The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

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
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 – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Great British Bake Off

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

1. Sarah Deen (2014-07-18). "'Cake just got bigger': New Great British Bake Off teaser lands | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
2. Hyland, Karen (2014-07-06). "The Great British Bake-off: BBC2 offers up An Extra Slice! - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
3. "Jo Brand to front Great British Bake Off BBC Two spinoff An Extra Slice - Great British Bake Off News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
4. 24 July 2014 (2014-07-24). "Jo Brand to host Bake Off spin-off". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
5. "Jo Brand hosts new Great British Bake Off spin-off, An Extra Slice | News | TV News | What's on TV". Whatsontv.co.uk. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
6. Webb, Claire (2014-07-23). "The Great British Bake Off to get Apprentice-style spin-off An Extra Slice presented by Jo Brand". Radiotimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
7. "BBC Two Orders 'Great British Bake Off' Companion Series Fronted By Jo Brand". TVWise. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
8. "Jo Brand to host Great British Bake Off spin-off An Extra Slice - Television News". Best Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
9. Falconer, Daniel (2014-07-23). "Jo Brand joins The Great British Bake Off team for sister show". Femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.

External links

• The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice at the Internet Movie Database