BAKE OFF REVEALS RETURNING BAKERS FOR FESTIVE SPECIALS ON CHANNEL 4

Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding invite the stars from Bake Off's past to join them in the famous white tent to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will preside over the hotly contested competition to see who knows their sieves from their spatulas in the first of two festive episodes airing on Channel 4 over the holiday period.

The returning bakers on the Christmas Eve special are George, Sophie, Dan, Amelia, Linda and Carole (pictured above). On New Year's Day are Mark, Maxy, Maggie and Jürge (pictured below).

The Great Festive Bake Off airs Christmas Eve and New Year's Day on Channel 4.