The Great British Baking Show

Week 1 is all about cake! The bakers tackle an upside down cake for their Signature Bake, Rum Babas for a Technical Challenge, and finally, a Showstopper of a cake that reveals a hidden design when it is sliced into.

The 11 remaining bakers attempt to make two varieties of flatbread, followed by the notorious technically challenging eight-strand plaited loaf. And for the Showstopper Bake, the bakers attempt to make 12 sweet and 12 savory bagels.

Ten bakers try unusual flavor combinations for their tartes tartin. Then they take on Mary's treacle tart with a lattice top. Finally, the pressure's on to create a Showstopper tart in order to be named Star Baker, and avoid going home.

Starting off with a tempting array of decadently rich Signature tortes, the bakers then face the Technical Challenge, the creme caramel. Finally, there's a mammoth 6-hour challenge to produce a mighty Showstopper layered meringue.

First, the bakers must master a perfect Wellington, and then, a fiendishly difficult Technical Challenge--hand raised pies using a pastry dolly. With several bakers in danger, everything rests on the Showstopper Bake, American Pies.

The bakers tackle two types of delicious sponge puddings. The technical challenge sees them face a Queen of Pudding, a recipe direct from Mary Berry. And finally, there's a Showstopper strudel that stretches the bakers to their limit.

The bakers start by creating Signature regional buns. Paul opens his recipe vault for a Technical Challenge recipe of Jam Doughnuts. Then the bakers must produce a Showstopper enriched dough loaf fit for a celebration.

The bakers attempt Signature crispbreads, followed by six perfectly tempered chocolate tea cakes for the Technical Challenge. The Showstopper Bake tests not only the quality of the bake, but how well it works as a building material.

The bakers race to deliver perfect petits fours, and the Technical Challenge sees two fraisier cakes collapse. Finally, the bakers pull out all the stops for their Showstopper choux gateaus to see who will go on to The Final.

The final three bakers strive for perfection with a Signature Pithivier, and then an intricate Technical Challenge--Fondant Fancies. It all comes down to their final Showstopper, a masterpiece with a notoriously difficult Chiffon sponge.