Season 8 - Episode Guide

Cake Week sees the bakers take on a fruity challenge. Prue sets her first technical - a kids' party favourite. Plus, the trickiest showstopper ever set in the first week of Bake Off: an illusion cake.

For biscuit week, Paul and Prue set the remaining 11 bakers three new challenges, including a tricky filling, and a final showstopper that is literally game-changing

Paul and Prue set three tough challenges for the remaining 10 bakers in bread week, including an ambitious sculpture showstopper

For the very first time on the show, it's caramel week, with three sticky challenges for the bakers, including a super sweet signature and a double Dutch technical

Prue and Paul are seeking perfection in pudding week, with a staggering technical challenge and a multi-layered showstopper that's not to be trifled with

The bakers face a tough triple challenge with a savoury signature, a multi-layered technical, and an ambitious traditional pie that pushes them to the edge

Week seven of The Great British Bake Off is Italian week. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have set three Italian challenges to test the six remaining bakers. There's a Sicilian signature that gets them all hot under the collar; while it's a toss-up as to who will survive the deceptively tricky technical. And finally there's a fiddly showstopper in the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the tent. Who will keep their cool and win star baker? And who will be saying ciao to the tent?

Our five bakers are stepping back in time and using unfamiliar recipes for Forgotten Bakes week. There's a sweet and savoury signature challenge and Prue sets a boozy technical.

It's the semi-final of the Great British Bake Off, and the four remaining bakers are all desperate to claim their place in the final. The remaining bakers know they are just three patisserie challenges away from the biggest day in their baking lives. First comes the signature, and there's no business like choux business as the bakers must set to work on producing 24 exquisite choux buns. Prue has set a complex technical for her first semi-final that leaves everyone stumped. And there's a meringue sculpture showstopper where the bakers mustn't crack under pressure. Who has the skill to reach the Bake Off Final and who will leave the tent?

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig present this year's grand final, as the three remaining bakers compete to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and take home this year's trophy. For the final three challenges, they must prepare a batch of loaves, followed by a biscuit bake, and climaxing with a delicate, multi-layered, high-end patisserie showstopper to decide the winner.

'Tis the season to be jolly. And what better way to celebrate, than with the first of two Yuletide specials of Bake Off? Eight merry bakers from Bake Off past join Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding as they do battle in festive-themed challenges. It's down to judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith to decide who wins the festive Star Baker title. In this episode, Sandi, Noel, Paul and Prue return to the tent for a traditional Christmas get-together. Also invited to the celebrations are Val and Selasi, Paul Jagger and Beca Lyne-Pirkis - all of them ready to do battle in the festive fight for the Christmas Star Baker title.

This second episode is a Winter Wonderland-themed Great Festive Bake Off, which sees Noel, Sandi, Prue and Paul reunited in the tent. Joining them are Benjamina and Rav, who bake alongside Rob Billington and Sandy Doherty for wintery themed challenges, all of them hoping to impress the judges with their skills and creativity.