Wonka review – Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
Timothée Chalamet leads a beguiling cast in a backstory that rinses away all sourness from Roald Dahl’s embittered chocolatier
November 2023
I loathe Little Britain, but it shouldn’t be censored – let it fade away for being unfunny
Barbara Ellen
Its relentless fat jokes and female grotesques were dated even when they were first broadcast
March 2023
Alison Hammond expected to be named new co-host of Bake Off
Reported appointment follows the This Morning presenter’s turn co-hosting last month’s Bafta film awards
December 2022
Who will replace Matt Lucas as The Great British Bake Off co-host?
Matt Lucas to leave The Great British Bake Off
November 2022
The Great British Bake Off 2022 final – as it happened
The Great British Bake Off 2022: episode eight – as it happened
April 2022
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022: episode five – as it happened
Marble loaf cakes and making celebrities in biscuit form were Tuesday’s challenges for a cast including Mawaan Rizwan, Ellie Goulding, Tracy-Ann Oberman and presenter Sophie Morgan. But did any of them know their way around an oven?
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022: episode four – as it happened
Mo Farah took on meringue roulades, biscotti and cake baking alongside Motsi Mabuse, Ben Miller and Katherine Kelly. But who failed miserably? And who received a completely unnecessary handshake?
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022: episode three – as it happened
There was a very special baker in the tent as Matt Lucas replaced a missing contestant – joining Example, Annie Mac and Ed Gamble in their attempts not to botch biscuits, doughnuts and novelty cakes
March 2022
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022: episode two – as it happened
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022: episode one – as it happened
December 2021
Dame blame game: now the joke’s on Boris Johnson as panto stars mock No 10 ‘party’
The woes of Britain’s government offer a rich seam of comedy and it’s being mined in theatres and on TVs across the country
September 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Bake Off is back!
A dozen more baking hopefuls arrive in the tent. Plus: Never Mind the Buzzcocks returns. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2020
The Guardian view on The Great British Bake Off: a far from guilty pleasure
Editorial: It has always existed in a parallel universe, free from real-world anxieties. Now the show is seductive as never before
September 2020
'Don’t bake in a tent': Boris Johnson's painful week as a punchline
Rocked by rebellious Tories, a resurgent Labour and crises from Covid to Brexit, the PM is fighting to keep control of the narrative
TV review
The Great British Bake Off review – was this the silliest showstopper yet?
Although preparations were severely hampered by the pandemic, Bake Off remains a delight – even if no one needed to see Freddie Mercury and Bob Marley immortalised in sponge
Pizza by Paul, flowers by Prue: how Great British Bake Off built its Covid bubble
Contestants, cast and crew lived together for six weeks in a hotel to make 2020 show look as normal as possible
June 2020
David Walliams and Matt Lucas apologise for Little Britain blackface
Blacking up was of a piece with 'comedy' that dealt in contempt
