Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking, BBC2: the Bake Off queen returns with charmingly simple recipes

One of the best things about the Great British Bake Off is the way it makes you want to try all of the bakes yourself.

Every summer, the entire nation finds itself swept up in the baking frenzy, buying new utensils, attempting a daring home-made mould, and forcing the resulting treats on unsuspecting friends and co-workers.

While Mary Berry is just one of the key ingredients that makes the Bake Off rise so perfectly, her new solo cookery show recognises the importance of inclusion.

Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking offers exactly what it says on the tin: simple recipes, presented with the usual sparkle, charm (and odd innuendo) from the Queen of Bake Off.

Where Jamie Oliver goes for a rustic hipster aesthetic, Nigella for coquettish cosiness, Berry keeps it old school – bright, clean, and unfussy. If you were worried about a lack of gingham, she even wears a gingham top in the first episode.