The Great British Baking Show Has Become Netflix's Naughtiest Show

Can we talk about how naughty The Great British Baking Show is this season? (And before we get any further, let me make one thing clear, I'm not complaining about it.)

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We're only four episodes into series 14 of the popular baking show (currently streaming on Netflix) and we've already gotten a few seasons worth of double entendres, innuendos, and downright dirty jokes. Oh, and there's even been some flirting. (More on that later.) While all this cheekiness feels very British and has even popped up from time to time on the series before, it seems to be a running theme this season. It's making me feel like maybe I should move to the U.K., take up baking, and just make all the kneading dough jokes. (Wink, wink.)

Things started off with Nicky's beaver bake. It was literally a cake in the shape of a beaver. But it's how they set it up that made it grab my attention. (Also, for the record, Nicky is adorable and I'm thoroughly obsessed with her.)

The fact that they got Prue Leith to say "beaver" on TV is just everything. She looked thoroughly embarrassed. Oh, and they wouldn't let up on it either. Half the episode was all about Nicky's beaver.

Then, on Bake Off's official Instagram page, they posted this very suggestive photo. Honestly, I'm not even sure what to make of that picture, but I know I would never look at it in the presence of my mother.

Now bread week was whoa. Also, how in the world were they going to make bread week inappropriate? Leave it to Paul Hollywood, that's how. While talking to another fave of mine from this season, Matty, Paul asks him about the the size of his balls of dough. Naturally Matty can't keep a straight face, leaving host Allison Hammond to say, "Don't be naughty."

Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure Allison is all out flirting with Dan. She takes a particular interest in him. She even does a nice little dance for him.

And then, in another scene, she literally says, "Every time I come to this area, my temperature goes up." Dan replies, "I do have that effect." How is this not love?!

During the most recent episode, the bakers were forced to make a chocolate treat without flour, which means its going to be a lot of nut bases for the bakes. You know what that means? Nut puns! In one moment, Prue says, "If you're grinding your own nuts, it's always difficult." To which Paul says, "And painful." ZING!

So, has The Great British Baking Show gone full-on PG-13? Not exactly. But still, there are a ton of little jokes this season that prove British folks are secretly saucy. And you know what? I'm here for it. If you can't crack a joke about the size of your dough balls, are you even baking? Because that's a world, or should I say Bake-Off tent, I don't want to live in.

The Great British Baking Show airs Fridays on Netflix.