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ShowsThe Great British Bake OffSeason 4
Aired late summer 2013 · Harptree Court, year two

The Format Settles

The series the format clicked into place. The ten-episode length had settled, the technical bench reads fully formed, and the casting class runs deeper than the prior series had managed. The tent stayed at Harptree Court for a second year, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood worked a bench that started pulling craft from the room rather than coaching it. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are loose, and the editing trusts the tent to do the work.

Filmed
Harptree Court, Somerset
Harptree Court's second and final year before the tent's move to Welford Park
Premiered
Aug 20, 2013
BBC Two · Tuesday evenings
Episodes
10
Ten episodes for a second consecutive year, matching the season before it.
Format
Second Harptree year, format settled
the format running smoothly in its second Harptree year
Host
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, loose at the tent flap
On this page4 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02Where it sits in the canon
  3. 03Adjacent in the canon
  4. 04Also appears in
01The take

The editing trusts the tent.

02Where it sits in the canon

The #06 slot.

Slot #06 of 16 in the Great British Bake Off Editor's Canon. The series the format clicked into place. The ten-episode length had settled in by this run, the technical bench reads fully formed, and the casting class runs deeper than the prior series had managed. The tent stayed at Harptree Court in Somerset for a second year, the broadcast moved closer to the Wednesday-night slot the show would later own, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood worked a bench that started pulling craft from the room rather than coaching it. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are loose, the showstoppers carry weight, and the editing trusts the tent to do the work. A confident mid-canon hold and the series the modern rhythm was built on.

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04Also appears in

Cross-references.

Running on muscle memorylist · 21 entriesThe tent moved more than the show admitslist · 14 entriesThe Great British Bake Off — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #06