Great British Bake Off gets political: Matt Lucas impersonates a bumbling Boris Johnson as he urges viewers to 'Stay Alert, Protect Cake, Save Loaves' in show debut
The Great British Bake Off made a political statement as it returned for its 11th season on Tuesday night.
Making his show debut, co-host Matt Lucas impersonated a bumbling Boris Johnson as he recreated a spoof press conference with the slogan 'Stay Alert, Protect Cake, Save Loaves'.
The comedian, 46, who has replaced Sandi Toksvig as host, was a spitting image of the Prime Minister in the show opener, which was postponed by 15 minutes, after Boris addressed the nation with the new lockdown measures in the fight against coronavirus.
Uncanny: Matt Lucas left viewers in stitches as he impersonated a bumbling Boris Johnson (right) in his Great British Bake Off debut on Tuesday night
In the skit Matt, who donned a platinum blond wig and stood in front of a Union Jack flag, said: 'I've talked about this, you know, the printer is upside down again. And oh no.. well… how? Ah, yes well that works actually, I can read that fine.
Um, right, let's err… yeah. Good evening, let's get straight to it. We are now approaching Phase 46. 'Which means that from Tuesday morning, or Wednesday evening depending on your height. We are, we are, we are saying with regards to baking if you must bake in a tent, bake in a tent.
'Stay Alert, Protect Cake, Save Loaves': The comedian, 46, who has replaced Sandi Toksvig as host, was a spitting image for the Prime Minister as he recreated a spoof press conference
But please don't bake in a tent. And we are asking people to use common sense with regards to the distribution of hundreds and thousands.'
Matt then said he was going to take a question from 'the lady in the funky dress, Noelle'.
The Little Britain's star's co-host Noel Fielding then said: 'Hello Prime Minister. Just one question: 'Is it sc-oh-ne or sc-on?'.
Bumbling Boris: In the skit Matt, who donned a platinum blond wig and stood in front of a Union Jack flag, and mumbled to himself in the uncanny impersonation of the Prime Minister
Matt said he was going to hand over the query to the 'experts'- a spoof of Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Valance- Prue Whitty (Prue Leith) and Professor Paul Hollywood.
After Prue and Paul gave alternate answers, Matt said: Right well I hope that clears things up for you,' before he ripped off his wig to say: 'All that remains is for me to say…. Welcome to The Great British Bake Off'.
Viewers soon flooded Twitter to laud Matt on the ingenious spoof.
Spoof: In reference to the work from home message he said, ''We are, we are, we are saying with regards to baking if you must bake in a tent, bake in a tent. But please don't bake in a tent'
One fan of the show wrote: 'I'm loving Matt Lucas on Bake Off already', while another added: 'Sensational. #mattlucas #boris #BakeOff'.
A third chimed: 'Matt Lucas is already a fabulous addition to #GBBO'.
A fourth viewer gushed: 'Matt Lucas makes a better Boris Johnson than Boris Johnson does.'
'Matt Lucas being Boris is just what I needed #smile', typed a different fan.
Another said: 'no context bake off back with a bang'.
Funny: Matt then said he was going to take a question from 'the lady in the funky dress, Noelle', aka his co-host Noel Fielding
Pressing matters: The Little Britain's star's co-host said: 'Hello Prime Minister. Just one question: 'Is it sc-oh-ne or sc-on?'
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