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It was the BBC who lovingly scooped them up and gave them what they kneaded (pun intentional). And, for almost a decade, they lovingly moulded the show and helped it to rise into the quintessentially British programme we all know and love today.

They brought us new recipes, taught us all we needed to know about breads, and biscuits, and bakes. They went all over the country searching for amateur star bakers with buckets of personality. They gave Mel and Sue free reign to write their own jokes, and Paul and Mary the power to choose the challenges.

Best of all, amongst all the laughter and chaotic flour spillages, they let us see people doing their very best at the thing they loved the most – and truly inspired us in the process.

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