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THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW
June 22, 2018  | By David Bianculli

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

SEASON PREMIERE: This is both an old and a new season of The Great British Baking Show on PBS, which is confusing but wonderful news. And now, an explanation: In England, when this delightful, oddly soothing baking competition show premiered on the BBC, it was televised under the title The Great British Bake Off, with its secret weapon being effusive and oh-so-British judge Mary Berry. After a handful of seasons, the increasingly popular series transferred to Britain’s Channel 4, dumping the original hosts – and Berry as well. PBS is billing the new season of Baking Show as “Season 5,” but it actually predates any of the ones shown thus far by PBS (or, for that matter, on Netflix, where curated episodes begin with the 2013 season). In fact, it’s actually the third, 2012 season shown on Bake Off, so Berry is back, which is Berry, Berry good news. Check local listings. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

 
 
 
 
 
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