The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer TX1 Press Pack

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer returns to Channel 4 today. Across five new episodes twenty famous faces, from the worlds of entertainment, sport, music and film, will roll up their sleeves and switch on their mixers to do their bit in the fight against cancer.

In the Bake Off tent Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will skilfully and  meticulously judge each bake whilst host Matt Lucas is on hand, keeping time and spirits up.  

The series is in aid of Stand Up To Cancer, a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving research.  Since its launch in the UK in 2012, the RTS award-winning and BAFTA nominated Stand Up To Cancer has raised over £62 million t funding 55 clinical trials and projects involving 11,000 cancer patients across the country.

To get involved donate at channel4.com/su2c or sign up to fundraise at standuptocancer.org.uk. 100% of your donation goes to Cancer Research UK in support of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer was commissioned by Sarah Lazenby, Head of Formats and Features at Channel 4. It is a Love Productions series and the Executive Producers are Richard McKerrow, Letty Kavanagh and Kieran Smith.