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While Channel 4\u2019s It\u2019s a Sin broke viewers\u2019 hearts when it aired its devastating finale back in February, the Pink Palace gang are reuniting for a much cheerier affair \u2013 the Great British Bake Off festive special!<\/p>\n
The stars of the five-part drama, which followed a group of gay men living through the HIV\/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, will be entering the Bake Off tent over the Christmas period in an attempt to impress Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with their festive-themed creations.<\/p>\n
Olly Alexander, who starred as Ritchie Tozer in the drama, will be joined by co-stars Lydia West (Jill), Nathaniel Curtis (Ash) and Shaun Dooley (Ritchie\u2019s dad Clive) for the one-off Christmas special hosted by Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas.<\/p>
Channel 4 announced the exciting news on Twitter, revealing that the It\u2019s a Sin episode would be one of two specials to air over the holiday season.<\/p>\n
Bake Off will be ringing in the New Year with another special, in which four former bakers go head to head in three seasonal challenges.<\/p>\n
Series nine stars Kim-Joy and Jon will be facing series 11\u2019s Hermine and Rowan in the upcoming special as they all compete to be Star Baker one more time.<\/p>\n
The 12th series of The Great British Bake Off is currently under way on Channel 4, with just four contestants<\/a> remaining in the competition ahead of next week\u2019s semi-final.<\/p>\n J\u00fcrgen, Giuseppe, Crystelle and Chigs will be taking on Patisserie Week in Tuesday\u2019s episode as they tackle a delicate layered slice Signature, a French classic in the Technical and an opulent entremets display for the Showstopper.<\/p>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 12:00 am While Channel 4\u2019s It\u2019s a Sin broke viewers\u2019 hearts when it aired its devastating finale back in February, the Pink Palace gang are reuniting for a much cheerier affair \u2013 the Great British Bake Off festive special! The stars of the five-part drama, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7038,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/its-a-sin-cast-reunite-for-festive-great-british-bake-off-special.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 12:00 am While Channel 4\u2019s It\u2019s a Sin broke viewers\u2019 hearts when it aired its devastating finale back in February, the Pink Palace gang are reuniting for a much cheerier affair \u2013 the Great British Bake Off festive special! The stars of the five-part drama, which…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/7037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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