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As Bake Off returns for a 10th series on Tuesday, here are the highlights and controversies, from squirrel nuts to #Custardgate

Here is a beautifully quick risotto that even the novice cook can pull off

Transcript: Murdered woman’s mother Mary Coll and sister Jacqueline Connolly speak out

Family in Co Wexford grieving for lost siblings suffering due to ‘lack of compassion’

A chat with the ‘indiscreet’ Bake Off judge and cookery writer can take surprising turns

'Great British Bake Off' star says: ‘I was brought up on Irish Stew’

Food File: Irish food in the Phillipines and the Shelbourne pops some champagne corks

Food File: Luxury jams, summer lobster and Vish Sumputh moves to Luna

Reality TV: The US hit is like the worst bits of ‘The Great British Bake Off’ – but it works

GLOW returns in all its spandex glory while Romesh Ranganathan visits the most dangerous places on Earth

The Great British Bake Off, newly on Netflix, shed light on the origins of this expression

Behind the scenes at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wedding, a tribute to Elton John and bringing our boglands back from the brink

Late Late Show remembers Big Tom while Benedict Cumberbatch joins Graham Norton

After Masterchef UK's ‘Rendanggate’, Conor Pope looks at other chefs’ blunders

Can anything explain the enormous divergence of opinion among prominent food writers on the simple matter of roasting the Christmas bird?

Patrick Freyne: These modern cookery programmes are giving youngsters an unrealistic idea of what food should look and sound like

Donald Clarke: No hiding place for ‘Bake Off’s’ poor Prue Leith even in Bhutan

After its controversial move from the BBC to Channel 4 this year, the baking show returns

Few crumbs of comfort for GBBO fans as baking show moves kitchens

TV Review: ‘Young and Promising’ is lively and refreshing, but ‘Life of Kylie’ is dead inside

There’s lots of sink-clutching and aggressive mumbling in the Big Family Cooking Showdown

More than 12 courses will be on offer – and that’s just from the visitors – at a banquet bringing Polish and Irish food lovers together

Channel 4 announces replacements for Mary Berry, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc

Television review: ‘Black Mirror’, ‘Crazyhead’ and ‘Paying for Sex’

Ratings have declined, but the familiar format is still regarded as a safer bet than most

‘The Great British Bake Off’ is a terrible idea for a series. But it’s already an institution. Now it’s off to Channel 4 is the cream set to curdle?

At 79, and having endured a stroke and the death of her husband, the indomitable Jilly Cooper is about to unleash her latest horsey bonkbuster

The show was precious to the corporation, but it will surely be replaced. The real threat is to GBBO itself The BBC will mourn the defection of Bake Off. But it will rise again

Current series will be last on BBC One as Love Productions ends talks on renewing deal

A Roman picnic and a visit to Morocco’s ninth-century Fez el Bali medina deliver an assault on the senses

TV Review: There’s no fun to be had watching this dull series about a dinner party

Paul Hollywood makes his come-to-bread eyes; Mary Berry’s hair is not for moving; this latest slice of Bake Off is exactly what you ordered

Director-general must be someone who can make the right calls on big stories

Review: Daniel and Majella’s B&B Road Trip; The Great Irish Bake-off; Jekyll and Hyde

In an emotional final, a great British wedding cake wins it

Interest in TV show in Ireland - if chatter on social media is an indicator - is quite intense

Mary Berry tells of her journey from teaching people how to use their ovens to fronting one of the most popular programmes on British television.

From classic Ballmaloe to veggies to mug cakes, there’s something to suit all tastes

Four bakers face tonight’s patisserie week challenges