The Great British Bake Off

Food Network

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Thursday 27 June

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The quarter-finals arrive, and only five contestants remain in the tent, and as the stakes get ever higher for the amateur bakers, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins introduce yet another new Bake Off challenge - Tudor Week. All three tasks this week revolve around baking practices from the time of Henry VIII, beginning with a signature bake in the form of savoury-stuffed pies. In the technical heat, the contenders are asked to prepare unusual knotted Tudor biscuits, while the showstopper takes the form of a marzipan spectacle fit to grace a banquet tables at court. Plus, Sue Perkins visits Hampton Court to discover how a sweet delicacy nearly tempted the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I to marry