Home brew? Homebrew? Winemaking

... could anyone recommend a yeast that would work ... are there cider specific ones or will any old yeast do ... my dad was looking for some bakers yeast but i wasn't sure what that would do to the flavour ?

For cider you will probably find it starts on its own, as long as you didn't wash the apples in a campden solution or similar, as the wild yeasts will be present on the skins. If it hasn't started in four or five days, pitch a proprietary cider or wine yeast. This year I did most of mine 'wild' (scrumpy) style, and some with Gervin GV10 Light Sparkling Wine yeast which I will finish sparkling.

After my first attempt at home brewing an American style pale ale with a made up recipe failed in the summer, which I blame on it being way too hot in my flat while it was fermenting (or not, in this case)

How did it fail out of interest? Fermenation didn't happen?

^ Google 'Turbo Cider'...

But don't blame me the next morning.

This. Never tried it myself but there is a how-to here.

Right, Yorkshire Bitter is now in the fermenter. Put it in last night and there doesn't seem to be any bubbles yet...
I hope it works.

Give it a day or two if it's off dried yeast. It's at room temp, right?