Appetite For Distraction

Bake Off is the ultimate comfort watch – but I can’t be the only one who would love a little swearing, bitching and general treachery from time to time

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith in The Great British Bake Off: more sweet than sour

Just once, I’d love to see what humans are truly capable of on The Great British Bake Off. A rageful breakdown, an accusatory slagging match, even a vicious side-eye. Picture the scene: the lickarse of the season (there’s always one ...