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Do they still have the Bake Off jingle collection on shuffle repeat for the whole episode? That's what has spoiled every Kiwi season for me so far.

New season has just started this week on BBC 1. They replaced the female judge. Its a nice enough bunch an Katherine is doing a neat job presenting again.

Who should do the narration on an Eleanor or Fabiola episode? An old, curmudgeonly, thespian for Eleanor? Or William Shatner would be fun. Fabiola's might be some Stephen Hawking style, robot voice? Or someone really quirky for juxtaposition's sake?

I'd love to see Aparna meeting a male version of herself and hear what she has to say about him.

I have to take this interview with a healthy dose of salt. Isn't season 4 in the can already? And even if it isn't, why is he so vague about John McEnroe being in it, and why wouldn't he be? - they would've nailed this down when Netflix announced the final 2 seasons.

Looks like season 4 will have a slice of Dan Levy in it. I love that. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChclOmts8f- Levy will be joined in the show’s fourth season by fellow newcomers Anthony Lexa, Thaddea Graham, Felix Mufti, Marie Reuther, Alexandra James and Imani Yahshua. A few extra bits: Season four of the Netflix drama sees Otis and Eric arrive at Cavendish Sixth Form College following the closure of Moordale Secondary. Meanwhile, Maeve is at the prestigious Wallace University in the US being tutored by Mr Molloy. Molloy (Dan Levy) is a famous author and Maeve’s US course tutor at her Ivy League college.

How many 'revamps' has the American version had so far? Thats some determination to make it work. The US is a big market, to try and recreate the 'magic' this show has in the UK must be a challenge. Especially with so many other cooking shows available to viewers.

If you are from the UK, maybe she reminds you of Anita Rani. Thats who I first thought of.

I finished the last couple of episodes and I wonder whether the American-Indian people they cast have they wrong, or at least a slightly skewed, idea of what matchmaking is. Like they can outsource finding 'The One' rather than finding 'A One'. Thats why Sima kept banging on that fulfilling 60-70% of their criteria should be enough. If the next season really is UK focussed, I'm interested to see how UK-Indians compare to the US lot because there are large SO-Asian communities in the UK. I liked the first girl Vinesh met and would be more interested in following her matchmaking story than watching both, Viral and Shital. Or Arshkeel's dentist girl.

bfffffffffff I got really excited when I say the new season available on Netflix but I wasn't a fan of them bringing back some of the season 1 crew because it already became quite clear back then that the process doesn't work well for them. At times it felt like a reality TV show, rather than a documentary. Aparna isn't really entertaining to watch. It never goes anywhere with her. Nadia, its very telling that she said she wants a boyfriend, not husband. Pradhyuman found himselft a very pretty girl, it was odd that they didn't show much of her family and the meeting of the families - they were big on that in season 1. Arshneel was very likable and his dad seemed like a very nice guy too - his reaction as a parent to the whole matchmaking business was more relaxed than I expected. I also felt Arsh's list of wants in his first meeting with Seema was the most realistic of the new bunch. The Pryanka Chopra and Nick Jonas references got very repetitive As with last season, for someone who is supposed to be one of the best matchmakers we see very little success on this programme.

Subscribing enemies to spam? I totally did that too 🤭 Get lost Ben, I can't take another round of this.

Is it me, or is Devi dating Paxton a bit underwhelming?

Its sad that Fabiola and Aneesa didn't work out and ended up being so akward. It happens. I love the therapist lady I hate that people always talk about Paxton as if he was the hottest guy ever. Apart from decent looks he has very little going for it. The first couple of episodes, when he was in a relationship with Devi, did any of you feel sparks?? Me neither. I don't know what to make of Des, I hope Devi gets a chance to relax a bit more around him Ben and the art tutor seem like a much better fit.

The boys helping each other out was nice. I would have preferred a Kamala centric episode instead of another Ben-episode. The Ben-Paxton-Devi Triangle has gotten really stale, really fast and I am not really interested in Ben and his shitty attitude anymore.

Well, I guess the thing with how Lily is going to deal with Ola not being around is a non-issue, because some outlets report that: That is a lot. And Tanya is quite the loss . Leading with 'a number of cast members' is unsettling. Good to have Ncuti back.

It would've been a better use of the guest judge if she had told them a bit about their drink and key elements for their designs - stems, openings, glass thickness .... Then they could've really judged them on usability. umm, I don't drink but arent they usually made in sturdier glasses so the bartender can really mush up the limes and mint directly in the glass? The thicker glass would be the insulation, not a stem?? A couple of sets were cute, but certainly looked like a nightmare to clean.

I finally got round to watching this. I really struggled to get on board with the critiques because they were so random in what they did and didn't like, although, via different routes, they and I arrived at the same conclusion. My favourite: the petri dishes - just the dishes, they did them well. That format would suit the show a lot more than the cut throat one-liners from the contestants. But Netflix seemingly likes to have a different take on their competition shows. Metal Masters and Flower Fight also have that 'talk big' format.

Jenna Coleman did a great job here, if the plot wasn't so weak and the sand to easily retrieved this would've been the best episode. And Matthew, I have a thing for opinionated animal sidekicks.

I described him to Mr. Aulty yesterday as 'a thirst trap for the Twilight clientele'. Intentionally cast like that for sure. Sticks out like a sore emo thumb when he is not in one of the realms. I think the show is well made, but I haven't got a clue whats going on most of the time. They didn't do a great job setting it up in the first few episodes. I loved the opening scenes with the flying bird and the optical illusions though.

I am not familiar with the source material, but I found the devil-scenes awfully lacking. Whether thats Gewn or the script, I can't say. The styling was way off.

Its the orcs for me. The first images posted here and the shots of orcs in the trailer are what makes me really excited for this. Its weird but they are somewhat like a continuity character.

Great news. Those two tracks are pretty decent, I agree. A bit more melodic than the movie stuff, very video game score. Looking forward to listen to them 'in situ'.

If they stick with closing Moordale they could have her go to a different school than the rest of the gang - she is that smart kid club so might have higher ambitions than the rest. But I can't think of anything else that could be explained without her at least being in the first episode. Of course they could have that paternity question play out off camera and have Ola and Jakob move out of Jean's house (and as far away as possibe). As a character, she wasn't tied to many others besides Lily and Otis. The knock on effect on Lily is probably what will sting the most. If they can find someone to potentially recast, I'd be ok with that.

Woah, that's a biggie: >> Sex Education Shocker! This character won't return for season 4