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00:00Hey, for our Bake Off Christmas special,
00:02we are honoured and delighted to have the cast
00:05of one of my favourite comedies of all time, Peep Show!
00:08We can't have you both here, though, without, you know, doing the thing.
00:11What thing?
00:12You know, the thing. The Peep Show thing.
00:15Oh, that thing. I haven't done that for a while.
00:17I'm not even sure I can do it anymore.
00:19Oh, go on, David. Look how excited they are.
00:22All right, well, look into my eyes.
00:25We're doing it. We're doing the Peep Show thing.
00:27Look at those buffoons, losing their minds
00:30over a simple bit of camera trickery.
00:32Let's hope they never see Avatar. Their heads will explode.
00:35Hey, David, you're not doing that inner monologue
00:38to be cheeky about us, are you?
00:40Uh-oh, Hammond's rumbled me. Better switch back to normal mode.
00:43That was amazing. Thanks, David.
00:45Hey, can we do the intro in your POV as well?
00:50Well...
00:50Welcome to the Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off.
00:54God, they're annoying.
00:56David, you said that one.
00:58Oh, sorry, I'm a bit out of practice.
01:05MUSIC PLAYS
01:22Today is a special treat for Christmas.
01:25Oh, Merry Christmas, everyone.
01:27The cast of the cult noughties comedy, Peep Show,
01:30are taking over the tent.
01:32Aw, it's so Christmassy.
01:34Look at this.
01:35Olivia Colman.
01:36Pinnies on, chaps.
01:38Who starred as Sophie.
01:39Just think, if our relationship were a sugar bowl,
01:42it would definitely be this one.
01:43I love Christmas.
01:45I love watching Bake Off.
01:46This is literally the dream way
01:48to end 2025 in a tent with my Peep Show chums.
01:52I haven't heard the word pinny in a while.
01:55We'll bring it back.
01:56Yeah.
01:57Bake Off tent returner David Mitchell, a.k.a. Mark.
02:01It's quite a specimen.
02:02Mm-hm, quite a specimen.
02:04I thought about trimming the top off,
02:06but it felt like I was castrating Christmas.
02:08I think I've only made four cakes in my life,
02:11and two of them have been televised.
02:13It's a rate of being televised
02:16that I don't think Delia Smith herself can match.
02:18Sophie Winkleman, who played Big Suze.
02:22Oh, almost champagne.
02:24I'll tell you what.
02:25I'll put it there,
02:26and if for any reason we don't get around to drinking it tonight,
02:29you can take it back with you.
02:30I'm excited, plus a dash of genuine panic.
02:34I didn't think I was competitive,
02:36and now I've gone into that tent
02:37and something's started inside me.
02:40Who's the most competitive?
02:42You, I think.
02:43Really?
02:44Izzy Sooty, who played Dobby.
02:46I shouldn't hang around too long.
02:48I've got to get ready for a day out with the folks.
02:50Stomach pump for mum,
02:52taser to demobilise dad, families.
02:54I really like cooking,
02:56but I'm not much of a baker.
02:58To get the perfect sponge,
02:59it feels like it would take years of training.
03:01Right, game head on.
03:02Game head.
03:04Matt King, who played the iconic Superhands.
03:07You get a van, Jez.
03:09We could be men with van.
03:10You could say I've got
03:12cookery slash baking background,
03:14if you call it an O-level background.
03:17Black beauty, that's what they call me.
03:19Bit of a dark horse.
03:20Who are we missing?
03:21Robert Webb, who immortalised Jez,
03:23can't be in the tent this Christmas.
03:25Who knows how these things happen?
03:27There are powers at work beyond our understanding.
03:31Never are.
03:32There's going to be an AI, Rob.
03:35Hello, everyone.
03:36It's Robert Webb here.
03:37I just say,
03:38I'm sorry I couldn't join my variously ageing co-stars
03:41in the tent.
03:42That was not very Christmassy,
03:44but I didn't want you to miss out on my own ageing.
03:46Here it is.
03:48Enjoy the bake.
03:51I don't want to do it now.
03:56Merry Christmas, bakers, and welcome to the tent.
03:59It's very exciting because we are having a peep show-themed
04:02bake-off Christmas special.
04:04So exciting.
04:05The greatest TV show ever to be on Channel 4
04:08that isn't set in a tent with bakers.
04:12OK, so for your signature challenge,
04:14the judges would love you to bake a batch of 12 biscuit
04:18Christmas tree decorations.
04:20The biscuits can be any style or flavour that you like,
04:24but they have to be hanging at the end of the challenge.
04:27You've got one and a half hours for this.
04:29Not nearly enough.
04:30On your marks.
04:31Get set.
04:32Bake.
04:33Good luck, bakers.
04:35It's Christmas!
04:38We actually have to do it, don't we?
04:40I think Izzy's going to do annoyingly well,
04:43and I think Matt's going to do annoyingly well.
04:45I have confidence in David, too,
04:47but my eyes are on bloody Izzy.
04:50How much butter do you think is 225 grams?
04:53Put it on the weigh-er thingy.
04:55Today's signature challenge
04:57is Christmas tree decorations made in biscuit.
05:01I've never made biscuits in my life until this show.
05:05Oh, sugar.
05:06I hope you didn't see that.
05:08It's all about decoration.
05:09It's about the flavours,
05:10and more importantly,
05:11it's about the texture and the bake.
05:13That's what I'll be looking at.
05:14Why don't you just eat the individual ingredients,
05:17and then they'll turn into biscuits inside you?
05:20These biscuits are meant to hang on the tree,
05:22so we want them beautifully decorated.
05:25It's all about getting that definition,
05:26getting the whole and getting it hanging right.
05:28If they don't,
05:29it's chances are it's going to shatter.
05:30David?
05:31Yes?
05:31You've got a tea towel.
05:33I like the hat.
05:35I've just remembered you were a chef.
05:38Contractually,
05:39no-one's allowed to mention that.
05:41I'm really looking forward
05:42to this peep show Christmas special.
05:45I think if nothing else,
05:46it'll be enormous fun.
05:47Look at that.
05:48That's the hand of a baker.
05:50I mean, ten-year-olds do this,
05:51so it's a nice equal playing field, really.
05:54Ten-year-olds and celebrity bakers.
05:58Morning, Olivia.
05:59Hello, Olivia.
06:00Hi.
06:00Right, tell us all about your biscuits.
06:02What are you doing?
06:03I'm making gingerbread biscuits
06:05with a little bit out of the middle
06:07for a stained glass.
06:08Do you do this a lot?
06:09We make them every Christmas.
06:10Do you?
06:11So you're well-practised.
06:12I think I did them when my eldest was quite little
06:14and he's 20, so...
06:15He should be perfect.
06:17Oh, my God!
06:20Hoping her family favourite is a hit with the judges,
06:23Olivia's stained glass biscuits
06:25will be flavoured with ginger
06:26and decorated with royal icing.
06:29What's he like to be back with the crew?
06:31It's really nice,
06:31but it's a shame we have to do this,
06:33in a way, no offence,
06:34but we must have just chat.
06:35This is the one job
06:36that you was really upset about, Olivia.
06:38Yeah, because we'd all been together so long.
06:40Are you the sort of person
06:41who can watch it when you're not in it?
06:43Yeah.
06:43Oh, I can't.
06:44If I'm not on this morning,
06:45I'm not watching.
06:46Oh, I see.
06:47And it's quite nice to watch things
06:49with a little bit of jealousy, isn't it?
06:53Knead to a soft dough, he says.
06:56No need to knead.
06:57It's already a soft dough.
06:59That's where the wheels fall off.
07:02How do you find talking about peacho
07:04when you did it, like, 20-odd years ago?
07:06People are really nice.
07:07Usually they just yell random quotes at me.
07:10Like, they'll just yell,
07:11men with Venn,
07:12in my face.
07:13Did you even watch it?
07:14Never seen a single episode.
07:15You're joking.
07:16I'm not joking.
07:16Have you seen Bake Off?
07:17What's that?
07:20Does that look a bit crumbly?
07:22I'm not going to tell you.
07:24As well as achieving perfect texture...
07:26Why did I use cardamom?
07:28That was a mistake.
07:29This is fiddly and time-consuming.
07:31The bakers must deliver festive flavour.
07:34I'm making orange and cardamom angels.
07:38I've tried them once,
07:39and they weren't orangey enough
07:41or cardamomy enough,
07:42so this time they might
07:43blow everyone's brains out.
07:46Sophie's angelic biscuits
07:47will be adorned with royal icing gowns,
07:49and she's hoping this time
07:51they pack just enough punch.
07:53How much cardamom did you put in there?
07:55Possibly too much,
07:56but maybe it's refreshing.
07:58I think it'll wake people up.
07:59So it's really like going to the dentist.
08:00Try it.
08:00Is the cardamom in here?
08:01Yes.
08:04Very orangey.
08:05What does that mean when she says that?
08:07Is that code?
08:08Yeah.
08:09Now I think I've added too much liquid.
08:13Prue said the dough was very orangey,
08:15which I didn't know
08:16if it was an insult or a compliment,
08:17because that's all she said.
08:19Sophie might be struggling with spice.
08:22I'm making bauble biscuits.
08:25Plain, normal, shortbread.
08:27But David's taken a more traditional tack.
08:29If all of your Christmas decorations are edible,
08:32then you don't have to take them down.
08:34You can just eat them.
08:36Provided they make it to judging,
08:38David's baubles would consist of a crisp shortbread
08:40and be decorated with an array of festive designs.
08:44When you decorate your own tree at home,
08:45are you quite anal about it?
08:46You like them all to match up?
08:48No.
08:48No.
08:48When it comes to Christmas decoration,
08:50I abhor taste.
08:52When you were last in the tent,
08:53have you improved?
08:55Well, I haven't baked since,
08:57so I don't know.
09:00Did I just hear David say,
09:01when I was last on this show,
09:03it's meant to be an equal competition?
09:06Unbelievable.
09:06Cut into whatever shapes you like
09:08using a biscuit cutter.
09:10There.
09:11First one.
09:11The baker's biscuits...
09:13Oh, dear.
09:14..must be accurately shaped.
09:16Some are very thick and some are very thin.
09:18I don't know how that's happened.
09:19..with holes pressed before baking.
09:21Ah, where's the pronger?
09:23..or they could shatter when strong.
09:25Oh, I didn't put the holes in them.
09:28Oh, God.
09:29Are you into Christmas?
09:30I really love Christmas.
09:32And how many people do you have over?
09:33The most is about 24, but we...
09:36..24 people.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Are you enjoying the tent?
09:39It's quite relaxing, isn't it?
09:40I am enjoying the tent.
09:42I mean, relaxing's not quite the word, but...
09:44Focus, Matt. Focus.
09:47Merry Christmas, Matt.
09:49Hello, Matt.
09:49Merry Christmas, guys.
09:51So, tell us all about your biscuits.
09:52What are you doing?
09:53So, my old man got me into bird watching
09:56when I was very young,
09:57and I was a fully paid-up member
09:59of the YOC and the RSPB.
10:03So, I am making ginger nut garden birds of Britain
10:06off Forgotten at Christmas.
10:08Why are they Forgotten at Christmas?
10:10Because the robin gets all the headlines, Prue.
10:14Prue is the robin of our group.
10:17Matt's Forgotten Festive Flock
10:19will be spiced with ginger and cumin
10:20and individually decorated
10:22with identifying piped plumage.
10:25Have you made this before, Matt?
10:27No.
10:27You haven't been rehearsing night after night?
10:29No.
10:31Have you got any flour underneath there?
10:33You think I am?
10:34I thought you were a chef.
10:35Good luck.
10:36Oh, Hollywood tried to psych me out.
10:39Bakers, you are halfway through your biscuit challenge.
10:45Silent night, holy night.
10:49Not with this one.
10:51Right, I'm going for it.
10:53And they're going in for ten minutes.
10:56Turns out I have no idea how to set this.
10:59It's going up and up and up and up and up.
11:01The icing I'm confused by.
11:03As the biscuits bake,
11:06attention turns to toppings.
11:09You've obviously given the decoration quite a lot of thought.
11:12No, I really haven't.
11:13I mean, that's very professional.
11:14Is it?
11:15I've seen that kind of glazing things on stuff.
11:18But Matt's feathered friends are yet to hit the heat.
11:23Hello.
11:26Don't.
11:26What?
11:27I forgot to put holes in.
11:29How do you get the bits out of the straw?
11:33Oh, that was so close.
11:37How are you doing, Izzy?
11:38Doing a bit of knitting.
11:39What's going on?
11:40I actually have got my knitting with me.
11:41So I'm going to try and make a biscuit like this.
11:44Are you actually joking?
11:45No.
11:45That is so good.
11:47How long would something like that take you?
11:48It takes about a year for me to knit.
11:53Hoping her biscuits take less time than her knitting,
11:56Izzy's jumpers will be spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon
11:59and topped with feathered icing.
12:01Have you practised this?
12:03Yeah, I've practised a couple of times,
12:05but the consistency wasn't right.
12:07I don't like obeying the rules completely.
12:10It's a bit of a science-breaking note.
12:12The basic rules can never be changed.
12:14He didn't like that, did he,
12:15when he said you're going to break the rules?
12:16He panicked for a bit.
12:17The basic rules can never be changed.
12:20It's a science, guys, it's a science.
12:24Oh, no.
12:25What's wrong, Olivia?
12:26I meant to put the sweets in before they go in the oven.
12:29Bakers, you've got half an hour left.
12:31Oh, no.
12:33The biscuits are coming out.
12:35Here they come.
12:36Oh, now I've got shaky hands.
12:37The baking of the biscuits...
12:39Cut them back in.
12:40Minute, start.
12:42Has to be exact.
12:44What colour should they look?
12:46Left in too long?
12:47I'm going to fly in the face of time.
12:49...they'll become bitter and tough.
12:51Do you think they're ready?
12:53I don't know.
12:53I don't bake.
12:54They've done the...
12:56You have observed some baking.
12:58But take them out too soon.
13:00To me, they still look raw.
13:01They'll be soft and collapse.
13:04Oh, dear.
13:06I don't think it'll make any difference whether they're cooked more or less.
13:10Oh.
13:13Bakers, you've got 15 minutes left.
13:15What?
13:16Sounds insane, but it's the truth.
13:19This is a nightmare.
13:21Alison.
13:22What's the issue?
13:24I don't have a hole to hang them up.
13:26Why do you put a hole in?
13:27I don't know.
13:28Let's try and do a hole.
13:29Come on.
13:30Oh, poor little thing.
13:34Oh, no.
13:35How long have we got?
13:38Bakers, you've got 10 minutes left.
13:40What are you getting?
13:41Do you want to try a bit of my biscuit?
13:43Yeah, why not?
13:45Quite savoury.
13:47Bacon.
13:47No.
13:50Great.
13:50That's exactly what I was going for.
13:54OK, let's make a good job of the icing.
13:56I'm not sure that Matt's got long enough to ice them.
13:59I was going to make 12 different classic British birds.
14:02That's gone out the window.
14:03I'm making 12 blackbirds.
14:05Job done.
14:07Right, let's have a go.
14:08First one, tree.
14:12This one's a bit of a mess.
14:14Absolutely dreadful.
14:15Look at that.
14:16They look like they've all got spot cream on.
14:19Oh, wow, you're doing that wrong.
14:23I'm like watching a young Jackson Pollock.
14:26It's like watching an old Damien Hirst.
14:28Oh, wow.
14:29Yeah.
14:29And I did genuinely think he was the dark horse.
14:32Oh, I hurried from the beginning,
14:34forgot the hole.
14:35These do not look like they looked in my imagination.
14:39Could AI ice biscuits?
14:40Don't even need AI.
14:42You could just get a machine in a factory.
14:43Oh, yeah.
14:44Do you think Mr Kipling does them in the vision?
14:48Bakers, you have one minute left.
14:51Oh, no.
14:52There's just no way this is going to happen.
14:55You've got to hang those biscuits, kids.
14:57I need string.
14:58String.
14:58Christmas string.
14:59There's no way I'm going to get 12 struck.
15:0212?
15:03No chance.
15:04I keep making the strings too small.
15:06They look like they've died.
15:09Oh, this is so annoying.
15:10These wouldn't last 10 seconds on the Christmas tree in real life.
15:15Okay, bakers.
15:18Your time is up.
15:20Please step away from your hanging biscuits.
15:24I didn't know mine would be so much worse than everyone else's.
15:31Shall I put the wool there, do you think?
15:33To show that they're knitted jumpers.
15:35But they're not, aren't they?
15:36They're biscuits.
15:44Our peep show cast's biscuits will now face the judgement of Paul and Prue.
15:51Hello.
15:52Hiya, Matt.
15:53Tell us all about your Halloween scene.
15:57As I said at the start, I'm making the classic 13 blackbirds of Christmas.
16:03I thought they were crows.
16:04Don't make it worse, Prue.
16:13They're fractionally overbaked, but they're really delicious.
16:16You can taste the caramel in it.
16:17The way you've fallen flat a little bit is the volume of icing on it.
16:21Falling flat?
16:21Sweetness with the biscuit works quite nicely.
16:23It just looks a bit horrific for Christmas.
16:26Thanks, guys.
16:27Merry Christmas.
16:28Merry Christmas.
16:37They rule the decoration, I think, is excellent.
16:39Thanks.
16:40It's beautifully piped.
16:41Windows have gone a little bit sploshy.
16:43There was a bit of a whoops there.
16:44I nearly finished baking them and then realised I hadn't put sweets in.
16:47So then they chopped it in.
16:53Great flavour.
16:54Yeah.
16:55Underbaked.
16:56Oh, bums.
16:57You'd left it in there another probably even five minutes.
17:00Oh, really?
17:00It would have been spot on.
17:02Really beautifully done, Olivia.
17:03Just a bit cookie-like.
17:05Well done.
17:08Make cookies.
17:18Obviously, I spent most of the time decorating them,
17:20so I might have pushed the aesthetic a bit far
17:23and left the flavour as a sort of secondary thought.
17:27I think they actually look pretty good.
17:30They look really nicely baked, don't they?
17:32They've got that perfect biscuit colour.
17:35That is short.
17:40I'm going to give you a handshake, because I'll tell you why.
17:43I'll tell you why I'm going to give you a handshake.
17:44It's because that is a very, very good shortbread.
17:48Decoration's a bit naff,
17:50but it's a really, really good biscuit.
17:53Thank you very much.
17:53I'm really pleased.
17:55Mark Corrigan would be so proud.
18:05I love the way that the jumpers all look slightly different.
18:08They do look like little jumpers.
18:10I really enjoyed doing the feathering.
18:12That's the first time I've done it.
18:13Yeah.
18:13It's very well.
18:17Spice levels are spot on.
18:18The biscuit's nice, although slightly underbaked.
18:21It's just a little bit soft on the mouth.
18:24Tastes fantastic.
18:25The taste is incredible.
18:26Really lovely and spicy.
18:28Well done.
18:29Fantastic.
18:30Well done.
18:40They are falling angels come to visit people on Christmas.
18:45They're going head first, which is quite scary.
18:47They're beautifully decorated.
18:49You must be so pleased with that.
18:51Sorry, angel, I've got to bite your arm off.
18:55This is very tense.
18:57I think the flavour is absolutely perfect.
18:59The orange is very light and zesty and delicious.
19:05OK, well, the reason why I'm giving you a handshake is because
19:07the cardamom level is tricky to work with.
19:10You put quite a lot in that, but it works really nice with the orange.
19:14I think you've done a great job.
19:15Really beautiful.
19:16Oh, I'm so pleased.
19:19Life will never be as good.
19:22It was almost erotic when I got that handshake.
19:27I felt things I shouldn't have felt pre-Watershed.
19:30I got the first handshake.
19:32Had I been able to sell it before the one was given to Sophie, I'd be well ahead.
19:38The technicals where I will bring out the big guns.
19:42This is Hollywood.
19:43He, not just my technical challenge, but also his words.
19:50With their Christmas biscuits behind them,
19:52the bakers now face a gingham wrap technical treat.
19:59Hello, lovely bakers.
20:00Welcome back to the tent.
20:01It's time for your technical challenge.
20:03And this one has been set for you by our very own sugarplum fairy.
20:07It's Port...
20:07No, it's Prue, Lee.
20:11Prue, have you got any festive words for our peeps?
20:13Yes, this is my favourite Christmas recipe.
20:17Please don't mess it up.
20:19Strong words.
20:20Hang on.
20:20As ever, this technical challenge will be judged blind,
20:23so we're going to have to ask these two naughty elves to do one.
20:27Off you, pup.
20:28See you, naughty elves.
20:29So, for your technical challenge,
20:32Prue would love you to bake six miniature versions
20:35of that Christmas classic, the turkey pie.
20:38Your turkey pie should consist of a crisp shortcrust pastry
20:43and be filled with a flavoursome filling
20:46and served alongside a homemade cranberry sauce.
20:50Mmm.
20:51Oh, stop it.
20:52Now, because this is a Peep Show special,
20:55they want your pies to be in the shape of the Peep Show I.
20:58An I-shaped turkey pie.
21:00You've got this.
21:01I know you have bakers.
21:03You've got an hour and a half.
21:04On your marks.
21:05Get set.
21:05Bake.
21:08This is hilarious.
21:10I kind of assumed someone would do it for us.
21:13Do you know what I think's a great use for cold turkey?
21:16You just simply put it in a sandwich
21:17and actually actively more pleasant than, for example,
21:20a pie, which takes so much hassle.
21:25So, Prue, leftover turkey pies.
21:27Bit of a favourite?
21:28Well, I love leftovers.
21:31I think the best thing about Christmas is really the leftovers.
21:34These are a rather unusual shape.
21:36It's the Peep Show logo.
21:38And it's an homage to that famous scene
21:42when Jeremy says that he's forgotten the turkey.
21:47Where's the turkey?
21:48I thought you were getting the turkey.
21:49You what?
21:51No turkey?
21:52I think these look great.
21:54It's quite difficult to get the pastry into that mould.
21:57They've got an hour and a half for this challenge.
21:59I think they're going to run out of time because you know what's going to happen.
22:01They've got to mess around with the filling, mess around with the pastry.
22:04And they need a good 25 minutes in the oven.
22:07If they are underbaked, it could fall apart.
22:09And the cranberry?
22:10That's a disaster waiting just there.
22:12Do you think?
22:13Yeah.
22:13OK, I'll take my pie here.
22:17The filling is really simple.
22:19It's leftover turkey, but they've got to chop it up because these are tiny pies, so you don't
22:23want great lumps.
22:25That is lovely.
22:27Do you want a bit of cranberry, Prue?
22:28Yeah.
22:29Give me a dollop.
22:34Mmm.
22:35Blended with the cranberry, being that little bit of sourness as well is gorgeous.
22:38Christmas is famous for disasters, so let's hope this is not one.
22:45I've never made shortcrust pastry.
22:48I'm so out of my comfort zone.
22:50Tip the flour, butter and salt into a bowl, then rub the butter into the flour using your
22:54fingertips.
22:54I'm actually using my whole fleshy hands.
22:56I just don't want to embarrass myself like I did this morning.
23:00Family has to live with me.
23:02Add water one tablespoon at a time until the mixture comes together into a ball.
23:06This isn't coming together at all.
23:08Would you say that's coming together into a ball?
23:11Lovely.
23:12Did you get a handshake?
23:14I did get a handshake, yes.
23:15How'd that feel?
23:16It was a moment of immense pride that has now been blasted away by this experience of deep
23:21stress.
23:21For the filling, melt the butter in a small pan, add the leek and cook until something
23:25How are you chopping the leek?
23:27I haven't started yet.
23:28I've chopped an onion.
23:30Never chopped a leek.
23:32I don't have to look.
23:33Matt is just a chef.
23:35Yeah, I'm worried about Matt.
23:36Look at you and your element.
23:37I'm quite enjoying watching you cook.
23:39Six turkey pies for table three.
23:41No problem.
23:42Service!
23:43I don't think this is going to get me the handshake.
23:46Is that your goal here, to get handshakes?
23:47I just want to get a handshake.
23:49You can't get one on the technical.
23:50He rarely gives them out on the showstopper.
23:53Oh, really?
23:54But you might win it, right?
23:55No.
23:56I think we all know that's not going to happen.
23:58Add the turkey stock and increase the heat.
24:00There it goes and increase the heat.
24:03I didn't cook the leeks properly and they're floating around like little hard aliens.
24:09David, I'm just letting you know I've ordered the turkey.
24:12It's organic.
24:12There you go.
24:13A turkey?
24:14A turkey?
24:15I'm vegan!
24:17I'm vegan!
24:18Just so you know, I did order the vegan turkey as well.
24:22Oh, I'm sorry.
24:24I flew off the handle a bit later.
24:26It's fine.
24:27I'll leave you to it.
24:28Yeah.
24:30I couldn't quite remember my words.
24:32Where are you up to?
24:34I'm dicing the turkey.
24:36Flavoursome fillings require precise preparation.
24:39Did you chop your turkey?
24:41With well-sized pieces.
24:43Oh, man.
24:44For a balanced bite.
24:46Diced.
24:47I didn't dice.
24:49Oh.
24:50I'm actually going to dice it with my hands.
24:53Sticking your hands into warm gravy.
24:54I'm putting a pot.
24:56Meat.
24:57Ooh!
24:59That looks nice.
25:00Look at that.
25:01You look like some weird magician.
25:03Ta-da!
25:05I thought, oh, it's meant to be a live rabbit.
25:07Oh, I've messed up.
25:12My little Christmas bakers, you are halfway through.
25:16Nice one turkey head.
25:18You can talk.
25:19Okay, I've got to hurry up now.
25:21Right.
25:21The filling, I think, is done.
25:22That looks very unpleasant.
25:25Robust pies require perfect pastry.
25:28Roll out the pastry to a thickness of a pound coin.
25:30If they fail to achieve the correct thickness...
25:33I don't know how thick a one-pound coin is.
25:35They could collapse once baked.
25:37Oh, dear.
25:38I haven't mixed it up very well.
25:40This is bad pastry.
25:43You've got handprints on your buttocks, David.
25:46What?
25:47You've got handprints of flour on your buttocks.
25:49They're my own.
25:49I'm reduced to groping myself.
25:52Use the pastry to line the tins, sealing the edges with water.
25:56How do I know how much pastry to put in?
25:58I mean, how does anyone know anything?
26:00That's the problem, isn't it, with bacon?
26:02Why isn't the pastry lying in the little nests obediently?
26:08It's quite hard to get these in the moulds, isn't it?
26:10Yeah.
26:11What happens when there's a rip?
26:12Is that bad?
26:13In the universe, do you mean?
26:14Yeah.
26:15That's bad, yeah.
26:16Is it bad or will it all be all right?
26:18It's hair in the universe.
26:19I don't think so.
26:20Good luck.
26:24Bakers, you have half an hour left.
26:27Yes.
26:28That's flown by.
26:30Half an hour.
26:31How's that happened?
26:32Time goes quickly when you're in an absolute panic.
26:36If the bakers are to prevent a dry festive pie...
26:39How does anyone do this quickly?
26:40They must be both filled to the brim.
26:43Too much in there.
26:44And fully sealed with a lid.
26:47Oh, dear.
26:48Embellished with the peep show peeper.
26:51I can't remember what the peep show eye looks like.
26:53I assumed that there were full lids going on these, but the eyeball is going on top.
26:59No, the lid is an eye shape.
27:01But more time spent debating.
27:03No, it's an eyeball, isn't it?
27:04No, read it.
27:05I promise.
27:06Read it.
27:07Read it now.
27:08It will mean less time left for baking.
27:11Why don't I have enough pastry for lids?
27:13Three lids out of five, but it'll be all right.
27:16I just want to talk about the Oscar.
27:17Where is it?
27:19It's now on a bookshelf.
27:21You keep it on a bookshelf?
27:22But hidden behind a book.
27:23Why do you hide it?
27:24Because I think it's a bit sherry-offy.
27:26I literally have them on display outside my house.
27:31Pastry is not my friend.
27:33I love it so much I thought it would know that.
27:36Just 20 minutes remains on the challenge.
27:39I've really got to hurry up now.
27:42I meant to have got these in the oven by now, am I?
27:44OK, these have to go in the oven now.
27:48Izzy, have you put yours in?
27:49You cheat.
27:51I'm never going to get a hand shape with those two.
27:54It doesn't tell you how long to bake the pies for.
27:57I think you have to use your instincts.
27:59I think that's part of the sneakiness of it.
28:02Setting for 19.
28:04Start.
28:05Poor little things.
28:06They're hideous.
28:08Oh, yeah.
28:09Right.
28:09Cranberry sauce.
28:12Tip the cranberries, sugar, pork, balsamic vinegar and allspice into a pan.
28:16What kind of maniac makes their own cranberry sauce?
28:19These ones are all to taste.
28:22I hate it when they want you to use your judgement, you know?
28:25Don't do that in the Large Hadron Collider.
28:29Go on.
28:30That smells good.
28:31No, you have to try it.
28:32I can't try those.
28:35Can't have too much balsamic vinegar.
28:38There we go.
28:39Pork to taste.
28:41That's a bit open-ended, isn't it?
28:43We need to taste it.
28:45It's quite boozy.
28:46If I make them eat this first, maybe they won't notice the pie.
28:49I'm going to pour it in here and then let's see.
28:51I think...
28:52That's a taste, isn't it?
28:53Yeah.
28:54The only thing is, there is Paul and Prue.
28:57Yeah.
28:57A little bit more.
28:59Lovely.
29:01I'm just reducing down the cranberry sauce.
29:03Come on, cranberries.
29:05What is it doing?
29:06You've got to love Christmas to be able to eat this.
29:10Baker, sadly, you've only got ten minutes left.
29:13That's so unpleasant.
29:15Can't work out if they're baits or not.
29:17You've done an eye!
29:19Better without an eye but cooked than raw with an eye.
29:22Do you know when I check the oven?
29:24I'll check it.
29:26I'm not going to lie, they look the same as when you put them in there.
29:29You can get there.
29:30You can get there.
29:32I don't want to be first to get them out.
29:34They're going to fall completely to bits.
29:37Oh, my goodness.
29:38Bakers, you've got five minutes left.
29:40Five minutes, bakers.
29:42Right, come on.
29:43OK, I'm going to get mine out.
29:44I'm taking mine out now.
29:46Are you doing that?
29:47I'm taking mine out, David.
29:49It's not wise.
29:50Don't think they're ready.
29:51No.
29:52Oh, poor little things.
29:54Oh, turkey hell.
29:56How on earth do we get them on this board?
29:59Anyone got a hammer?
29:59Oh, look.
30:03Raw pie.
30:05Fascinating disaster.
30:07How many minutes left?
30:08Bakers, you've got one minute left.
30:11One minute.
30:12Oh, no.
30:14Have we got any brown paint I can paint on them so they look browner?
30:18Oh, no.
30:19It's all four in a pop.
30:21I mean, this is what all the top chefs do, isn't it?
30:24Get that eye out.
30:26Oh, no.
30:27Total pie collapse.
30:29I don't think this one's fit for purpose.
30:31It needs to go to rehab.
30:33Bakers, your time is up.
30:38Finished.
30:40Please bring your turkey pies and place them behind your photos.
30:45Oh, Izzy, they're beautiful.
30:47Mine are pathetic.
30:51The judges were hoping for six elegant I-shaped turkey pies served with a beautifully balanced
30:57cranberry sauce.
30:58We've got...
31:01We've got a nod towards that.
31:02Yeah.
31:03And they've no idea whose pies are whose.
31:07Okay.
31:08These pies look a bit...
31:10Broken.
31:10...informal.
31:11Yeah.
31:12There's five of these rather than six.
31:15Pastry looks nice and short.
31:16Pastry looks nice and short.
31:16It does look nice and short, yeah.
31:18There's been issues with the line and with the lids.
31:20Let's have a look.
31:20Let's have a taste.
31:21Let's see what it looks like inside.
31:25Oh.
31:27That filling is delicious.
31:29It's a very good flavour.
31:30Yeah.
31:30Couldn't have done with a tiny bit longer in the oven.
31:32What does this taste like?
31:34This looks as if it hasn't been cooked at all.
31:36What the hell is that?
31:38They do need to be cooked a little bit so they begin to break up.
31:42Wow.
31:42Never seen anything like that before.
31:44Yeah.
31:44Moving on to this one.
31:45These look a bit neater.
31:47It needs longer in the oven, though.
31:48Definitely.
31:49This is underbaked.
31:50Yeah.
31:54The filling is delicious.
31:56Flavour combination is good.
31:57The seasoning is good.
32:02Cranberry sauce needs a little bit more sugar in it.
32:05It is very bitter.
32:06Yeah.
32:07They've got the disc on the top.
32:09They've got the eye.
32:10And that is underbaked.
32:12Yeah.
32:13Nicely filled, though.
32:14Lots of filling, which I like.
32:15There is lots of filling, yeah.
32:18Very nice.
32:18I can taste the leek and the turkey.
32:23Wow.
32:24It's got a bit of balsamic in that, isn't it?
32:27I think it's just balsamic.
32:29Moving on.
32:30This is...
32:30At least it's got a bit of colour on this.
32:32The colour on the base is more of a stronger bake,
32:35although they've broken up slightly.
32:38Shame about these massive pieces of...
32:42The size of the pie is the size of that.
32:45Yeah.
32:45When you've got a pie that big,
32:46you need to chop up whatever turkey you have.
32:48So it works in the pie,
32:50because, I mean,
32:50you could have a piece of turkey that big
32:52and it'll fit beautifully in,
32:53you just can't fit anything else in.
32:57Quite tart.
32:57It's tart, but I like it.
32:59Yeah.
33:00Yeah.
33:00I'm not quite sure where the lid went on this,
33:01but there is an eye.
33:02Colour on it's not bad.
33:04No.
33:04This is a real pity.
33:06You've probably lost a little bit
33:07through evaporation,
33:08because there's no lid.
33:10Lots of tarragon in that.
33:12It's not too bad.
33:13Maybe because my mouth's still burning from the other one.
33:18The judges will now rank the bakers from worst to first.
33:23In fifth place, we have this one.
33:26Anyone owning up to this one?
33:28It's me, sorry.
33:29It was short one pie.
33:31They came out a bit broken up,
33:32but they did actually taste really nice.
33:34In fourth spot, we have this one.
33:38Izzy, actually, it wasn't too bad.
33:39The problem was, your turkey was huge.
33:41And then in third place, we have this one.
33:43Matt, this didn't have any lids,
33:45but pastry was nicely baked,
33:47and the filling tasted good.
33:51In second, we have this one.
33:53This is this.
33:57David, pretty decent pie, to be honest.
33:59With that cranberry.
34:00I was quite stressed,
34:01and so I just poured everything in.
34:05Which means, of course,
34:06that this is the winner.
34:09Olivia.
34:10Thanks.
34:13Olivia, you did the best ones.
34:14Filling was absolutely delicious.
34:16Well done.
34:17Thanks.
34:18Yeah, it went really well.
34:20They liked my filling.
34:22No, it's fourth place.
34:22There were only five of us.
34:24Should have been a draw.
34:26We all should have won.
34:28To be honest, I knew that I'd come last.
34:31They weren't lookers,
34:32but we shouldn't judge by appearance.
34:40Showstopper time.
34:41Merry Christmas, everybody.
34:43The Christmas spirit has really got into this one.
34:46A handshake to David for the shortbread.
34:49It was great shortbread.
34:50The decoration was appalling.
34:51You're feeling very Christmassy, aren't you?
34:53I was.
34:54I laid down for about half an hour, and I was fine.
34:57Who do you think's up there with their baking skills?
35:00My money's on Olivia.
35:01Yeah, I agree.
35:02She's taking it seriously.
35:03She wants to win.
35:03I said to Olivia,
35:04would you give up your Oscar for the handshake?
35:07She said, yeah.
35:09You know, one that I think is interesting is Sophie,
35:12because she did worst in the technical,
35:15but she did really well in the signature.
35:17I do think the only two people in line for Starbaker,
35:19at the moment,
35:20and it can all change in the show,
35:21Starbaker,
35:22is Olivia and David.
35:23I think we should talk about the serious question.
35:26What have you all got me for my Christmas present?
35:28Well, I got you a night with Paul.
35:31That's a present.
35:32I don't want a night with Paul.
35:34You never said that last night.
35:36One challenge stands between our bakers...
35:39Ho, ho, ho, everyone!
35:40..and the Christmas Bake Off crowd.
35:43Welcome back to Santa's Grotto, Christmas Bakers.
35:47It's time for your Showstopper Challenge.
35:49Our lovely judges would like to see the worlds of baking
35:53and classic comedy collide.
35:56A little bit rude.
35:56We do that every single show?
35:57Exactly.
35:58We're the living embodiment of those things.
36:00For your Showstopper Challenge,
36:02the judges would like you to make a cake
36:04depicting your favourite peep show moment.
36:07Could be a wake cake.
36:09Rest in peace, Gerard.
36:10A deep cut there from Alison.
36:12That's one for the obsessional fans.
36:13You have three hours until our judges come down the chimney
36:16and smash up all your favourite presents.
36:18On your marks.
36:19Get set.
36:20Bake!
36:23It's very quiet here.
36:25It's supposed to be Christmas.
36:27Perhaps everyone's had a row.
36:30The Christmas Showstopper is all about their favourite peep show moments in cake.
36:35Two tablespoons of cocoa powder.
36:38It's all about the decoration, flavour,
36:40and then the scene should be well recognised.
36:43It's like a living nightmare.
36:44What could be more Christmas-y than that?
36:46I think creating a novelty cake is always a tricky challenge.
36:50The first thing they've got to get right is the sponge batter.
36:53One, two, three, four, five, six.
36:54You don't want to over-bake the cake because it'll be dry as a bone.
36:58You don't want to under-bake it so it's raw in the middle.
37:01They've got to get the sponge baked correctly.
37:03Vanilla bean paste.
37:05What am I up to?
37:06The sponges obviously can carry a lot of flavour,
37:08but so can the filling.
37:10It's got to balance out correctly.
37:11Whatever flavour they choose, we want it to taste absolutely delicious.
37:15I can't grate that bit.
37:17How do I grate that bit?
37:18It's wasted.
37:19It's not going to be charity enough.
37:21I am excited about this challenge.
37:22There are some decent bakers in there,
37:24so I'm expecting big things today.
37:26I'm trying to remember the last time I made a cake.
37:28I think it was for my daughter's christening.
37:30Yeah.
37:31She's 46 now.
37:35Hello, Matt.
37:36Good morning.
37:36Tell us about your peep show moment.
37:40I'm making two Victoria sponges cut into various body parts.
37:45Oh, my gosh.
37:46Sounds quite gruesome when you say it like that.
37:51Matt's edible body parts will be filled with raspberry jam
37:54and assembled to commemorate the time superhands ran to Windsor.
37:58My legs are gone, man.
38:00I'm a jelly.
38:01I'm paralysed.
38:02People think I had just landed on planet Earth into peep show,
38:06but it never existed before.
38:08I had a 16-year stand-up career in Australia,
38:10and I was over here doing the Edinburgh Festival.
38:13The woman that was casting peep show came to my show
38:16because it was raining.
38:18There were eight people in the audience,
38:20and she was like,
38:20excuse me, I'm actually casting a new Channel 4 sitcom,
38:24and there's a part of a terrible drug addict in your face.
38:29It's just perfect.
38:31What a lovely Christmas story.
38:33What a success story.
38:36Matt's not the only baker...
38:38It's all going to go wrong.
38:39..who's chosen to capture their character in a moment of crisis.
38:42I'm making an apple and cinnamon cake
38:45in the shape of a ball pit,
38:47where my character, she just got back together with Mark,
38:50and then April turns up, and he buries Sophie to hide her.
38:55Oh, I should have used more balls.
38:57What?
38:59What?
38:59Why did you bury me?
39:01I didn't bury you.
39:02If you don't want to move in after all,
39:04you don't have to bury me.
39:05Just send a f***ing text.
39:07Olivia's ball pit will be carved from apple and cinnamon sponge
39:11and topped with an intoxicated fondant Sophie.
39:14Have you practised this?
39:15I made it once before,
39:16but then the Christmas biscuits I make every year,
39:19and they were a disaster.
39:20They weren't a disaster.
39:21Well, you said you didn't like them, Paul.
39:23No, I never said I didn't like that.
39:25She's actually changed the story in her head.
39:27Paul hated it.
39:30I'd call it pile of carrot on gunk.
39:33For a beautifully risen well-baked cake.
39:35God, that's delicious.
39:37I would just serve a bowl of that, and I think I should win.
39:39Ensuring their batter is meticulously mixed is crucial.
39:43Freaking out, because I think I may have split my Victoria sponge mix.
39:48I'm going for it anyway.
39:49Are you into Christmas?
39:50You're a big Christmas person.
39:51Yeah, I love Christmas, but I'm very militant.
39:53I don't like people being in pyjamas after 11am.
39:56I'm a little bit like that.
39:57Are you?
39:58You can't go to the dinner in your pyjamas.
40:01That's just rude.
40:01That's a no-no.
40:02And while this might be a straightforward stage for most...
40:05This could be an absolute triumph.
40:07Or an absolute meh.
40:09For others...
40:10Am I doing this right?
40:12I mean, what's that?
40:13Horrible's like an olive.
40:14It's proving rather more problematic.
40:18Sod's law would dictate that that would be in the first bite Paul or Prue took.
40:22Hoping to avoid any uncomfortable crunches,
40:25David will sculpt his carrot cake to resemble a cauliflower,
40:28in recollection of an awkward Christmas incident.
40:31Now, where's the cauliflower?
40:34Cauliflower's not traditional, Dad.
40:35Cauliflower is traditional!
40:41How many Christmas dinners did you have to eat filming that?
40:44As you'll know.
40:45If you've got to eat something in a scene, you eat the minimum.
40:49So you say, OK, I'm going to have a sprout.
40:52And then that's it.
40:53And then you know, OK, so I'm in for probably 30 sprouts.
40:56No!
40:56Have you ever watched Downton Abbey?
40:58You can see them all doing it.
40:59They've got a huge banquet in front of them.
41:01And if they scoff alone on the first take...
41:03You've got to do it.
41:04..then you've got to do it for continuity.
41:05And before you know it, they're your vomiting pheasant.
41:10Right, they're going in the oven.
41:11This is the best it'll be.
41:13Come on, babies.
41:14OK, where's that wretched little timer?
41:17Don't interrupt me.
41:18Not a set of timer.
41:19Don't try and put me on.
41:2235 minutes.
41:24Then I have to start using my judgment.
41:26With sponges safely baking...
41:27I'm going to go on with making some jam.
41:29What do you think 50 grams of butter looks like?
41:32I think it looks like that.
41:34Focus turns to the festive fillings...
41:36Hang on!
41:37..that will help fortify their flavour.
41:39I'm a butter whisperer.
41:41In my buttercream, there is Kahlua,
41:43because that makes everything fine.
41:44And espresso, which also makes everything fine.
41:47Morning, Sophie.
41:49Morning, everyone.
41:49Hello, Sophie.
41:50Tell us about your peep show moment.
41:52So, it's Big Suze and Mark in bed,
41:54and he thinks it's going to be quite an electrifying moment.
41:57And, in fact, Big Suze just treats him
41:59like a sweet, furry, sexless teddy.
42:03Sophie will capture this mortifying moment for Mark
42:06in a rich and boozy coffee cake.
42:08Kind of like a modern-day eunuch, aren't you, Mark?
42:13Yes, I suppose so.
42:15Sophie might be featuring one of Mark's
42:17many romantic failures.
42:18Is it hard watching people bake
42:20when they're not as good as you?
42:22Sometimes.
42:23Yeah.
42:23You're not feeling that now, though, are you?
42:25No.
42:26But Izzy has chosen to recall a rare moment of triumph.
42:29I'm making the moment when Mark and Dobby
42:33are in the work cafeteria,
42:35and my character carries her own personal cheese.
42:38So, I'll do David's face as it was in 2008.
42:42Oh, it was great back then.
42:43Because there's something growing on it now.
42:46Wow, you carry personal cheese.
42:50Is that allowed?
42:51I'm a smoker.
42:52I need man cheddar, you know?
42:54Right.
42:55Complete with her chunk of cheese,
42:57Izzy's seam will be crafted from a spiced chocolate cake
43:00and topped with fondant renditions
43:02of Dobby and Mark in their prime.
43:04He's aged very well.
43:05Some people look right as they age.
43:07As they get older.
43:08Yeah.
43:09Some people look wrong.
43:10Some people look wrong.
43:11Some people maybe peak at nine.
43:13You want to peak at, like, 49, don't you?
43:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:16You want to peak at nine.
43:16What about you?
43:17When did you peak?
43:18I think I'll peak in about five minutes.
43:23Bakers, you're halfway through.
43:24You've got an hour and a half left.
43:25Oh, God.
43:26Oh, I need to check the cakes.
43:28If they are to successfully transform their cakes
43:31into iconic edible scenes...
43:32I think I should have a glove on.
43:34OK.
43:35..getting the bait right is critical.
43:37Apparently, if you put the skewer in
43:39and bits are stuck to it, it's not ready.
43:41And if it comes out clean, it's ready.
43:43What I'm 100% certain will happen
43:45is some sort of grey area between the two.
43:48What do you think?
43:49It looks quite anemic.
43:51I'll get that one, bro.
43:52OK.
43:54I don't know.
43:55It's hard to know, isn't it?
43:57Are you absolutely...
43:59But for Matt's Victoria sandwich...
44:00Bar steward.
44:01..there's a more imminent issue.
44:03It's not rising properly.
44:05I'm starting to think I didn't put any flour in it.
44:08Oh!
44:09Do I start all over again?
44:11It's going to put a lot of pressure on the other end, though.
44:14Yep, starting again.
44:16While Matt races to remake his cakes...
44:18I'm not even measuring anything.
44:20The rest of the bakers...
44:21It's clean.
44:22..are coming out.
44:23They look absolutely amazing.
44:26I've been in this tent nine years,
44:27and when someone makes a good cake...
44:29I get a little endorphin rush.
44:31Are you getting the rush now?
44:32I am, yeah.
44:34Can you smell anything?
44:35No, they just smell of sponge.
44:37Can you not smell golden or warming notes?
44:39Oh, yeah, you can if you go close.
44:40And you stay down there for a while.
44:43So now they have to cool down.
44:44With Matt's second batch finally finding the oven...
44:47All bets are off for now.
44:49The race is on to craft the characters.
44:51I didn't look up how to do necks.
44:54They look like babies.
44:55And decorative adornments.
44:57They should come out looking like cauliflower.
45:00That will help bring their scenes to life.
45:02The moment we look like two eyeless pigs.
45:04I like that colour.
45:05Would you say that was mauve?
45:07What are those delicious sweets?
45:08Do you remember?
45:09Parma Violet.
45:10Parma Violet.
45:10Did you like those?
45:12Loved them.
45:12What were your favourite penny sweets when you were growing up?
45:14Do you?
45:15I like licorice.
45:16Oh, my God.
45:17That doesn't surprise me.
45:19Licorice is the stuff of psychopaths.
45:22Awful.
45:24Trying to do a face.
45:26Looks a bit like Voldemort at the moment.
45:28Watching craftsmen work, I know it's quite mesmerising.
45:31That's not bad.
45:32Look at that.
45:34I like these little shoesies.
45:35How are you today?
45:36I'm good.
45:37Yeah?
45:38There's my second lot of cake mixed in the oven.
45:40Why?
45:41What happened to the first lot?
45:42It didn't rise at all.
45:44How are you going to make that time up?
45:46Don't know.
45:46Don't know?
45:47Don't care.
45:48Don't care.
45:51Christmas bakers, you've got one hour left.
45:53Come on, please work.
45:55Oh, God, I'm making myself look really ill.
45:58Oh, that sad little thing as a headboard.
46:00I think it's the lack of eyebrows that makes them look a bit creepy.
46:03When you was in Peep Show, did you get recognised all the time?
46:07Yeah, I mean, I still do get recognised in Peep Show.
46:10Yeah.
46:10What is the number one question people ask you?
46:12What are Rob and David like?
46:14And what do you say?
46:15Horrible.
46:17This is the moment of truth.
46:19Second time round for the sponge.
46:21Oh, it's risen.
46:22Oh, I'm so happy I'd went again.
46:25You're getting your narrative arc now.
46:29Bakers, you have half an hour left.
46:32Yeah, I should hurry up, shouldn't I?
46:33It's about to happen.
46:34I've got to start assembling.
46:36Just have a normal day in the Bake Off tent,
46:38making my own legs out of cake.
46:41So now, putting the buttercream on the bottom one.
46:44This is the image I wanted to see for Christmas.
46:47You decorating a cake, taking it very seriously.
46:50All the levity goes, doesn't it?
46:52Do you think that's a thick enough layer?
46:55My jam's not going to set, so I'm just going to have to dribble it.
46:58I've got what looks like quite a nice cake here,
47:00and I'm now ruining it in order to make it look like a cauliflower.
47:04Do you know what's very lovely about this kind of intense baking?
47:08You can't think about anything else.
47:10You've really got my four teeth just right.
47:12Do they look a bit like fans?
47:17Please don't film this.
47:18Oh, my Lord.
47:20Bakers, you've got 15 minutes left.
47:23We need the cheese, and I've not got pretty much time left.
47:25It's not a disaster, but everyone else's is better.
47:28That really annoys me.
47:30How the hell am I going to make these stand up?
47:33So the balls for the ball pit will be two different types of sweet.
47:36Oh, my God.
47:38It's working.
47:38Oh, so good.
47:40That's all right.
47:41That looks like cauliflower.
47:42I think the head might be too big.
47:44Oh, dear.
47:45What's that, buddy?
47:45Is that his legs?
47:46That's his head.
47:47What is it?
47:48That's his suit.
47:49Oh, that's his suit.
47:50That's his jacket.
47:51Okay, I get it, I get it, I get it.
47:52The little legs from his neck.
47:55All I've got to do now is make a mobile phone.
47:58Great.
47:59How many minutes have we got?
48:01Ding, dong.
48:02This is your Christmas time call.
48:04You have five minutes left.
48:08My body and brain is giving up.
48:10Bit of a gap there.
48:11I'm just going to stick a load of sweets around the side.
48:13I'll shine like a remote.
48:14Uh-oh.
48:15It's breaking.
48:16Why is it wobbling?
48:19Come on, you idiot.
48:20How hard is it to stand up?
48:22I was going to make some hair.
48:23Dirty.
48:24Honestly.
48:25It's got loads of chocolate icing all over it.
48:27Bakers, you've got one minute left.
48:29Oh, my Lord.
48:31Hang on, blue eyes.
48:35Doing the old club sandwich trick.
48:40Oh, come on.
48:41Bakers, your time is up.
48:44Please step away from your showstoppers.
48:48Take that, Mr Corrigan Senior.
48:50Why did we agree to do this?
48:52I mean, it's uncanny, isn't it?
48:58The bakers' peep show scenes will now be judged by Paul and Prue.
49:03Matt, it's time for your showstopper or your mini-me.
49:14Questions?
49:16Remind us about your showstopper.
49:19So, it's a scene where I accidentally run to Windsor and it's one of the things that gets shouted at
49:25me a lot in the street.
49:26So, where's the cake in this?
49:28Can you go through the legs?
49:29Then you get a little mini Victoria sponge.
49:31You haven't bonded this well.
49:33Never mind about that.
49:36Just eat the cake.
49:41I'd say it's fractionally overbaked, but it's delicious.
49:45Flavour-wise, it is very good, but it is slightly overbaked.
49:48You can feel it quite dry on the mouth, but the jam inside is very good.
49:52Flavour's great.
49:53And the design is not bad, to be honest.
49:55Good job, Matt.
49:56Thanks, Paul.
50:00No, I'm sorry.
50:02No, I...
50:02Fist bump.
50:13My cake is a coffee cake and it's based on an episode where Mark and Big Suze share a bed.
50:20It's a big bed, judging by the size of the heads.
50:23Feet and it comes in.
50:25We've got our legs up underneath us.
50:27It's a super king.
50:28What's happened with the headboard?
50:29It has slightly wilted.
50:31It was very upright and hard and it's lost its promise.
50:35OK, let's have a look at the cake, shall we?
50:38And it's coffee throughout, isn't it?
50:39Yes.
50:40This looks like good cake.
50:45There's no doubt what the flavour is.
50:47Oh.
50:47No, it's good.
50:48Oh, good.
50:49That's beautiful.
50:50Really good.
50:51Coffee level is spot on.
50:53Been baked amazingly.
50:54That's a great cake.
50:55This is really beautiful.
50:57Excellent.
50:58Oh, bless you.
50:58Well done.
50:59Thank you very much.
51:05This is essentially David and that's yourself.
51:07Yeah, I'm aware that we look like evil twins.
51:10Strange dental work as well.
51:12I think it's wonderful because your characters have really got expression.
51:16Tell us about the sponge.
51:17So it's a chocolate cake flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
51:25You know, the cake is a little bit dry, but you know what?
51:29With the icing, it tastes great.
51:31Flavour-wise, it's quite tricky to get all those spices to work in a sponge cake.
51:35And what's even more unusual for me, you wouldn't necessarily do it with chocolate, but it works.
51:39Yes, it does.
51:40I think it's really original.
51:42You're obviously highly artistic.
51:44It's very alive.
51:44I think it's excellent.
51:46Great job.
51:55My cake is an apple and cinnamon cake with cinnamon buttercream in the middle.
52:00And it is the scene where Sophie gets buried in the ball pit by Mark.
52:04She's drunk as well.
52:06You've done the modelling beautifully and it's very neat.
52:09It works beautifully well because it's clean and simple.
52:12I know the scene quite well.
52:13It's brilliant.
52:14Very well thought through.
52:15But let's have a look and see what it tastes like.
52:17This is apple and cinnamon.
52:19Yeah.
52:24Flavour's spot on.
52:25Yeah, I think you've done a good job with that apple cake.
52:27The apple's still got texture to it.
52:29And that balance with the cinnamon is delicious.
52:31And a great looking cake.
52:33Tick, tick, tick.
52:41Remind us about your showstopper.
52:43Well, it's a carrot cake that's supposed to look like a cauliflower
52:47because in the Peep Show Christmas episode,
52:50my character's father insists that cauliflower is traditional.
52:54I love the look of it.
52:55I really do because that looks like the real thing.
52:58Yeah, it's very beautifully done.
52:59Wow, it's very clever.
53:01I mean, compared to where you were last time you were in the tent, it's so different.
53:05You think he's been practising?
53:07This looks edible.
53:10The flavour is wonderful.
53:12It's a little bit soggy.
53:14I think you may be a couple of minutes under.
53:16Flavour-wise, I think you've got a beautiful flavoured carrot cake there.
53:19Well done, David.
53:20Thank you very much.
53:20All the cracker guys.
53:21Go on.
53:23I like to win at this, you know.
53:29They were very nice.
53:31Paul says I've got better since last time, but it's not because I've been practising.
53:35Maybe I'm just sort of wiser in a broader sense,
53:37so I can tell when a sponge is done just from worldly wisdom.
53:40I think that went quite well.
53:42If I'd made that cake at home, you wouldn't hear the end of it.
53:44I'm going to win.
53:45If not in reality, then in terms of being the people's princess,
53:51the Queen of Hearts, I think I've got this in the bag.
54:03Oh, I enjoyed that.
54:04I mean, five peep show legends.
54:07What did you think of their bikes?
54:08Amazing.
54:09I mean, any one of them could win because they're all so original.
54:12And I like that.
54:13I like that variety.
54:14Matt's was a little bit...
54:16I know he failed on the first sponge.
54:18The flavour of the sponge was good.
54:19And it was very original.
54:20I loved the whole design of it.
54:21That weird head, it was hilarious.
54:23It's like Pee Wee Herman.
54:25What Izzy did, just mould those two heads.
54:28Yeah, they're brilliant.
54:29It got expression and...
54:30The detail for her.
54:32So good.
54:32I loved Sophie's coffee cake.
54:34I'd have been proud to make that cake.
54:36But I tell you what, Olivia has been pretty consistent all the way along.
54:39She has, yeah.
54:40And she won the technical.
54:41But having said that, David looked amazing.
54:43He did well in the signature, second in the technical,
54:45and he's done well with this.
54:46Who got the handshakes, was it David and Sophie?
54:48David and Sophie got the handshakes.
54:49Yeah, they did.
54:50I ignored the handshakes.
54:51I think they're entirely arbitrary.
54:54It's what Paul feels like.
54:56I love Christmas.
54:57Cheers, everyone.
55:02My peeps, what can I say?
55:05Thank you so much for spending Christmas with us.
55:08We've absolutely had a blast.
55:09Thank you so much.
55:10But there can only be one winner of this powerful cake stand.
55:14And the winner of the great peep show, Christmas Bake Off, is...
55:23Olivia.
55:28It's amazing, isn't it?
55:29I've got a great review of that.
55:31Just move all the Oscars and everyone else to put that up.
55:33I will, I will.
55:34This will be the only one that I'll have on display.
55:36Olivia won because she was most consistent for me over the three challenges.
55:39Her showstopper was just so witty.
55:42And the cake was wonderful.
55:44That was exciting.
55:45So exciting.
55:47I know Olivia's very good at baking.
55:49She's also got an Oscar.
55:51I've got merit in grade one piano.
55:54I'm going to talk to some people after this.
55:57Woo!
55:58Merry Christmas.
56:00Merry Christmas.
56:01Merry Christmas.
56:01We've had a brilliant couple of days.
56:04And now it's time to kick back, relax, raise a glass, maybe sing a song.
56:10Oh, guys, look, they're coming.
56:11Oh, this is going to be amazing.
56:14Oh, look.
56:27I have absolutely adored being here.
56:30I honestly have.
56:32It was so much fun being in a tent with those guys.
56:35I think you're bonded with some people, no matter how many years go by.
56:42To do this, to do Bake Off, another British icon,
56:46just feels like a really nice bit of recognition for this daft show that we made back in the day.
56:52Absolutely loved it.
56:53We've all loved it, actually.
56:57We were able to have a laugh and reminisce, but also see each other bake at a competent level.
57:04And I don't think we foresaw that all those years ago when Peep Show started.
57:23And I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
57:26Merry Christmas.
57:27Have a safe and peaceful Christmas.
57:30And remember, if it feels good, do it.
57:33Next time, we're doing things differently.
57:37Oh, I have a friend.
57:39What are you doing at my bench?
57:40A brood of Bake Off besties.
57:42Oh, bloody hell.
57:43Team up.
57:44It's the last thing you could do.
57:45To tackle a savoury signature.
57:47Whoa.
57:49A technical with a twist.
57:51To swap.
57:52Swap.
57:52And a towering biscuit showstopper.
57:55What was this one?
57:56This is very precarious.
57:58All to claim the coveted New Year crown.
58:00This is either going to be adorable or an absolute savage nightmare.
58:33Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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