Paul Hollywood and pals return for the show’s 15th series. Plus: an Aussie interior designer tries to transform an apothecary on the Outer Hebrides. Here’s what to watch this evening
8pm, Channel 4In recent years, Bake Off has started to feel like a show on borrowed time. But here we are again with a new batch of keen and charming bakers attempting to impress the increasingly demanding judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, with Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding returning as jocular, empathetic ringmasters. We begin, sensibly, with cakes – specifically, the loaf cake.Phil Harrison
It all feels so contrived now. Still a fun watch though, especially as that idiot Lucas has gone.