Viewing figures for The Great British Bake Off showed no sign of crumbling in the show’s biscuit week, with the second episode of this year’s series pulling in more than 10 million.
The BBC1 cookery show attracted an average of 10.1 million viewers despite co-presenter Sue Perkins missing the scenes in the tent due to a bereavement when the show was filmed in April.
She did appear in a pre-recorded segment on the history of biscuit dunking.
It was the most-watched second episode ever for the hit show.
Viewing was up over 1 million viewers on the second episode of the last series, which drew an average audience of 8.9 million.
Last week, Bake Off rose to the occasion as the seventh series opener drew a record average audience of 10.4 million, more than a million above the 2015 launch, with viewing peaking at more than 11 million.
This week, Bake Off was watched by almost half of all those watching TV between 8pm and 9pm, notching up a 45% share of viewing.
The show average 10.14 million viewers with a 5-minute peak of 11 million as Welsh hairdresser Louise Williams was eliminated after her gingerbread church fell apart.
