In a separate interview with BBC Radio 5, Perkins opened about The Great Christmas Bake Off – which marks the very last time that she, Berry, and Giedroyc will appear alongside Paul Hollywood on the iconic baking show.

However, as the show was pre-recorded in the summer, the comedian made it very clear that the festive special will not be a farewell tinged by sadness.

“As far as I was concerned we'd be carrying on,” she said.

“So it's nice in a way, it wasn't filmed in a wistful way. It was filmed as business as usual, so there was no sense of what was to come when we were doing it.”

The Great Christmas Bake Off starts on Christmas Day at 4.45pm on BBC1. The second part will air on Boxing Day at 7pm.

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