Dame Prue Leith has made an awkward confession about the upcoming Christmas special of The Great British Bake Off, admitting she had never heard of the cult Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. The festive instalment, titled The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off, will air on Christmas Day and feature stars including David Mitchell, Olivia Colman, Isy Suttie, Matt King and Sophie Winkleman.
Speaking to Woman's Own magazine, the 85-year-old judge said: 'I had never even heard of Peep Show. Please don't tell them! But I watched it and I loved it.' She added: 'To be honest, I'm normally bluffing my head off with the celebrities because I don't watch any telly. The only ones I'm likely to know are actors of a certain age.'
The special will see the celebrity contestants scrutinised by Leith and Paul Hollywood, with Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond presenting. The programme is scheduled to broadcast on Channel 4 from 8pm to 9:15pm on Christmas Day.
In a separate appearance on ITV's Love Your Weekend last month, Leith left gardening icon Alan Titchmarsh gobsmacked when she suggested that growing vegetables is not worth the effort. She said: 'I spent years growing and processing and what you do is you find yourself at midnight you're freezing spinach... and then you've got far too much of it.' She added that the supermarket has 'perfectly good packets' for the amount of vegetables she requires.
