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The next series of Bake Off could be my last, admits Prue Leith


The 85-year-old told The Mail on Sunday she was 'very keen' to step away from the popular Channel 4 show before she was pushed, and 'might stop next year'.

The filming schedule, which involves long hours under the summer sun at Welford Park in Berkshire, is taking its toll on the television chef. The 16th series, which will see the return of Prue Leith's co-judge Paul Hollywood, 58, and presenters Alison Hammond, 50, and Noel Fielding, 51, will be screened from September There had been doubts about Fielding's return after he sparked concern for his health last month when he missed filming the second series of his comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, which has since been dropped by Apple TV.

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