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Matt Lucas quits The Great British Bake Off

"I am cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else," says comedian Matt Lucas.

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Matt Lucas has quit as co-host of The Great British Bake Off after three seasons citing scheduling conflicts with his new series Fantasy Football League for Sky.

Lucas began co-hosting Bake Off for the 11th season, replacing co-host Sandi Toksvig.

He worked alongside co-host Noel Fielding and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, and in the first two of those seasons, it was under severe COVID restrictions that required the production to remain sequestered together in a COVID bubble.

“We’d like to say a massive thank you to ML for his magnificent contribution to GBBO over the past three years,” senior executive producers Kieran Smith, Letty Kavanagh and Richard McKerrow said in a joint statement. “We consider M to be very much part of the ‘Bake Off’ family and are extremely grateful for his part, along with Noel, in looking after very many bakers.”

Channel 4 chief content officer Ian Katz added, “Over the past three years Matt has played a huge role in the success of Bake Off. He brought warmth, wit and a large helping of endearing silliness to the tent and produced some of the most memorable moments of recent series. He also played a key part in keeping the show on air through the pandemic. We are incredibly grateful for his contribution and commitment to the show.”

The series screens in Australia on Lifestyle Food.

Source: Variety

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  1. Unfortunately Matt was not as funny as he used to be, Noel Fielding was a bigger laugh, the best thing about the show was the promo of “Achy Breaky Tart”.

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