FRENCH FANCIES

The Great British Bake Off, 8pm, Ch4 AN EERIE hush descends over the tent for the semi-final. Is it concentration, or the absence of bubbly Alison Hammond, who’s off sick? It’s Patisserie Week and the four remaining bakers — Dan, Matty, Tash and Josh — get started on their French financiers for the Signature before taking on a tarte aux pommes Technical and a Showstopper that pushes them to their very limits.