The Great British Bake Off celebrity special air date has been REVEALED

And it's sooner than you'd think...

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by Georgie Holland |
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The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off is set to return this year and the air date has been revealed much to fans excitement. The special programme will be judged by none other than Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, and of course hosted by the iconic duo Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig.

And taking to their Twitter, Bake Off have announced that the show will begin a lot sooner that you'd think! Celebrity guests such as Russell Brand and Michelle Keegan will be taking to our screens, raising money for Stand Up to Cancer on Tuesday, 5th March at 8pm...hooray!

The annual special is set to feature plenty of famous faces, including presenter Rylan Clark-Neal, Love Island's Caroline Flack, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here's Georgia Toffolo and comedian Johnny Vegas. Wow.

The Great British Bake Off took to their Instagram back on 1st February to confirm two things to fans - The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off will be returning this year, and the much-loved comedian/presenter Noel Fielding is now a blond bombshell, saying, 'Noel's bleached his hair to match Sandi's.'

Fans went wild, with one commenting, 'Yay it's coming back!!' [sic], and another saying, 'Noel’s hair 😮😮😮😮' [sic].

The Great British Bake Off hasn't been off our screens for too long, with respective Christmas and New Year's specials, which saw past contestants compete against one another.

And who can forget last summer, when the adorable Rahul Mandal captured all of our hearts before being crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2018.

The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off will start on Tuesday, 5th March at 8pm on Channel 4.

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