Paul Hollywood: Great British Bake Off viewers should not be offended by show’s innuendo

 
Presenters: Paul Hollywood with Mel Giedroyc, Mary Berry and Sue Perkins (Picture: PA)

Great British Bake Off viewers should enjoy the show’s innuendo rather than looking for offence in the team’s quips, according to one of its judges.

Paul Hollywood, who co-judges the BBC 1 baking contest with Mary Berry, said viewers were sometimes over-sensitive to the “banter”.

Fans have complained the main culprits are presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, whose occasional wordplay about a “soggy bottom” has escalated to “stand away from your hot baps” and “stop touching your dough balls”.

Hollywood told The Sunday Post newspaper in Scotland: “It’s just banter and our whole culture has always been based on it.

“Carry On films did it for 30 years and then there were cheeky beach picture postcards.

“It’s in our DNA to giggle at ourselves but, having said that, there’s a lot of stuff on the programme where there’s no innuendo intended.

“Because baking is very physical, you’re talking about how it feels in your hand and people read something completely different into that.”

The grand final is on Wednesday with Barnet builder Richard Burr odds-on favourite to take the title.

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