The Great British Bake Off Season 8 Episodes

Episode 1

Cake Week

Tue, Aug 29, 2017 60 mins

The Bake Off begins with Cake Week, and sees the bakers take on a fruity signature challenge. Next, Prue sets her first technical - a children's tea party favorite - and everyone is out to impress the new judge. And for their final challenge comes the trickiest showstopper ever set in the first week of Bake Off: an illusion cake.

Episode 2

Biscuit Week

Tue, Sep 5, 2017 60 mins

It's week two of The Great British Bake Off and just 11 bakers remain. This week, who will snap in biscuit week, as Paul and Prue set the bakers three new challenges? The sandwich biscuit signature challenge sees the bakers crumbling as they try to blend biscuit and filling.

Episode 3

Bread Week

Tue, Sep 12, 2017 60 mins

It's Bread Week and the ten remaining bakers have a lot to prove to Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. This time they've been set three tough challenges: a teacake signature, where they must rise to the challenge; a two-tiered technical that's back to basics; and the most ambitious sculpture showstopper ever set in Bread Week. Only one can claim star baker; while another will leave the tent for good.

Episode 4

Caramel Week

Tue, Sep 19, 2017 60 mins

It's week four of The Great British Bake Off and just nine bakers remain. For the very first time on the show, it's caramel week. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have set the contestants three sticky challenges. There's a super sweet signature with a rich teatime favorite; a double Dutch technical, that has the bakers pressed for time; and a caramel showstopper sure to stick in the memory.

Episode 5

Pudding Week

Tue, Sep 26, 2017 60 mins

It's Pudding Week on the Great British Bake Off. Who will rise to the occasion, and who will sink like failed soufflé?

Episode 6

Pastry Week

Tue, Oct 3, 2017 60 mins

Week six of The Great British Bake Off is pastry week. Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have put together three tough challenges that will really test the remaining seven bakers' prowess with pastry. There's a savory signature, where they must impress with style and substance; a multi-layered technical; and an ambitious final challenge, in which the bakers are pushed to the edge with a traditional pie.

Episode 7

Italian Week

Tue, Oct 10, 2017 60 mins

Week seven of The Great British Bake Off is Italian week. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have set three Italian challenges to test the six remaining bakers.

Episode 8

Forgotten Bakes

Tue, Oct 17, 2017 60 mins

Amateur bakers compete to be named Britain's best.

Episode 9

Semi-final

Tue, Oct 24, 2017 60 mins

It's the semi-final of the Great British Bake Off, and the four remaining bakers are all desperate to claim their place in the final. The remaining bakers know they are just three patisserie challenges away from the biggest day in their baking lives.

Episode 10

Patisserie

65 mins

Episode 11

The Final

Tue, Oct 31, 2017 60 mins

Amateur bakers compete to be named Britain's best.