
45:48Yeah.
45:49That was really spectacular.
45:50Excellent.
45:51It was really good.
45:52That was magnificent.
45:53We have timed it, and the person that did it quickest was Stephen, who is the winner.
46:00And you won by ten seconds.
46:02Congratulations.
46:04OK, that's it for this week.
46:07Next week, it's bread.
46:09And how are you feeling about that, Jasmine?
46:12I'm really excited with bread week, overall.
46:14No, I'm not.
46:16Excellent.
46:17A huge thanks to Tom, Leighton, and to our celebrity guests, Stephen Mangan, Kerry Godliman, and Babatunde Aleshe.
46:25See you next week.
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