By Alasdair Glennie It seems that fans of the Great British Bake Off don’t just care about the cake – they’re sticklers for hygiene too. As the hit show returned to our screens this week, viewers took to Twitter to complain about the unruly hair of some contestants. An average audience of 7.2million watched on Wednesday night – a record for an opening episode of the show, and an increase of 600,000 on the first programme in last year’s series. Scroll down for video Hairy baker: Iain Watters sports a thick beard which worried some users of microblogging site Twitter
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Fifth series of Great British Bake Off began last night - on BBC1 for first time
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Show attracted good ratings after moving to flagship channel from BBC2
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BBC spokesman said average audience of 7.2m people, peaking at 7.9m
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Last year's launch programme was watched by 5.6million people on BBC2
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But some Twitter users were worried by hirsute male contestants
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‘Wish that bloke would shave that beard. It’s disgusting,' one remarked
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Hilarious Twitter exchange between BBC1 and BBC2 accounts over show
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