Brendan Lynch
Irish-born Brendan (63) is a semi-retired recruitment consultant. Now he has more time, he's regained his love of baking. He's currently working on a personal project to bake all the breads of the world, so far he's got through 90 of them and has a couple of hundred more to go. Brendan's a very strong contender in the competition.
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Normally there's a repeat on BBC HD on a Saturday afternoon/early evening, so that those of us who can't watch on a Tuesday get a chance to catch up. Last Saturday there wasn't, which means that I've missed what has become a very good show to watch.
For those of us without Sky, or who can't be bothered with BBC i-player, there seems no way of getting a repeat. Such a shame, given the amount of tired old nonsense they endlessly flog to death. Another repeat of "Flog It", anyone?
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