The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice | |
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Presented by | Jo Brand |
Starring | Tom Allen |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 10 |
No. of episodes | 100 |
Production | |
Production locations | The London Studios (2014–2018) Television Centre (2018–) |
Running time | 30 minutes (2014–2017) 45 minutes (2018–) 40 minutes (Comic Relief special) |
Production company | Love Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two (2014–2016) Channel 4 (2017–) |
Release | 8 August 2014 present | –
Related | |
The Great British Bake Off |
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice) is a
History
The after show was announced in July 2014.[3][4] Comedian Jo Brand was later announced as the host of the series on 24 July 2014.[5][6] The show returned for a second run, beginning on 7 August 2015, and for a third series on 24 August 2016. A fourth series began on 31 August 2017 on Channel 4. A fifth series began on 31 August 2018, moving to Friday evenings.[7] In 2023 the show moved to Thursday evenings.
Format
Brand and three rotating panelists appear on each episode. The panelists are generally a chef or cooking expert, such as
Panelists
While on the BBC, the celebrity panel typically (though not always) consisted of a professional baker/chef, a celebrity who is a fan of the show, and a comedian. In the final episode of each series judges
Reception
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Transmissions
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes | Timeslot | Channel |
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1 | 8 August 2014 | 8 October 2014 | 10 | Friday 9:00 pm | BBC Two |
2 | 7 August 2015 | 9 October 2015 | 10 | ||
3 | 26 August 2016 | 28 October 2016 | 10 | ||
4 | 31 August 2017 | 2 November 2017 | 10 | Thursday 10:00 pm | Channel 4 |
5 | 31 August 2018 | 2 November 2018 | 10 | Friday 8:00 pm | |
6 | 30 August 2019 | 1 November 2019 | 10 | ||
7 | 25 September 2020 | 27 November 2020 | 10 | ||
8 | 24 September 2021 | 26 November 2021 | 10 | ||
9 | 16 September 2022 | 18 November 2022 | 10 | ||
10 | 28 September 2023 | 30 November 2023 | 10 | Thursday 8:00 pm |
References
- ^ Darvill, Josh (12 November 2021). "Great British Bake Off to stay on Channel 4 until at least 2024". TellyMix. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Jo Brand to return to host The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" (Press release). Channel 4. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017.
- ^ Deen, Sarah (18 July 2014). "'Cake just got bigger': New Great British Bake Off teaser lands | Metro News". Metro. UK. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Hyland, Karen (6 July 2014). "The Great British Bake-off: BBC2 offers up An Extra Slice! - Mirror Online". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Jo Brand to front Great British Bake Off BBC Two spinoff An Extra Slice - Great British Bake Off News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Webb, Claire (23 July 2014). "The Great British Bake Off to get Apprentice-style spin-off An Extra Slice presented by Jo Brand". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "The Great British Bake off: An Extra Slice Season 9". Radio Times.
- ^ "Bake Off fans relieved Extra Slice is the same on C4". Digital Spy. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.