Plot Synopsis

Hosted by Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS features competitors from past seasons baking sweet Yuletide treats for judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. HOLIDAYS had its U.S. premiere on Friday, November 30, 2018 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released two episodes:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Big Christmas Bake Off"): The title of Christmas Star Baker is on the line for Val, Selasi, Beca and Paul as they serve up their best Yule logs, mince pies and snow globe cakes

"The Great Festive Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Big Festive Bake Off"): It's a mouthwatering winter wonderland when Rav, Benjamina, Rob and Sandy return to bake snowy bombe Alaska tarts, Kransekakes and magical ice cakes.



On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released two more episodes of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great Christmas British Bake Off 2018"): Yuletide cheer abounds as returning bakers Flo, Liam, Jane and Andrew prepare iced biscuits, Icelandic flatbread and gift-shaped hidden design cakes.

"The Great Festive Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great New Year's Bake Off"): Paul awards his first hug as Kate, Steven, Tamal and Candice whip up iced stollen wreaths, meringue snow eggs and New Year's resolution cakes.



Netflix released another pair of episodes for THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great Christmas British Bake Off 2019"): Bakers Briony, Yan, Terry and Tom make a sweet and savory return and tackle festive cake pops, sausage roll wreaths and gingerbread showstoppers.

"The Great Festive Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great Festive Bake Off"): The fun-loving cast of "Derry Girls" wing it as they do their holly, jolly best to impress Paul and Prue with trifles, blini and 3D decade cakes.



Familiar faces return to the tent to make delicious mincemeat of the competition and be crowned star baker by judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. The two 2021 episodes of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS dropped on Friday, December 3, 2021 on Netflix:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "Christmas Bake Off 2020"): The ghosts of bakers past -- Rosie, Jamie, James and Ruby -- whip up miniature panettones, Christmas puddings and delightfully deceptive illusion cakes.

"The Great New Year Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great New Year Bake Off 2021"): Old acquaintances are not forgotten as faves Henry, Nancy, Rahul and Helena make fruit crumbles, bao buns and cakes representing their 21st birthdays.



Netflix released two more holiday episodes of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS on Friday, November 18, 2022. Special guests and familiar faces stir up sweet holiday magic as judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood name the best Yuletide bakers. The two one-hour episodes are:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "Christmas Bake Off 2021"): The cast of "It's a Sin" enjoys a festive face-off by baking boozy Yule logs, a clean-out-the-fridge leftovers pie and elegant, edible Christmas trees.

"The Great Festive Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great New Year Bake Off 2022"): Bakers from seasons past scramble to make New Year breakfast buns, a vasilopita cake that's light on instructions and a biscuit-based winter diorama.



Two more holiday episodes of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS dropped on Friday, December 8, 2023 on Netflix. The two one-hour episodes are:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "Christmas Bake Off 2022"): Five Channel 4 stars -- Gaby Roslin, Sir Tony Robinson, Miquita Oliver, Terry Christian and Claire Sweeney -- make merry bauble cakes, tear-and-share pastry trees and festive wreaths with a base of their choice: meringue or pate a choux.

"The Great New Year Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great New Year Bake Off 2022/23"): Cue "Auld Lang Syne"! Four alumni bakers -- 2021 Bake Off finalist Chigs, 2020's Lottie and Manon and 2018's Antony -- create savory Wellingtons fit for a New Year's dinner, vegan baked Alaskas and dazzling but daunting buche entremets.
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On Monday, December 9, 2024, Netflix released two one-hour holiday specials:

"The Great Christmas Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "Christmas Bake Off 2023"): Bakers from series past -- Dan Beasley-Harling, Sophie Faldo, Amelia Le Bruin, Linda Rayfield, George Aristidou and Carole Edward -- return to put their spin on traditional mince pies, craft intricate snowflake breads and whip up cakes inspired by former flops. Paul and Prue celebrate Christmas 2023 with the 'Baker Ghosts of Christmas Past', in a festive fete that also includes a performance from the Citizens of the World Choir. Returning host Noel Fielding is joined by new host Alison Hammond.

"The Great New Year Baking Show" (originally aired in the UK as "The Great New Year Bake Off 2023/24"): Four former contestants kick off the new year with a sweetly stacked religieuse, a fiendish galette des rois, and a creatively decorated smash cake. Maxy, Jurgen, Maggie, and Mark battle it out to win the first Star Baker of 2024, before seeing the New Year in with a performance from Bone-Afide.