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The Great British Bake Off kicked off its eleventh series with a scathing parody of Boris Johnson.
New host Matt Lucas, who has replaced Sandi Toksvig, donned a messy blonde wig and mercilessly mocked the prime minister's daily press briefings.
There was dithering, contradictions ("bake in a tent, but please don't bake in a tent"), and Johnson's current favourite catchphrase ("common sense"). Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood took on the roles of the government's Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser, while Lucas's co-host Noel Fielding asked an all-important question about scones via Zoom link.
The parody's timing could not have been more perfect: it followed on immediately from a real coronavirus announcement from the prime minister, giving the country the laugh they "needed at that moment".
Channel 4 scheduler on point last night Seamless transition into Bake off was the lols the whole British Public n… https://t.co/2QnImxxYXl— Ayshah Tull (@Ayshah Tull) 1600842398
Lucas was praised for his "genius" impression.
Matt Lucas giving a speech as Boris Johnson was genius. And also made more sense than any of the real ones #GBBO https://t.co/bShJlYsSua— Traylor Holmes (@Traylor Holmes) 1600802348
What an opening to the Great British Bake Off and a sensational impression of Boris from @RealMattLucas! #GBBO https://t.co/bYDVJxgJ0B— Ed Bottomley 💙 (@Ed Bottomley 💙) 1600810024
Matt lucas’ impression of boris is spot on 😂#GBBO— harry (@harry) 1600802217
And it was even described as "better than the original".
"Best PM briefing this year."
You know things are bad when you start thinking Matt Lucas’ parody would be a better PM than Boris #GBBO https://t.co/hfNPqsduls— Joe (@Joe) 1600802342
Ohmygod this Matt Lucas sketch of Boris being a bumbling blubbering idiot is EVERYTHING we need right now 😂😂 #GBBO— Pamela Higgins (@Pamela Higgins) 1600802200
Best PM briefing this year https://t.co/a0bnTpBwgW— Eileen💙🇪🇺 (@Eileen💙🇪🇺) 1600814707
The Great British Bake Off airs on Thursdays, 8pm, on Channel 4.
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