Great British Bake Off

Knew she could do it! Well deserved.

I was teary too.

Brilliant final! I was blubbing too and all three finalists came across as lovely people with such supportive families. A life changing moment for the winner and my favourite series to date.

I agree, well deserved.

The right result and some wonderful baking all round. Why is it that I feel as if I had been stuffing myself with cake for the past hour? I swear I haven't!

Fantastic result! The winner has come on so well throughout the series, and really deserved it. Yes, quite emotional too at the end

Even Mary looked emotional.

Oh, I'm so pleased at the result! Got quite teary-eyed at the end...

A brilliant result what a star! No spoilers for those fans who have not watched.

I didn't know that either Nelliemoser - thank you!

Who will win? Honestly haven't got a clue - too close to tell!

Who will win tonight?

I enjoyed Shakespeare. I am often amazed about how much of the information we picked up at school lingers somewhere in the memory.
I just wish I could remember passwords.

Well, I didn't know that Nelliemoser! You have added to my sum of knowledge (never did like Shakespeare at school )

Hamlet Act3 Scene 2.
"To split the ears of the groundlings,who for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.
Well I nearly got it right!
TG for a complete works of WS.

Ana The groundlings in Shakespeares time were the uneducated poor who paid very little and stood to watch the plays. They were very much looked down upon. Somewhere, possibly in Hamlet, there is a line about doing something to amuse the Groundlings.

Can any of you lot clarify the reference. It was about 50 years ago I did it for A level.

I must listen out for the 'stupid voice' tonight. I've never noticed it before, I thought that was her normal one!

Ok, I'll concede Sue Perkins is more than just a comedian and that she has presented many times before. And to be fair, I don't really dislike the 'larking about', as the show does need to have a lighter side and it must go a long way to help ease the tension felt by the contestants.

I just wish the bl@@dy woman would stop saying "123 Bake" in that stupid voice

'groundlings'?

I like the program but I cannot abide any catch phrases. Such as "lets bake!" Said in a stupid voice. They make me squirm with embarrassment to hear them they are so utterly cheesy.
I dare say the production team have been asked to put the catch phrase in to please the groundlings.

Smart, yes. Funny-no, imho.

Sue has been presenting for years now and I'm not sure if she even does 'pure' comedy with or without Mel these days. If you read her Wikipedia page you can see how varied her career has been. She's one smart woman.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Perkins

Sue Perkins has presented many other programmes not just GBBO. Her comedic style is her trade mark. I regard her as a presenter first and a comedian second.

Without the larking about I think GBBO would be utterly boring and predictable.

Oh I like Claudia on the GBSB. At least she doesn't put on any silly voices and try to be funny. Some may not like her manner, but she is a presenter and that's what she does - she presents the show. Sue Perkins, OTOH, is not a presenter, she is a comedian and she spends the whole time trying to turn the programme into a comedy show.

I like Sue Perkins too (although her eye makeup/false eyelashes gets on my nerves because it makes her eyes look droopy - hope it's not due to her brain tumour), but I suspect she's on the show simply because she's part of the Mel and Sue comedy duo. They are part of the show for me, although I thought they were a waste of space at first.

Actually if anyone has got on my nerves this series, it's Paul. I think he's going out of his way to be more negative, to the point where Mary is obviously trying to compensate for him. It's always been a good cop bad cop partnership, but this series he seems to be pushing the Simon Cowell impression too far.

I like Sue Perkins, but I agree with anno that Claudia is very annoying on GBSB. I swear that fringe changes length from one shot to the next as well...