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Bake Off is back! 22 favourite reactions to episode one

The tent is up, the ovens are ready – and not in a Boris Johnson kind of a way – and the viewing public is about to become temporarily expert in pastry techniques and soggy bottoms.

It started, in fine Bake Off tradition, with terrible buns – I mean puns.

Something tells us the nation is hungry for some light relief.

The Bake Off Twitter account made it easy to pick an early favourite.

Not everybody needed it.

If you haven’t watched the show yet and intend to, proceed with caution. There may be spoilers.

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