After a rough six months, at least we can now immerse ourselves in the Bake Off tent where the biggest problem is some spilled pineapple upside down cakes... jess_barrett
Explain to me, then, why watching the first episode of the new series of Bake Off this weekend felt like a religious experience? I cried when Sura knocked Dave’s upside down cakes on the floor, I lolled at Laura’s Freddie Mercury bust and I fell for new presenter Matt Lucas, who forms a weird yet soothingly warm presenting duo alongside Noel Fielding.
I wasn’t alone in my new passion for Bake Off. It was reported that the first episode drew in a million more viewers than the first episode of series ten last year. Overnight reports suggested it was the most viewed premiere since the series moved to Channel 4 in 2017. That we’re embracing the calm, fuzzy, simple joy of Bake Off this year is no surprise, when you think about it. Even if just for an hour, our souls need soothing, we need to forget the depressing news cycle for just an hour, and immerse ourselves in the innocent utopia of the Bake Off tent where the biggest problem is some spilled pineapple upside down cakes.
After a three month delay due to lockdown restrictions, the series was filmed this summer but there is little talk of Covid on screen. The 13 contestants agreed to isolate with the crew and presenters, and so the Bake Off tent became an unlikely bubble. With that explained to viewers at the start of episode one, we watched the action play out as normal .
In a year when almost everything we love to do and watch has been affected by restrictions, it felt nice to watch something which wasn’t subject to any . It was refreshing to watch something new, that was filmed this year and didn't take place via Zoom. We’ve all been committing to old box sets in a bid to fill the cultural black hole, but having event television back, that we can all watch and tweet about at the same time, feels important in a year when we've been so disconnected.
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