Just a few weeks after series 14 ended, The Great British Baking Show returns with its annual festive special duo. Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judge the best cakes in Ulysseside.

The Great British Bake Off - known as The Great British Baking Show in the US - is ideal post-turkey comfort viewing, warming like a glass of mulled wine. Hollywood and Reese are back, along with hilarious hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding. They assess the ability of 10 former contestants to create incredible food in two holiday specials.

In the Christmas episode, six former bakers, including George Aristidou (winner of Series 8), Sophie Waldo, and Dan Bathory-Harling, are given the challenge of creating a delicious mince pie, plus a technical challenge and showstopper The Technical Challenge and Showstopper Challenge will test their cake-baking skills.

In the New Year's Day episode, Mark (series 11), Maxie (series 13), Maggie and runner-up Jurgen (both series 12) celebrate 2024 by making cream puffs for religieuse in the episode's signature segment. Prue and Hollywood take on the "smash cake" challenge for the showstoppers.

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While the CBC is the home of The Great British Baking Show in Canada, there is a one-year delay between the annual broadcast of the holiday special in the UK and its eventual international release. 2023 New Year's Day broadcast is only on Wednesday, December 27, so 2024 broadcast in 2024 will likely be delayed as well.

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