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โ€˜Great British Bake Offโ€™: Viewers Give The Series The Thumbs Up... But Hate The Ads

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โ€˜The Great British Bake Offโ€™ finally returned to our screens on Tuesday night, and after months of speculating, viewers finally had their say on the show following its move to Channel 4.

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As well as its new home, the eighth series of the baking competition also features a brand new presenting and judging line-up, and dubious viewers had plenty to say about the opening episode, even before the new series had kicked off.

Following the departure of presenters Mel and Sue and โ€˜Bake Offโ€™ matriarch Mary Berry last year, many fans declared they were going to boycott the show altogether, seemingly unable to deal with a raft of new faces being brought in to replace the original line-up.

Just minutes into the first episode airing, some people had already made up their minds...

But it didnโ€™t take long for most people to warm to the new series...

Presenting duo Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding generated the biggest reactions across social media. Not everyone was a fan...

But there was plenty of love too (especially for Noel)...

But less for the ads...

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