What’s on TV – 24 August 2019

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TV
Jack triumphs!
Monday’s episode
of Who Do You
Think You Are?
on BBC1, with
comedian Jack
Whitehall and his
father Michael,
pulled in 3.9m
viewers, beating
Long Lost Family:
What Happened
Next on ITV ( 2 .7m).
Losing faith?
The third episode
of Keeping Faith
on Tuesday on
BBC1 struggled,
with 2m tuning in,
a drop of 600,
viewers from the
first episode and
the lowest of the
series. It failed to beat V IT ’s
Neighbours from Hell: Caught on
Camera, which also drew 2m.
5 - 11 August 2019
Best known for...
After appearing as
an impressionist
and singer on ITV’s
Search for a Star in
1981 , Joe became
a regular face on
television, with his
own entertainment
series on ITV from
1988 to 1991.
Known for renditions of songs
in the style of Shirley Bassey
among others, Joe also
appeared on The Les Dennis
Laughter Show and the 1989
Royal Variety Performance.
Other achievements...
He released 19 music albums
and received an MBE for his
services to charity in 2012.
Family life...
First diagnosed with cancer
in 1 989, Joe died on 3 August
at home in Blackpool in the
arms of his husband, James
Moran. He was 6 4.

Bake Off

is back!

We grill judges

Paul Hollywood and

Prue Leith about

the new series...

Q

Have you noticed a

change in the Bake Off

contestants this year?

A

Paul A lot of young

people are picking

up baking now, which is

reflected in the tent. They

were all very keen to learn,

especially the younger

ones – they get better

every week as they pick up

little nuggets to improve.

Prue There’s a trend going

on to do companionable,

nice, old-fashioned things.

Think of the number of

clubs there are now for

things like embroidery

and potting –

it’s all back

in fashion.

Q

Is it true there are new

themed weeks this series?

A

Paul There’s 1920s

week and a dairy week

• celebrating the cow, after
  last year’s vegan week! And
  there’s a festivals episode,
  which lets us incorporate a
  global theme. The bakers
  are choosing festivals not
  just from the UK but from
  anywhere in the world.
  Prue It can be festivals
  we’ve never heard of, as
  long as they make a bun
  that goes with it.

Q

Have there been many

quirky ingredients seen

in the tent this series?

A

Paul Loads this year!

And a lot of them

are very nice.

Prue Some bakers do stuff

that’s slightly unnecessary

but really lovely, like making

their own butter, or bringing

honey from their own bees.

Q

Have you two had any

arguments about judging?

A

Paul Well, I don’t like

cloves, saffron, or

anything that tastes like

you’re in the dentists.

Prue I love saffron, cloves,

rosewater and all those

things! So we have a little

argy-bargy sometimes. But

we never disagree on who’s

won a challenge. The marks

are nearly always the same.

Q

Any inside info that might

surprise Bake Off fans?

A

Prue The most frequent

questions I get are

about Paul: are his eyes

really blue and is the sun

tan fake? So I can tell you

his eyes are perfectly real,

as is his tan. I spend a lot

of time defending them! Q

new

Paul and Prue (front) with

presenters Sandi Toksvig

and Noel Fielding

THE GREAT

BRITISH

BAKE OFF

Tuesday, 8pm

C4 Cookery

Flying high...

Comic Jack

Falling... Eve

Myles as Faith