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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Great British Bake Off future of hosts and judges confirmed as Prue Leith is missing from the new trailer
Great British Bake Off is gearing up for its return - but one familiar face is noticeably absent from its brand-new trailer. The much-loved baking competition has become an autumn TV tradition, drawing in millions each year for a mix of spectacular showstoppers and kitchen disasters. With the next series just weeks from hitting screens, Channel 4 has dropped a first look at the action inside the famous white tent, unveiling the official host and judge line-up. However, Prue Leith, a long-standing member of the judging panel, is nowhere to be seen in the teaser. In the latest Great British Bake Off's trailer, Joe Wilkinson takes on the role of the narrator, which features a space-themed twist. The clip shows baking ingredients floating through space before hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond appear as animated characters. joe can be heard joking: 'From it grew life, intelligent life, adorned in knitwear and leopard print.' Inspired by the Big Bang, the trailer replaces dust and gas with an explosion of flour, sugar and cakes, ending with the image of judge Paul Hollywood's blue eye. While Prue does not feature in the trailer, though Channel 4 has confirmed she will be part of the new series. They said: 'As the ovens fire up and a new batch of bakers steps into the iconic tent to face Paul and Prue, audiences can expect all the classic ingredients - warmth, humour, creativity, and just the right amount of competition. 'This autumn, let the universe of Bake Off pull you in once again. Because, as the trail says, once there was nothing, and then there was Bake Off.' This year's series doesn't yet have a confirmed release date, but it has been teased as 'soon'. Prue's absence from the trailer comes weeks after speculation from fans about her future on the show. She's been at the helm of Great British Bake Off since 2017, but earlier this year, she said this year's series could be her last. The 85-year-old told The Mail on Sunday she was 'very keen' to step away from the popular Channel 4 show before she was pushed, and 'might stop next year'. The filming schedule, which involves long hours under the summer sun at Welford Park in Berkshire, is taking its toll on the television chef. She said: 'I'm doing this year's Bake Off, and I don't know if this will be my last. I've got to stop some time, so I might stop next year. 'I thought I'd just see how I go this year, because I definitely feel a bit older this year than I did last year. 'Things like getting out of a chair takes me longer than it used to. I don't like big steps without a handrail. None of these things worried me two years ago – I could run upstairs – and so I'm very keen to leave Bake Off before I'm asked to leave. 'But on the other hand, I really enjoy it.' Prue is also a co-host of US spin-off The Great American Baking Show, and is weighing up leaving that programme too. She took over the role of judge on the competition in 2017, when Dame Mary Berry, 89, stood down. The star has also outlasted the programme's hosts Sandi Toksvig, 66, who co-presented the show from 2017 to 2019, and Matt Lucas, 50, who served from 2020 to 2022.
Telegraph
2 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Word ‘Jewish' ripped from comedian's posters at the Edinburgh Fringe
A comedian has claimed the word 'Jewish' was burned from posters advertising her Edinburgh Fringe show. Earlier in the festival Rachel Creeger had one show cancelled over alleged staff concerns about potential security risks. Ms Creeger was offered the chance to perform at another venue, Hoots, and posters were put out advertising her show, Ultimate Jewish Mother. The word 'Jewish' appears to have been deliberately burned on outdoor posters, rendering the 'Jew' illegible. She posted on Instagram: 'Overnight, vandals burned out the word Jew out of the signage outside my lovely venue. I am not going to let this break me, but I am not going to lie, it's a tough day.' The vandalism marks the latest in a string of controversies at the Fringe, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. In July, Ms Creeger and Philip Simon were set to perform at the Whistlebinkies venue in Edinburgh. However, they claimed they were informed that their gigs would be cancelled after bar staff at the venue expressed fears of feeling 'unsafe'. It was claimed that the concerns were raised after an announcement that the venue would receive extra police supervision amid continued worries over the safety of Jewish acts. Days later, having found an alternative venue, Mr Simon was cancelled again, barred from the Banshee Labyrinth pub because of alleged 'rhetoric and symbology' linked to Israel. One reason cited by the venue for cancelling his show, Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?, was his attendance at a vigil for people killed in the 2023 Hamas terror attacks. He said of the incident: 'I am still processing the concept that in 2025 I can be cancelled just for being Jewish. In the meantime, I will still be at the Fringe for my one remaining children's show and continue to investigate possible alternative venues for both of my cancelled shows.' It is understood that the alleged vandalism has been reported to Police Scotland.
Times
2 minutes ago
- Times
The naked truth? Hot new films leave me cold
The hot comedy of the summer is The Naked Gun, so, obviously, I went to see it, at the cinema, in a heatwave. When people ask, 'So, Hilary, what do you think of the hot film of the summer?', as they surely will, I need to be ready with something pithy yet pertinent. Instead, I'm baffled. It's amiable nonsense, but is it funny? I never even cracked a smile, yet the critics raved. I love the idea that the on-screen romance between Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson is now real, but the film? I don't get it and this isn't the first time. Barbie irritated me. Oppenheimer bored me. I've struggled with all of George Clooney's films except Ocean's Eleven, even though I've been a true believer since his ER days and know that Amal is only a stepping stone on his road to me. The trailers at the cinema this week left me equally baffled. The Roses, a remake of The War of the Roses, which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, looked epically dreadful, so I look forward to critics hailing it as Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch's finest, funniest work. Another trailer, billed as a comedy, featured someone named Hutch thumping someone else while saying, 'I am on vacation.' To date, no one's asked me what I think of the hot film of the summer. It's probably just as well. • Feeling gloomy? Hollywood has a so bad-it's-good comedy for you! Flip-flops are obviously not the solution to anything except a beach and yet still, inexplicably, people wear them around town, apparently just because it's hot. The fact that there's a market for three-figure designer flip-flops is proof that the heat has gone to your head and the only sensible person around here is me. With Burberry flip-flops costing nearly 500 quid and Balmain's £300, at least my Manolos have sides and a sole. But 2025 is clearly the summer of the city flip-flop because they're on the Tube, in supermarkets and shuffling through airports. You're mad, the lot of you. Naturally, your feet are foul to look at and I bitterly resent that you're flaunting them, but that's my problem, not yours. Your problem is different. Do you want your bare skin touching supermarket tarmac, the filthy floor of a Tube train or a plane? All that clammy rubber, with no cushioning or support, will play havoc with your arches. And if you don't believe me, believe Tom Ford, who is always right about everything. 'Flip-flops and shorts in the city,' he once said, 'are never appropriate.' My eightysomething mother is getting a new car and she's not messing around. Her current wheels are a Smart car so old and asthmatic you have to kick your heels and say 'giddy-up, Dobbin' to get it up hills. I assumed she'd go for something solid, not too fast and high up for ease of access. What she's actually getting is a sporty little low-slung Mini Cooper with a top speed of 146mph that does 0-60 in less than seven seconds. Her very first car was a Mini, she says gleefully, and this Mini will be her last. Not so much 'giddy-up, Dobbin' as 'whoa there, Granny'. Getting to the cinema took me through Borough Market, where the big tourist attraction isn't artisan sourdough because tourists have about as much use for artisan sourdough as they do for a pork chop. I sometimes wonder who buys all the pork chops in that market, but presumably someone does or they wouldn't sell them. What they do sell, in their thousands, are £8.50 plastic pint pots of Instagrammable strawberries covered in chocolatey gloop. The queue for them is around the block, but you would wince if I told you what the lads on the fish stall opposite say about that chocolatey gloop.
