The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Presented by Jo Brand
Sarah Millican (2015; Guest Host)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 22
Production
Production location(s) The London Studios
Running time 30 minutes
40 minutes (Comic Relief special)
Production company(s) Love Productions
Release
Original network BBC Two
Picture format 16:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 8 August 2014 (2014-08-08) –
present
Chronology
Related shows The Great British Bake Off
External links
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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at The London Studios as a spin-off from the reality TV hit series The Great British Bake Off which airs on BBC One. Hosted by Jo Brand, the show began airing on 8 August 2014, two days after the premiere episode of the fifth series of main show.

Format

The programme, like The Apprentice's spin-off series The Apprentice: You're Fired!, follows what happened in the tent and shows unseen footage. A typical episode normally lasts half an hour.

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

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

History

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

The show returned for a second run, beginning on 7 August 2015. Sarah Millican presented one of the episodes this series.

Panelists

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

Transmissions

Regular

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 8 August 2014 8 October 2014 10
2 7 August 2015 7 October 2015 10

Specials

Series Air date Episodes
Comic Relief 13 March 2015 1
Sport Relief 18 March 2016 1

References

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