New Bake Off, tonight's the night.

Oh yes will definitely give it a go

I will definitely watch it to see how it measures up.

The reviews have been quite good.

It'll get one viewing chance

Yes, one chance seems fair

Best to record it as I've read there are 17 minutes of adverts!

Thanks for the reminder suzied that's a good plan.

I'll be watching.

DH wants to know if Prue Leith is Hank Marvin's grandmother.

Rather be eaten by a bear

Tch ... soooo many adverts. But lots to enjoy ...

I was pleasantly surprised. It was near enough to the old format to keep me watching. I too recorded it to skip adverts.

Me too. I quite enjoyed it. Nice bunch of bakers. Prue was OK.
I suddenly thought - why are they having to bake in a tent? I know they always did but it's intrinsically daft. Oh well.

Jane10, I recently watched the very first Bake Off show, and they took the tent all around the UK to film, so when they decided on a permanent site for the next series, I suppose they wanted their money's worth!

good reviews and a lot of talented bakers .I've always been Pru Leith fan so I'm happy to see her here ,she's not the homey Mary Berry type but you have to remember she has run a fantastic cookery school for decades and written fantastic books so she's well qualified for the job

I was absolutely prepared to hate it; I don't usually like Sandi Toksvig or Noel Fielding. But lo and behold, they were charming and warm, Prue was her lovely self and Paul Hollywood was Paul Hollywood. There was plenty of interaction between the judges/presenters and the contestants and it all seemed rather joyful. So all in all well done C4, I really liked it and will be happily tuning in for the next however many weeks.

I enjoyed it! I really wasn't expecting too, I don't like Sandi Toksvig as a comedienne, I hope she continues to restrain herself!

Enjoyed it, recorded with the adverts on fast forward. Thought the interaction was just right, not too intrusive and fairly relaxed. Will keep watching if the subsequent episodes have the same 'feel'.

I enjoyed it a lot but will only watch it with out the blessed adverts in the future.

I liked Sandi Toksvig and Prue Leith before but was surprised to find that I warmed towards Noel Fielding.

Am I the only one who likes adverts? Chance to pop to the loo, get a drink or some (crisps) fruit to munch or feed the cat?

I only watched a small portion of it but might catch up with the rest on line. My son introduced me to Noel Fielding a few years ago when he was in the Mighty Boosh, so I already liked him and thought he came across quite well, inspite of this type of programme not being his forte. Didn't miss Mel and Sue at all, found them very irritating and not at all funny. Possibly they are both better when they are unpaired. Not keen on Sandi Toksvig either. Prue Leith's a very experienced cook but I'd got used to Mary's delivery, but I suppose we need to give them all a bit of time to fill the vacant boots. At least they retained Paul Hollywood. The adverts are a major downside, I'll record Bake Off next week so I can skip them.

I love Sandi Toksvig. She's very clever and has a dry wit which she can't use on this programme but works very well on QI.

I enjoyed it and used the ad breaks to nip out for a cuppa.
The judging seemed a bit rushed but maybe that's because there are a lot to judge at the beginning.
Will be recording future programmes.

Two 'Hollywood handshakes' in the first show! I thought the standard was quite high for most.